What color is your parachute? 2016 : a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers

The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2016 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. This revised and updated edition features an all-new list of online job-boards, plus a handy chart summarizing all the new research about resumes. Combining classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics, Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job. Overview: What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world's most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually, with more than ten million copies sold. This 2016 edition features the latest studies and perspectives on today's job-market, including proven strategies for finding jobs even when everyone tells you there are none. Career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals surprising advice on what works-and what doesn't-so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. This helpful manual shares proven tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, as well as guidance for effective networking, confident interviewing, and the best salary negotiating possible. But it goes beyond that by helping you to zero in on your ideal job-and life-with its classic Flower Exercise. Whether you're searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward fulfilling and prosperous work It's a Whole New World for Job-Hunters Google Is Your New Resume There Are Over Eight Million Vacancies Available Each month Sixteen Tips About Interviewing for a Job The Six Secrets of Salary Negotiation What to Do When Your Job-Hunt Just Isn't Working You Need to Understand More Fully Who You Are You Get to Choose Where You Work How To Deal with Any Handicaps You Have The Five Ways to Choose/Change Careers How to Start Your Own Business The Blue Pages: Appendix A. Finding Your Mission in Life Appendix B. A Guide to Dealing with Your Feelings While Out of Work Appendix C. A Guide to Choosing a Career Coach or Counselor Appendix D. Sampler Lists of Coaches Appendix E. Recent Foreign Editions of What Color is Your Parachute? The Final Word: Notes from the Author for This Edition About the Author Update 2017 Index Additional Helpful Resources from the Author. "What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world's most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually...This 2016 edition features the latest studies and perspectives on today's job-market, including proven strategies for finding jobs even when everyone tells you there are none. Career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals surprising advice on what works--and what doesn't--so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. This helpful manual shares proven tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, as well as guidance for effective networking, confident interviewing, and the best salary negotiating possible. But it goes beyond that by helping you to zero in on your ideal job--and life--with its classic Flower Exercise."--Page 4 of cover.