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.
I was particularly interested in
reading this book because this book offers me not only about finding a job in hard times; it's also about finding my passion. It claims that it is the guide that
millions of job-hunters have turned to for more than three decades.
What Color is Your Parachute?
(A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers )
by Richard Nelson Bolles
Published by Ten Speed Press; Rev Upd edition (August 11, 2015)
Genres: Personal Growth, Self-Esteem, Self-Help
Pages: 368
Format: Ebooks
Source: Blogging for Books
Dick Bolles--more formally known as 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. What
Color Is Your Parachute? was chosen as one of the 100 All-TIME best and
most influential non-fiction books published since 1923. It was chosen
as one of 25 books that have shaped people's lives (down through
history) by the Library of Congress' Center for the Book.
What Color is Your Parachute? was first published by the author, Richard
Nelson Bolles, in 1970. In the 40-plus years since, the book has seen
almost yearly updates with more than 10 million copies sold. There’s a
What Color for Teens and a What Color for Retirees, there are even a few
editions focused on the online job hunt, co-written by Bolles and his
son, Mark.
The book has been so
popular because of dated references and Bolles’ humorous,
almost kooky, writing style, and what’s most striking about What Color is Your Parachute?, is
that its core lessons not only still ring true, but also still challenge
the way we think about the job search — or job hunt, as Bolles calls
it. The book manages to show its age citing now-dead industries and
outdated state-by-state career resources. Along similar lines, today’s
reader will notice the repeated appearance
of the word “she” in parenthesis after “he” as if each time the author
needs to remind us that women may indeed be hunting for jobs, too.
I'm so honor to get invitation for reading the advance copy of this e book from Crown Publishing, through the
service
Blogging for Books, in exchange for an honest review. This did
not influence the content of my review and all opinions are my own.
First, the good things about the book:
1) It has lovely cover. I love the cover so much. So bright and colorful! I would never though that it were revised and updated annually for more than three decades.
2) It still relevant today. You can feel Bolles’ approach to the job hunt remains nearly as relevant and just as
radical today as it was in 1978, 1989, or any other year since he first
shared it with the world decades ago.Those parts of the book have stayed the same because human nature doesn’t change, he said.
Now on to the things I was disappointed about:
1) Nothing surprise much. As he wrote in 1972 book: “This work —
revising, rewriting, updating and teaching the book each year — is now
my life, and my reason for being on Earth.” You will not find surprising thing after this book because it is only revised.
2) Contrary explanation. For along the method and the exercises laid out would require hours upon hours of
thoughtful reflection and research, even with high speed Internet on
your side. It’s not wholly practical, either, given that many
organizations in the social sector or elsewhere may not be able to turn
around and hire someone into a new position that has not been planned
for or budgeted, even if that someone shows a lot of promise. This
leaves you empowered, self-aware, and still without a job.
Overall,
It one of the first job-hunting books on the market and you could hire a career counselor, pay expensive, and still have to do the same thing.
I
would recommend this book for people in the tenth grade and again every year thereafter in order to shaping their careers because it takes a bit of time to understand.
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here!