Publisher's Synopsis
In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, workers are laid off mid-career, and people search for an inspiring work-life change. This new edition has been fully revised for 2021 by Vanderbilt University Career Centre Director Dr. Katharine Brooks, with modern advice on which job-hunt strategies work today, such as building an online resume, making the most of social media tools, and aceing Skype interviews. Building on the wisdom of original author Richard Bolles, this edition updates the famed Flower Exercise (which walks job seekers through the seven ways of thinking about themselves) and demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing and networking. With the unique and authoritative guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changes are sure to discover--and land--their dream job.
