Book Crush: What Color is Your Parachute? By Richard Nelson Bolles
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
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 The book manages to show its age citing now-dead industries and outdated state-by-state career resources.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.
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.
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.
Go find his book in here!
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.
Go find his book in here!
Disclaimer: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
