There are more young entrepreneurs and opportunities in today's job market than ever before. People fresh out of college or looking to change careers have more advanced skill sets and a greater level of sophistication than those who traveled the same road just a decade before. This prescriptive guide to career management is written by someone who's been there, done it well, and helped thousands of others in the process. Filled with real-world advice that counsels as it encourages, it fuses easy-to-follow exercises with practical tips on everything from the all-important interview to overcoming rejection to the art of top-down job hunting. It takes readers step-by-step over bumps in the road -- such as the pre-life crisis, common career traps, and what to do if you're offered a job you're not sure you want. It helps new grads or those newly dissatisfied to focus on what they need to make them happy in a career. Most important, it will reassure anyone facing a new career that discovering and pursuing their passions will lead to far more than just a paycheck.
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"Dream it, Believe it, Achieve it," says the successful and young entrepreneur as he offers a hipper and smarter answer to What Color Is Your Parachute for Generation Y.
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Touted as a guide for both career changers and those new to the job market, this book actually addresses a very narrow niche: college students who hope to succeed in the private sector. Like Richard Bolles in What Color Is Your Parachute? (Ten Speed, 2000), Gunhus presents exercises for self-discovery, but the two writers differ on how to pursue one's chosen career. Gunhus begins with a fairly conventional approach to the job hunt, as opposed to Bolles's more creative method, but then he counsels job seekers to do whatever it takes to get an offer from an employer, even after repeated rejection. His other recommendations include sleep-deprivation, multilevel marketing (a "growth business"), and "character building internships" like those offered by the author's own company, National Services Group, a house-painting franchise. Gunhus's in-your-face, go-getter approach, underscored by the hundreds of motivational quotations sprinkled throughout the book, made this reviewer want to take a nap. An optional purchase for undergraduate career collections. Susan M. Colowick, North Olympic Lib. Syst., Port Angeles, WA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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...a soup-to-nuts career book with a twist. Hip and aware...(the)chapter on your inevitable and upcoming "Prelife Crisis" is priceless. -- BookPage
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Jeff Gunhus is the co-founder of National Services Group, a service business with over 2000 employees. One of his companies, College Works Painting, is the leading student internship program in the United States. In addition to his series of motivational career guides for college students, Jeff is the author of several novels and screenplays. More information is available at www.thecareerseries.com.
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By "rjantz" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: No Parachute Required: Translating Your Passion Into a Paycheck--and a Career (Paperback)
As a recent college grad I found the book helpful and motivational. Having changed my major multiple times and still trying to figure out for sure what I want to do, I felt the exercises opened my eyes to different possibilities for my future. It also gave me some helpful tips on getting into the career of my choice. The many quotes helped spice up the book, and made for an easy read.
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About To Jump!!!,
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This review is from: No Parachute Required: Translating Your Passion Into a Paycheck--and a Career (Paperback)
I recently picked up a copy of this book and found it to be very helpful. Nearing graduation, I have been doing alot of research and reading before entering the work force. This was motivating and exciting, it has an easy to use approach that I hope to apply to my life over the next few months.
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This review is from: No Parachute Required: Translating Your Passion Into a Paycheck--and a Career (Paperback)
As I get closer to graduation I have some serious concerns about what comes next: Do I go straight to graduate school? Do I get a job, but what kind? Do I do both? No Parachute Required has given me the inspiration to grab my diploma and then take charge of my life. I now feel I have the tools I need to turn what I learned in class into something meaningful for my future. I only wish I had read this book a few years ago, while I was still in school ... I think I would have done a few things differently.
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