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Author Bolles, Richard Nelson, author.

Title What color is your parachute? 2017 : a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers / Richard N. Bolles.

Publication Info. Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2017]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  650.14 Bol    ---  Available
Edition 2017 edition.
Description 355 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
Contents It's a whole new world for job-hunters -- Google is your new resume -- There are over ten million vacancies available each month -- Sixteen tips about interviewing for a job -- The six secrets of salary negotiation -- What to do when your job-hunt just isn't working -- Self-inventory, part 1 -- Self-inventory, part 2 -- You get to choose where you work -- How to deal with any handicaps you have -- The five ways to choose/change careers -- How to start your own business -- The pink pages: -- Appendix A: Finding your mission in life -- Appendix B: A guide to dealing with your feelings while out of work -- Appendix C: A guide to choosing a career coach or counselor -- Appendix D: Sampler lists of coaches -- Appendix E: Recent foreign editions of What Color Is Your Parachute? -- Final Word: Notes from the author for this edition -- About the author -- Update 2018 -- Index -- Additional helpful resources from the author.
Summary "The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2017 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers,"--Amazon.com.
Subject Job hunting.
Career changes.
Vocational guidance.
ISBN 039957820X
9780399578205 (pbk.)
9780399578212
0399578218

 
    
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