Research Catalog

Title

What color is your parachute? : a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers / Richard N. Bolles.

Author

Bolles, Richard Nelson.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, ©2011.

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Details

Description

xx, 336 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

How do you find your ideal job and convince them to hire you, even in hard times.

Alternative Title

Practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers

Subject

• Job hunting
• Career changes
• Employment (Economic theory)
• Vocational guidance
• Employment
• Career Choice
• employing
• vocational guidance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Finding a job -- There are always jobs out there -- Where do I go from here with my life? -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: the five best ways to look for a job -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: how to deal with handicaps -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: resumes and contacts -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: interviews -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: salary negotiation -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: how to choose a new career when you must -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: how to start your own business -- Once you know exactly what you are looking for: entering the world of 50+ -- Finding a life -- The flower exercise: the parachute workbook -- Appendices -- Finding your mission in life -- A guide to choosing a career coach or counselor -- Sampler list of coaches.

ISBN

• 9781580082679
• 158008267X
• 9781580082709
• 158008270X

OCLC

• ocn649804811
• 649804811
• SCSB-1645560

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library