What Color Is Your Parachute? 2017: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 039957820X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great book will guide your successful job search I have bought a copy of this book for everyone who mentions they are looking for a job. It is just excellent. It guided me in my job searches and would guide anyone who is waiting, looking for a job, and their phone does not ring.. See Especially the "Conversation Tips" What I like most about the PARACHUTE series is the author. If you don’t know it already, it will be clear after reading this book, that Richard Bolles is PASSIONATE about job search and advancing careers. His passion for the subject shows up loud and clear in this latest installment in the series.It is easy to see why this series has been so wildly successful. Honestly, you would be absolutely NUTS to not read. Love It I am optimistic about my career change. This book seals the deal on how I should start my job search. At first I was scare, but now that I have the tools to be a success I am not afraid anymore.Side note: Over twenty years ago, I saw What Color is Your Parachute in my college library. I thought to myself what a stupid name. Now I wished I would have picked up the book them. It would have save me so much time and mon
BOLLES has led the job-search field for more than 40 years. RICHARD N. A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, he has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. 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.
It is still arguably the best. It’s so darn useful because it is about more than just ‘finding a job.’” —KEVIN KELLY, AUTHOR OF COOL TOOLS: A CATALOG OF POSSIBILITIES . And it is indisputably the most popular.” —FAST COMPANY “What Color Is Your Parachute? is about job-hunting and career-changing, but it’s also about figuring out who you are as a person and what you want out of life.” —TIME “Ideally, everyone should read What Color Is Your Parachute? in the tenth grade and again every year thereafter.” —FORTUNE “This is a fantastic tool useful to almost everyone. "One of the 25 books that have shaped readers' lives."—CENTER FOR THE BOOK, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS “one of the first job-hunting books on the market
Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.. The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2017, tailoring its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This revised and updated edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Recent grads facing a tough