The 1994 What Color is Your Parachute?

A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard Nelson Bolles

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 1994 , 464 pages

ISBN: 0-89815-568-1

Synopsis:

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This is the best-selling job-hunting book in the world. 25,000 people a month buy this book and it has sold over 5 million copies. In the U.S., it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 288 weeks. It is popular in many other countries, and available in seven languages.

Table of Contents:

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• Preface: Annual Comments from the Author
• Putting Things in Perspective
1. A Cup of Hope
2. The Workquake of The '90s
• Job-Hunting
3. The Least Effective Job-Hunting Methods: Resumes, Agencies & Ads
4. More Effective Ways of Job-Hunting
5. If It Looks Like It's Going to Be 'A Long Haul': How to Avoid Getting Depressed
6. Trying Something New: Working at Home, Starting Your Own Business, etc.
7. Retiring Or Moving to a New Place
• Choosing or Changing a Career
8. How to Choose Or Change a Career
9. What Skills Do You Most Enjoy Using?
10. Where Do You Want to Use Your Skills?
11. How Do You Go About Finding Such a Job?
• Securing and Conducting an Interview Successfully
12. How Do You Find the Person Who Has the Power to Hire You?
13. Conducting the Interview
14. Salary Negotiation
• The Pink Pages
1. Career Counselors and Other Resources
2. Books and Notes for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
3. How to Survive Financially
• Epilogue: How to Find Your Mission in Life