What Color is Your Parachute?

Richard Bolles

What it’s about…

• “What Color is Your Parachute?” is about looking for a job.

• Before you start looking for a job, you need to ask serious questions:

• “Who are you?”• “What do you want to do with your life?”• “Where do you want to do this?”

Chapter 1 There are always jobs out there

• How jobs get created. • Good news.

• Enough jobs for everyone?

Chapter 2 Where do I go from here with my life?

• Aim high• Have vision• Have passion• Create purpose

Chapter 3 The five best ways to look for a job

• Places to look for a job

• Researching• Worst ways

to look for a job

• Best ways to look for a job

Chapter 4 How to deal with handicaps

• Age• Gender• Physical• Education• Experience• Vocational

Chapter 5 Resumes and contacts

• What schools teach us• Alternatives to

resumes• How to get an

interview

Chapter 6 Interviews

• Ten greatest mistakes made in job interviews• Ten commandments for job interviews

Chapter 7 Salary negotiation

• Timing• Research• Closing

Chapter 8 How to start your own business

• Home businesses• Self-employment

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