The
world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2014 with up-to-the-minute
information and tips for how-to look for work and change careers.
In today's
challenging job-market, the long-trusted guidance of What Color Is Your
Parachute? is needed more than ever. Published in 22 languages and 26
countries, and with over 10 million copies sold, What Color is Your Parachute?
has helped millions discover their unique gifts, skills, and interests and land
a job--even in hard times.
This 2014
edition of “[one of] the 100 best and most influential [nonfiction books]
written in English since 1923,” according to TIME.com, is refreshed with
up-to-the-minute statistics, job-field analyses, and advice on social media and
search tactics (including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, Yelp, and
YouTube). However, Parachute’s core message remains intact: WHAT, WHERE, and
HOW.
What do
you most love to do?
Where do
you most love to do it?
How do you
find such a job and persuade those employers to hire you?
Career and
business guru Richard (“Dick”) N. Bolles, who coined the terms “informational
interview” and “transferable skills,” demystifies the entire job-search
process, from resumes, interviewing, networking, salary negotiation, career
coaches, how to start your own business, and more.
Recent
grads, workers laid-off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring
work-life change will all benefit from the support, encouragement, and
nuts-and-bolts guidance Parachute has to offer. As Dave Kerpen, New York Times
bestselling author and CEO of social media software platform Likable Local and
chairman of Likeable Media, said on LinkedIn about pursuing his passions
post-college:
“For
several months I floundered -- as a life insurance salesman, a pizza delivery
guy, and a tutor. Then I found a book which changed my life - What Color Is
Your Parachute (incidentally, the best-selling career book of all time). The
book essentially says: Figure out what you're passionate about, and then go
find an industry, organization and job through which you can pursue your
passions. I was passionate about marketing, and media, and children, and I
loved the Disney brand. So I found Radio Disney, called them up and asked to
meet with them, and even though there was no job posted, I got a job there. A
year later I was the top salesperson in the country, and while I have changed
jobs and careers several times, I've always pursued things I'm super passionate
about. If you don't have a job yet, and take away just one thing from me today:
Get the book.” What other readers and reviewers are saying about What Color is
Your Parachute? and Dick Bolles:
“This…edition
is as relevant today as when it was first published. Dick Bolles insightfully
stays on the cutting edge of job-searching, and the book is full of new and
updated suggestions, along with the classic advice that continues to hold true
today.”
—Alison
Doyle, About.com Guide
“If you go
into the bookstore and find the section on jobs, careers, or networking—the
reason that section even exists is because of Dick Bolles.” —G. L. Hoffman, JobDig
“This book
brought me back to life, caused me to rethink everything about myself and
revived my passion for me to be my best self.” —Simi Kaila
Are you
ready to dust off your motivation, land a job, and live your best life?
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