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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2013: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers [Paperback]

Richard N. Bolles
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Book Description

August 14, 2012 What Color Is Your Parachute?
The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2013 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

Career expert Richard (“Dick”) N. Bolles has now written forty-one books all with the same title: What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. In order  to tailor his authoritative guide to the current job- market, Bolles not only updates the book each year,  but he also reconceives it, reinvents it, and rewrites it,  so that one year’s edition is often vastly different from  the year before. This is the case with the 2013 edition.  Inventions in the book this year include a brand-new  transferable skills grid, a novel way to discover what fields  you would most like to work in, and a revamped version  of his famed self-inventory instrument, the Flower Exercise.

What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide, and it has helped millions discover their unique gifts, skills, and interests. This has allowed them to land a job even in hard times, and to create for themselves a new, interesting, and inspiring career and life.

With fresh insights into resumes, networking, interviewing, salary negotiation, entrepreneurship, and social media, What Color Is Your Parachute? has everything you need to dust off your motivation and find your dream job.


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Editorial Reviews

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One of the first job-hunting books on the market. It is still arguably the best.  And it is indisputably the most popular.”
Fast Company
 
“Ideally, everyone should read What Color Is Your Parachute? in the  tenth grade and again every year thereafter.”
Fortune
 
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 

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. 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. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 13 edition (August 14, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1607741474
  • ISBN-13: 978-1607741473
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

If you really need a day job, this book tells you how to obtain one. Jonathan Kamp  |  17 reviewers made a similar statement
It is a must read for anyone faced with the choice of changing careers to find a job. Hal2me  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
This book is informative, easy to read and understand. ystevens  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good as always September 16, 2012
By Ausfile
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
What Color is your Parachute is a book which is always on my list of books to get every year. Each year he brings out a new edition. The editions change from year to year as he updates them according to world events. For example, due to the World economic Crisis he brought out a "Hard Times" edition in 2010 in recognition that the goal posts had shifted quite dramatically in the job-hunting / career-changing market. I purchase his books every two years. This year I bought the 2013 edition and on my Kindle. The book is excellent as always and is sufficiently updated and different from previous editions to justify buying the 2013 edition. The only drawback for me is that when he discusses interview situations they are normally situations where the job candidate is facing one interviewer. I normally face a panel of about 6 interviewers all with prepared questions and ticking off a list of criteria prepared by the HR department. But, all in all it is a very good book, well written and Richard N.Bolles' warmth as a person certainly comes across. The Kindle format does cause some difficulty however. Diagrams which are clear in the print edition are not easy to read on the relatively small Kindle screen. There is a facility to print those diagrams up if the Kindle is connected to a printer by WiFi but that is not often the case. This is not a problem using the Kindle app on the PC or Mac. I just found myself checking my print 2010 edition and used the diagrams from there.
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33 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Yearly Requirement September 26, 2012
By Dr. G.
Format:Paperback
Each year Dick Bolles comes out with a new edition of his seminal book "What Color is Your Parachute." Each year I buy it. WCIYP is one of those books you NEED to have on your bookshelf whether you already have a job or whether you are in the thick of a career transition or whether you are just starting out from college. There have been many clones of Bolles's book, but none have the rich depth of building upon that original title the way Dick has. His philosophy on career investigation, the method of motivating yourself, and the tips, techniques, and tools are invaluable. As long as a new version comes out each year, he'll sell at least one book,,,to me.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this first October 30, 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Whether you're looking for work, or just want to learn more about what makes you tick, this is the definitive guide. When you finish your "flower", you'll have more confidence in what direction you need to go and have more self knowledge and self awareness of your skills, values, purpose, and what you want from your work.
I first read it in 1980, and the new edition is far superior and updated for 2013, which is approaching fast. Do yourself a favor, get the book, do the exercises and take charge of your life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very inspirational
This book is very inspirational and definitely for the ones out there that are struggling to figure out what to do with their lives.
Published 16 hours ago by Gina M. Ferrara
5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone looking for a job
Have many people coming to me looking for a job, with no idea where to start.
This is great book, easy ready to get it all together. Read more
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Although this classic has been around for 40+ years, the fact that it is revised annually makes it as relevant as ever. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Kevin M. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I had this book many years ago and it helped me a lot. Just picked it up again for my Son who is in the Military and is looking for a job when he gets out later this year.
Published 9 days ago by Ted Santos
4.0 out of 5 stars Always a good standby
I've used this book in many editions over the years. I bought this one for my out of work and ideas but ambitious daughter.
Published 14 days ago by Jerimiah
5.0 out of 5 stars Encouraging with Solid Advice
I first read What Color Is Your Parachute? about 20 years ago and since then, I've bought the book many times over because of its annually-updated advice. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Shelley Elmblad
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional
A book anyone looking for a meaningful job should read. Backed-up by a good writing skil this book is as challenging and entertaining as it is useful.
Published 16 days ago by Enache Mircea
5.0 out of 5 stars What Color is Your Parachute? 2013
I bought and extra copy to give to my nephew. He (22 years old-will graduate this summer) commented as to be very very good. The interview section especially is very good. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Leanne Rochanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable
Brilliant. Easy read and packed with useful advise for job hunters. It is completely rewritten each year. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Lyn
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
I am an employment specialist having studied so excellent materials from various authors. This book is well worht reading and will give valuable insight.
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