How to Help Your Child Land the Right Job: (Without Being a Pain in the Neck)

From the president of the pioneering career-counseling corporation whose ideas were popularized in What Color Is Your Parachute?, the Crystal-Barkley Corporation of New York, here is an innovative handbook that tells parents what they can do to participate in their child's job hunt-and be an asset, not a nuisance.

The crux of Ms. Barkley's system is a direct and equal participation between parent and child, who, recast as coach and client, work together to answer three questions: Who am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? Surveying is introduced, a technique that combines research with networking to get a good first-hand look at what's out there. Then the "coach" takes the "client" past the resume trap and shows him or her how to be an effective interviewee. Throughout, feature boxes cover everything from how to write a thank-you letter to the subtle 12 phrases every coach should learn to ensure cooperation. Selection of the Fortune Book Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club.

President of the Crystal-Barkley Corporation of New York (with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles), Nella Barkley is one of the foremost career consultants in the country.