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

Bolles, Richard N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580089879 ISBN 13: 9781580089876

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.]

About this title

From the Publisher:

* The #1 job-hunting and career planning book of all time--more than 10 million copies sold.
* Revised and updated with the latest information for dealing with the toughest job market in decades.
* Honored by the Library of Congress as one of 25 books that have shaped people's lives down through history.
* Used in 26 countries and translated into 20 languages.
* The best resource--whether you're concerned about a current job-hunt, changing careers, starting your own business, or looking for options for relocation.

From the Back Cover:

More Than 10 Million Copies Sold

New York Times and Business Week Best Seller

Chosen by the Library of Congress as one of 25 Books That Have Shaped Readers' Lives

One of the Seven Essential Popular Business Books (Today's Librarian)

Best Overall Career Guide (Career World)

"Parachute still soars with practical advice. This book is a steady seller, always making the USA Today annual list of top-selling books. No wonder: Parachute is practical and trustworthy."
--Jacqueline Blais, USA Today

"Parachute remains the most complete career guide around. . . . It covers all the ground less ambitious books do, as well as some the others don't, mostly in the realm of the psyche."
--Barbara Presley Noble, New York Times

"What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the job-hunting classic for decades. . . . Bolles always goes beyond the routine, including things like useful Internet sites and how to select a career counselor. It's virtually always the best-selling career book, and with good reason."
--David Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle

"Ideally, everyone should read What Color Is Your Parachute? in the tenth grade and again every year thereafter."
--Anne Fisher, Fortune

About this edition

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1580089879
• ISBN 13: 9781580089876
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336