What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

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The 40th anniversary edition of the world’s leading job-hunting and career-change guide features time-tested strategies and cutting-edge updates to key exercises, making this the most compelling and helpful Parachute ever. Career guru Richard N. Bolles has been watching the job market go up and down—and helping job-hunters find their way through it—for four decades. In this anniversary edition of his best-selling guide, Bolles features the best-of-the-best of his advice and uses his hard-earned wisdom to teach job-hunters how to respond to challenging economic times. With tips on navigating social media and using the Internet to job-search more effectively, along with updates to his famed Transferable Skills Inventory and job-field exercises, this edition enables job-searchers and career-changers to clarify their goals and skills more easily, find job openings more quickly, stand out from the pack, and land a dream job. About The Author RICHARD N. BOLLES has led the job-search field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, he has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. He continues to travel extensively for speaking engagements, and conducts intensive five-day career workshops quarterly in his home. Bolles holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude in physics from Harvard University, a master’s degree from General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, and three honorary doctorates. Table of Contents Chapter 1: How to Find Hope Chapter 2: Survival Skills You Most Need in Today’s World I. Attitudes Necessary for Survival Chapter 3: The Three Attitudes Necessary for Survival Chapter 4: How to Deal with Handicaps II. Advanced Job-Finding Techniques Chapter 5: The Best and Worst Ways to Look for Those Job Vacancies That Are Out There Chapter 6: Do I Really Need a Resume? Chapter 7: Networking in This Age of Social Media Chapter 8: Sixteen Tips About Interviewing Chapter 9: The Six Secrets of Salary Negotiation III. Advanced Job-Creation Techniques Chapter 10: Starting Your Own Business Chapter 11: Being Inventive Is Key to Survival Chapter 12: How to Choose a New Career IV. Inventory of What You Have to Offer the World Chapter 13: Self-Inventory (The Flower Exercise) What skills do you most enjoy using? Where do you want to use those skills? How do you find the name of that kind of job (or jobs)? V. Each One Teach One Chapter 14: Teaching Survival Job-Hunting to Others The Pink Pages Appendix A: Finding Your Mission in Life Appendix B: A Guide to Dealing with Unemployment Depression Appendix C: A Guide to Choosing a Career Coach or Counselor Appendix D: Sampler List of Coaches

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Index Update 2012 Foreign Editions Additional Helpful Resources from the Author