What Color is Your Parachute? 2010 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

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Find your dream job in any economy.

This book is highly recommended for job-seekers who are feeling lost and overwhelmed. The author guides readers through a step-by-step process of understanding their skills and passions, and how to best market themselves to potential employers. What sets this book apart from others is its emphasis on finding meaningful employment and aligning one's career with their values. The book also provides practical advice on everything from creating a winning resume to negotiating salary. Overall, a must-read for anyone looking for guidance in navigating the job market.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

What Color is Your Parachute? 2010 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Regular price $13.69
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ISBN: 9781580089876
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $38.35
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Date of Publication: 2009-09-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Business
Goodreads rating: 3.71
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What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-search book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. What Color Is Your Parachute? is streamlined this year to help those struggling to find part-time and full-time employment in these hard economic times acquire the job-search tools they need faster and more efficiently. This classic job-search book is, as always, updated and relevant to today’s job market.   Career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-searchers to find meaningful employment. He asks, WHAT skills do you most love to use? Where—in what field—would you most love to use them? And how do you search for such a job without depending on employment agencies and ads? This book is not only about finding a job in hard times. It’s about finding your passion. In the words of Fortune magazine: “What Color Is Your Parachute? remains the gold standard of career guides.”This New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller answers such questions as: • I was just laid off from my current job. What do I do first?• What are the most helpful job sites on the Internet, out of the thousands that are there?• What are the five best–and worst–ways to hunt for a job?• I haven’t a clue how to do salary negotiation. Help!• In general, what are employers looking for?• What interview questions can I expect to be asked, and how do I answer them?• I’m over 50. What special problems do I face when I go job-hunting? • How do I survive financially while I’m out of work, and how do I find health insurance when I have no employer?[This is the trade paperback edition.]
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Find your dream job in any economy.

This book is highly recommended for job-seekers who are feeling lost and overwhelmed. The author guides readers through a step-by-step process of understanding their skills and passions, and how to best market themselves to potential employers. What sets this book apart from others is its emphasis on finding meaningful employment and aligning one's career with their values. The book also provides practical advice on everything from creating a winning resume to negotiating salary. Overall, a must-read for anyone looking for guidance in navigating the job market.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.