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What Color Is Your Parachute Workbook: How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career
Richard Nelson Bolles
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 1798
Best Job Hunting book on the market!
(Richardson, TX United States) May 1, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars
I bought "What Color is Your Parachute?" in about 1984. I've
used the techniques it teaches several times, not only to get the jobs I
wanted, but also in other areas of my life.The first time I used the
techniques I was unemployed.
I spent several weeks working the exercises;
writing down the pros and cons about what I liked in a job, looking at a
number of potential career paths, deciding which companies I really wanted
to work for and working out exactly what I was going to say on the
phone. Once I started calling prospective employers, I received a number
of job offers, all of which I turned down!
Two of the job offers were over
the phone, sight unseen, in a field that I had no professional experience
in!
One manager literally told me, "I don't care if you don't have
the tools and the experience. I need people like you." When I
finally decided to get the job I wanted, the Human Resources Manager
literally had to beg me to come in for an interview.
Needless to say, I
got the job offer, accepted and did quite well there. I can't help but
think that those who pan this book either don't understand it or refuse to
believe it can happen as Richard describes it. The old "mail your
resume, respond to ads, try to get interviews, hope for a job offer"
way of job hunting just results in frustration and a loss of confidence.
You have to believe in yourself to stand out from the crowd. Richard's
book helps you do that IF!! you apply his techniques.
If you think you're
too good to do such "stupid" things or you apply the techniques
half-heartedly thinking they're "silly", then maybe you need to
rethink what you really want in life.
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What Color Is Your Parachute Workbook: How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career
Richard Nelson Bolles
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![]() | | 4. | A good source of encouragement and advice | | (Lincoln, CA USA) August 1, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars | | This is an excellent book. The author has done a great job in pulling
together the elements which spell success in the quest for employment. I
recommend it.Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Accelerated Job
Search" docwifford@msn.com |
![]() | | Current Review | | 5. | Best Job Hunting book on the market! | | (Richardson, TX United States) May 1, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars | | I bought "What Color is Your Parachute?" in about 1984. I've
used the techniques it teaches several times, not only to get the jobs I
wanted, but also in other areas of my life.The first time I used the
techniques... read full review |
![]() | | 6. | A Timeless Help | | (Santa Clara, CA USA) March 8, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars | | I owned various copies of this book many years ago but was not ready to tap
into the potential I sensed it would release in me. Instead I pursued a
long path toward education and training as a counselor, but then came... read full review |
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What Color Is Your Parachute Workbook: How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career
Richard Nelson Bolles
![]() | | | From AudioFile | | The author has been updating his popular book on job hunting for thirty
years, and his devotion to this material shows. He's done a huge amount of
homework and tells you straight up what works and why. He's also... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Job Hunters Bookstore | | "This is the absolute best job-hunter's guide"--This text refers to an
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![]() | | | Book Description | | In the words of Fortune magazine, this is "the gold standard of career
guides". Here's why: •PARACHUTE is always current and up to
date.•It discusses what has changed about the job-market, and the new
attitudes... read full editorial |
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