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

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 newly streamlined edition features the latest resources, case studies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results.At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more. This practical manual also provides essential tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, networking effectively, interviewing with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible. 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 a fulfilling and prosperous life’s work. Title Page......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Dedication......Page 10 The 2018 Table of Contents......Page 11 Chapter 1: It’s a Whole New World for Job-Hunters......Page 15 Chapter 2: Google Is Your New Resume......Page 37 Chapter 3: There Are Over Ten Million Vacancies Available Each Month......Page 66 Chapter 4: Sixteen Tips About Interviewing for a Job......Page 74 Chapter 5: The Six Secrets of Salary Negotiation......Page 114 Chapter 6: What to Do When Your Job-Hunt Just Isn’t Working......Page 134 Chapter 7: Self-Inventory, Part 1......Page 147 Chapter 8: Self-Inventory, Part 2......Page 163 Chapter 9: You Get to Choose Where You Work......Page 245 Chapter 10: How to Deal with Any Handicaps You Have......Page 265 Chapter 11: The Five Ways to Choose/Change Careers......Page 291 Chapter 12: How to Start Your Own Business......Page 312 The Blue Pages......Page 328 Appendix A: Finding Your Mission in Life......Page 329 Appendix B: A Guide to Dealing with Your Feelings While Out of Work......Page 358 Appendix C: A Guide to Choosing a Career Coach or Counselor......Page 369 Appendix D: Sampler List of Coaches......Page 388 Appendix E: Recent Foreign Editions of What Color Is Your Parachute?......Page 427 The Final Word: Notes from the Author for This Edition......Page 428 About the Author......Page 434 Update 2019......Page 435 Index......Page 437 Additional Helpful Resources from the Author......Page 458