What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

by Bolles, Richard Nelson; Bolles, Mark Emery

• ISBN13: 9781580086165
• ISBN10: 1580086160
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-15
• Publisher: Random House Inc

Summary

Thoroughly revised for 2005, a handy job-hunter's guide explains how to identify one's personal goals and interests and reveals how to apply that information toward obtaining satisfying employment, with tips on interviews, salary negotiation techniques, career searching online, and more, in a guide that reflects the current. Simultaneous.

Author Biography

Richard N. Bolles is an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemical engineering; Harvard University, in physics (where he graduated cum laude); and the General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, from which he holds a master's degree in New Testament studies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Grammar & Language Note	xii
Preface to the 2005 Edition	xv
What Are You Looking For?	1	(14)
Job-Hunting at Warp Speed	15	(12)
But What If That Doesn't Work?	27	(20)
How Employers Hunt for Job-Hunters	47	(14)
Twenty-Three Tips for a Successful Job-Hunt	61	(20)
How to Start Your Own Business	81	(28)
The Secret to Finding Your Dream Job	109	(22)
When You Lose All Track of Time	131	(24)
The Geography of the Heart	155	(40)
Moving to a New Place	195	(18)
Getting In to Impossible Places	213	(16)
Ten Interviewing Tips	229	(34)
The Seven Secrets of Salary Negotiation	263	(26)
Epilogue How to Find Your Mission in Life	289	(24)
Appendix A The Flower Exercise	313	(48)
Appendix B How to Choose a Career Coach or Counselor	361	(12)
Appendix C Career Counselors Guide: A Sampler	373	(22)
Index	395