What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Bolles, Richard N.

ISBN 10: 039957963X / ISBN 13: 9780399579639

Published by Ten Speed Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039957963X
• ISBN 13: 9780399579639
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2018 and tailors Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

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.

About the Author

RICHARD N. BOLLES led the job-search field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, he served as the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. Bolles earned 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.