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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
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In the last four years, the United States has lost 2.3 million jobs—the most in any four-year period since Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression.

Currently, millions of workers are unemployed both in the United States and worldwide and the problem isn’t likely to abate anytime soon.

In the 2005 edition of his legendary job-hunting book, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Bolles presents a detailed plan for facing this societal problem head-on, declaring that we must each begin by mastering this new world for ourselves and then, once empowered, share our knowledge with others to empower the world.

In PARACHUTE 2005, Bolles offers a completely new book for this uncertain job market, laying out a simple, step-by-step plan for finding meaningful work and mission despite our economy’s jobless recovery.

Featuring fresh explanations of old concepts and the introduction of new ideas, Bolles defines the distinctions between "resume jobs" and "grapevine jobs," between "passive job-hunting" and "active job-hunting," between "weak ties" and "strong ties," and much more. These are not normal times. And this is not your normal PARACHUTE. It faces squarely the "workquake" that is shaking up the job market around the world, and gives not only simple steps but steady hope.

About the Author

Richard Nelson Bolles has been a leader in the career field for more than 30 years. He is former directior of the National Career Development Project and an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majored in chemical engineering; Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics; and the General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City; where he earned a master's degree in New Testament studies.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles


	Book Description
	In the last four years, the United States has lost 2.3 million jobs—the most in any four-year period since Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Currently, millions of workers are unemployed both in the United States... read full editorial

	From the Publisher
	A completely revised and restructured PARACHUTE for 2005. Focuses on the rising problem of unemployment in the economy’s current jobless recovery. Offers new techniques to help job seekers find meaningful work and mission. 200,000 copy first printing.

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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles


	Consistently Helpful
	November 15, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	Bolles has done it again with his 2005 update of his best seller What Color Is Your Parachute. I first used this book in the 90's and found it immensely helpful then as a recent college graduate. Now, as I struggle... read full review

	This book is THE one.
	(Abilene, Kansas) November 15, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	No Question...if you want one book that lets you know all there is no about the jobs environment today...this is the one to buy!! All other books basically owe their existence to this writer...it is well organized, easy... read full review

	Simply the Best -- Gets better every year!
	(USA) March 3, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
	Better than all the rest. This is an annually updated guide to finding your next job. Your next career. Your next passion. Read the book completely once. Then block off a day or two of your life and do the exercises... read full review

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