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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2006: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters And Career-Changers (What Color Is Your Parachute)
by Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles
from Ten Speed Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Mostly a waste of time
  I'm at a complete loss to explain the appeal of this book. I found exactly one useful insight, and it's contained in one clumsy sentence on page 37: "Most employeers hunt for employees in the exact opposite way from how job-hunters hunt for them." What he means is that in terms of landing for a job, sending out resumes on the Internet is the least effective method, applying directly to targeted companies is better, and networking and temping are better still. Bolles even has the supposed success rates for... more info

• A great guide to find the job/career that you love
  This is a great handbook for those wishing to change jobs or careers. The author explores what school failed to teach us about finding jobs and offers practical suggestions for the entire job search process all the way up to salary negotiation. Some of the advice the author gives is very different that what we have typically been taught and he backs his statements up with specific figures. This book offers suggestions to deal with change in the job market including choosing a new career or starting your own... more info

• good resource
  A traditional and standard text for those considering job and career changes. A little dated,even though it is "updated" regularly. Lots of good reference information, though.

• Want a Dream Job?
  If you want to land your dream job you MUST read this book. It will help you answer questions like: What kind of work will be the most rewarding? How should I begin the job search? What is the proper interview etiquette? And much more.
  This should be read by graduating college students looking for their first job and individuals looking for a career change.

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