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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
What Color Is Your Parachute 2010 A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Author: Richard N. Bolles
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting 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. Parachut...  more » is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire the job-search tools they need faster and more efficiently. Its life-saving information is, as always, updated and relevant to today?s job market.

Career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-hunters to find meaningful work. 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 find such a job without depending on agencies and ads? What Color Is Your Parachute? is not only about finding a job in hard times. It?s about finding your passion. In the words of Fortune magazine: ?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 hardcover edition.]
ISBN-13: 9781580089890
ISBN-10: 1580089895
Publication Date: 9/22/2009
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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