What color is your parachute?
Subtitle: a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
By: Richard N. Bolles
Edition: Revised edition, 2018 edition.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780399579639; 9780399579646
Subjects: Job hunting; Vocational guidance; Career changes
Other titles: What color is your parachute? 2018
Description: 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 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 writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.
Notes: "ISSN: 8755-4658"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: It's a whole new world for job-hunters; title: Google is your new resume; title: There are over ten million vacancies available each month; title: Sixteen tips about interviewing for a job; title: The six secrets of salary negotiation; title: What to do when your job-hunt just isn't working; title: Self-inventory, part 1; title: Self-inventory, part 2; title: You get to choose where you work; title: How to deal with any handicaps you have; title: The five ways to choose/change careers; title: How to start your own business; title: The blue pages: Appendix A: Finding your mission in life; title: Appendix B: A guide to dealing with your feelings while out of work; title: Appendix C: A guide to choosing a career coach or counselor; title: Appendix D: Sampler list of coaches; title: Appendix E: Recent foreign editions of What Color Is Your Parachute?; title: The Final Word: Notes from the author for this edition; title: About the author; title: Update 2019; title: Index; title: Additional helpful resources from the author.