The world’s most popular job-search book is updated for 2017 to tailor 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. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work–and which don’t. This revised and updated edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.
Still useful, second time through decades apart. I used previous versions, some of which I enjoyed more. Regardless, great book to set you on a path…even if you are going through it for a second time.
Interesting but Time Consuming I learned a lot of really great things about myself that were very enlightening. But After a couple of weeks of working hard on this book, I feel I haven’t gotten very far! I think this book is great if you have a lot of time to invest in self reflection and other activities that are very valuable but if you have done quite a bit of introspection and hear the clock ticking. Beware. lol.
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.Â