What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Career Changers
by Richard N. Bolles. Ten Speed Press. 2010. 311 pages. $18.99.
The job search as career coach is not a matter of looking for available positions; it is one of self-discovery and personal futuring.
In this “hard times” edition of the job-search guide that Richard Bolles has published annually since 1970, he explains that job seekers will have the most success if they undertake a “life-changing job hunt”: taking a thorough personal inventory of what one enjoys, brainstorming of job environments where one will use these skills and interests, and planning to contact individuals who can help find jobs that offer opportunities to use these skills and interests.
With anecdotes, step-by-step instructions, and engaging charts and graphs, Bolles shows how to undertake this introspective job hunt. He maps out the multitude of available aids one can find along the way, such as Web sites, unemployment agencies, networking groups, and many others.
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