What Color Is Your Parachute? (book)
| What Color is Your Parachute? | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Richard Nelson Bolles |
| Subject(s) | Careers, Job hunting |
| Publisher | Ten Speed Press |
| Publication date | 1970 |
| ISBN | 978-0898158441 |
| OCLC Number | 52840843 |
What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles is a book for job-seekers that has been revised every year since 1970.[1] Bolles initially self-published the book (December 1, 1970), but it has now been commercially published since November 1972, by Ten Speed Press, in Berkeley, California. Since 1975 it has been revised and updated annually, sometimes substantially. Nine million copies are in print, and it has been translated into fourteen different languages worldwide. To date, over ten million copies have been sold worldwide.
The book recommends networking[2] to find "the person with the authority to hire you", rather than sending out resumes in bulk, shotgun fashion. It also recommends carefully figuring out what you are best at, and what you enjoy most, which (the author says) tend to coincide.
[edit] References
- ^ The 2009 Job Hunting in Hard Times Edition of What Color Is Your Parachute?, About.com
- ^ "In the job-hunt, networking is often the secret of the game." Job Hunter's Bible
[edit] External links
- JobHuntersBible.com - Official site
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