| What Color Is Your Parachute? 2016: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Contributor(s): Bolles, Richard N. (Author), Lawlor, Patrick Girard (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1501274643 ISBN-13: 9781501274640 Publisher: Brilliance Audio OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: August 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - General |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" (0.15 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bolles, Richard N.: - Richard N. Bolles has led the career development field for more than forty years. A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, he has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. Bolles was trained in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and holds a bachelor's degree cum laude in physics from Harvard University, a master's in sacred theology from General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, and three honorary doctorates. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Marci. |