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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2006: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Paperback – November 16, 2005

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Thoroughly revised for 2006, a handy job-hunter's guide explains how to identify one's personal goals and interests and reveals how to apply that information toward obtaining satisfying employment, with tips on interviews, salary negotiation techniques, career searching online, and more, in a guide that reflects the current. Simultaneous. 160,000 first printing.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; Revised edition (November 16, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580087272
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580087278
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9 inches

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RICHARD N. BOLLES has been a leader in the career development field for more than thirty-five years. He was trained in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude in physics from Harvard University and a master’s in sacred theology from General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Marci.
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Richard Nelson Bolles is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Guide For Job-Hunters and Career Changers, the most popular job-hunting book in the world, which has sold more than 10,000,000 copies since its first publication. Parachute is dramatically updated, reshaped and rewritten every year, and has been translated into 20 languages and published in 26 countries.
What Color Is Your Parachute? was chosen as one of the all-time 100 best nonfiction books by Time magazine, and was selected as one of 25 books that have shaped people's lives (throughout history) by the Library of Congress' Center for the Book.
A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, Bolles has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. He 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 is credited with founding the modern career counseling field, and is often described as the field's foremost authority. Bolles is a recipient of the National Samaritan Award, whose previous honorees include Karl Menninger, Betty Ford, and Peter Drucker. He is also one of LinkedIn's 300 "Influencers" or "thought leaders," and writes regularly for the site as well as a number of others. In 2014, he was named one of the "Wealth Wizards" in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine—along with Warren Buffett and 18 others.
Dick has three grown children, Stephen, Sharon, and Gary, and lives with his wife, Marci, in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
Learn more at parachutebook.com.
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Fred M. Sallee

For anyone anticipating job/career change.

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022

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This book has so many helps to assist in the discovery of what you are best suited for, how to find the right job, and how to sell yourself to get hired. A timely book as so many are forced to find new work. Get the right job, this is a great help. I've given it to many who are leaving active military service.

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2007

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I was recently "downsized" and starting a job search for the first time in 22 years. Fortunately some one recommended this book to me. Beginning a job search can be confusing and overwhelming. This book has great advice for every step of the way.

Part of my company "goodbye package" was a few months of services with a career counseling firm. Many on the concepts from the firm are contained in this book. I have just recommended this book to a friend who is unhappy in her current job.

You've probably heard people talk about the importance of networking/using your network. ("It's all in who you know.") That is a central theme in this book, as it enlightens you on how to make use of the people you know -- friends, family, co-workers, friends of friends, etc. -- to find opportunities and land interviews.

A book worth having.

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Jennifer J

You shouldn't do without.

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2007

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If you are anything like me and are looking where to go next in your career, than this is the book for you.

It has tons of places to look for anything from how to get personality tests for free online, to helpfull tips and exercises to help you figure out what kind of job would suit you best.

Before I read this book I read 15 other "Job Hunt" books. But, this book didn't just tell me how to write a resume, or dress for a job interview; this book helped me decide what direction I wanted to go in my life. A huge difference!

I got the book from the library first, and then realized I had to own a copy to get the most from it that I could.

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PLewis

Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2010

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Excellent book if you are serious about preparing yourself for that next new job. or career. Everything you need to know about resumes, interviews, salary negotiation, identifying your strengths and skill sets etc. The book will challenge you to take a closer look at who you are as an indivdual in an effort to #1 Build confidence in your interviews #2 Keep your confidence in the job market even after you have landed that "Perfect job". It's an easy read with no fluff. The layout is great. This one is a keeper. Buy the book, get your pen & pad ready, rediscover who you are and never feel inadequate in a job interview again.

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S. Yard

Too much excess blah blah blah

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2006

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I think maybe this author is a little too comfortable with how successful his book has been in the past, because this edition was so overstuffed with anecdotal and sometimes patronizingly excessive information that I had a hard time actually finding useful stuff. It's in there, but you really have to weed through a lot of fluff to find it. I much preferred the "Cool Careers for Dummies" book, which actually gives practical ways for you to look "inward" and figure out what you want to do with your life. Plus, they have realistic, straightforward information about careers that might interest you. Mr. Bolles may have a lot of experience and think that readers are hanging on his every word, but I did not buy the book to read it for pleasure, I just want to find a career, and some practical ways to get me there without all of the useless banter.

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Robert Connolly

Best Career Finder Help Ever

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2007

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If you are looking for a job or a new career of any kind, I highly recommend this book. Extremely thorough with lots of good advice. Easy and entertaining to read. The writer seems to have thought of every angle when it comes to this subject. But then given the number of years he has been writing on this topic that is not surprising. I also appreciate that he revises this book each year so that it is up to date with today's job market.

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Taveray

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013

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Good book, really talks about the business world and finding your strengths and your passion. I'm glad I bought it.

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Dominicus

Wise advice in need of a treadmill

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2006

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The author has great career advice to give and where specific advice is found in this book, it's delivered very well.

Unfortunately, to get the excellent advice and facts about the business of putting the effort, selling yourself, and landing a job, you have to drag yourself through numerous pages of soft existential text. I found no clear strategy to jump ahead without missing important ideas.

Reading this book is like wandering around the once-in-a-lifetime garage sale of a retentive genius.

For the sake of future readers I hope the author would take the time to put this text on a treadmill, as only he could do. I bet half the text could go without losing any of the awesome advice.

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DanB

I thought it was terrible.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2016

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A famous classic. Gods knows why. I thought it was terrible.

Ammo

big chunky, hard to follow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2012

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I purchased this book based on a freinds recomendation, he told me it really helped him and is great, i however found it tough to get into, very chunky and very dull. instead of this i would recomend, jobhunting 3.0 the interview book and a good cv writing book, these 3 will get you really far.

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