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008 050729s2006 caua e 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aBolles, Richard Nelson.
245 10 $aWhat color is your parachute? :$ba practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers /$cby Richard Nelson Bolles.
246 10 $a2006 What color is your parachute?
250 $a2006 ed.
260 $aBerkeley, Calif. :$bTen Speed,$cc2006.
300 $axvi, 402 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aYour Next Step: The Many Paths You Can Take (Map) -- Grammar and Language Note -- The Things School Never Taught Us About the Job-Hunt -- Introduction: The Three Essential Life Skills -- The Five Best Ways to Hunt for a Job (and the Five Worst) -- The Nature of the Job-Market -- There Are Always Many More Vacancies Out There -- Than You Think, and Here's Why -- How Much Help Is the Internet? -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- How to Deal with Handicaps -- Informational Interviewing: Enthusiasm or Passion -- A Word to the Shy: Daniel Porot's PIE System -- Resumes: How to Get in to See an Employer -- Alternatives to Resumes: Cover Letters, Portfolios -- Who or What Is a Contact? -- The Person Who Has the Power to Hire You -- Interviews: The Employer's Fears -- Secrets for Conducting a Successful Interview -- The Only Five Questions that Matter -- Salary Negotiation: Getting Paid What You're Worth -- The Six Secrets to Successful Negotiation -- When The Unexpected Happens: How to Deal with Change -- On This Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Earth: How to Pick A New Place to Live -- What to Do When Disaster Strikes: Katrina, et al. -- In This Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Job-Market: How to Choose a New Career -- Developing A Picture of What You Want -- Developing "A Career Choice Vocabulary" -- How Women Can Earn More -- In the Restless, Unpredictable, Ever-Changing Worklife of Yours: How to Start Your Own Business -- The Secret: A minus B equals C -- The Most Helpful Websites -- Part-Time, Contract and Temp Work -- Operating on a Shoe-String: Finding Help Overseas -- Resuming the Search to Find Your Dream -- Introduction: The Reawakening -- The Three Secrets to Finding That Dream Job of Yours -- What Did You Come into the World to Do? -- What the World Most Needs from You -- Why People Fail to Find Their Dream Job -- Exercise: Who Am I? -- Brain Scientists' Findings -- The Flower Exercise -- Example of Completed Flower -- What are Competencies? -- Summary: How Do You Identify Your Dream Job? -- WHAT Skills Do You Most Enjoy Using -- A Crash Course on Transferable Skills -- Example of A Story: The Stationwagon -- Exercise: My Life Stories -- Analyzing Your Story: 3 Sets of Skill Keys -- Exercise: The Prioritizing Grid -- The Building Blocks Pyramid -- Exercise: Your Strongest Traits -- Clinic: The Five Most Common Problems -- WHERE Do You Want to Use Your Skills? -- Your "Fields of Fascination" -- The Intuitional Way to Approach This -- The Step-by-Step Way to Approach This -- Exercise: Fields That Use Your Mental Skills -- The "Subjects Chart" -- Exercise: Fields Dealing with People's Needs -- "The People List" of Needs -- Exercise: Fields Dealing with Things -- "The Things Phone Book" -- Your Favorite Places to Live -- Chart: "My Geographical Preferences" -- Your Favorite People -- "The Party" Exercise: John Holland's System -- Helpful Websites -- Your Favorite Values -- Exercise: Your Testimonial Dinner -- Your Favorite Working Conditions -- Exercise: Distasteful Working Conditions -- Level & Salary -- Exercise: Estimated Monthly Expenses -- Ideal Salary: Maximum and Minimum -- Other Rewards -- HOW Do You Put It All Together? -- When A Light-Bulb Goes Off -- When You Haven't A Clue -- Exercise: The Five Friends -- Chart: The Job Families -- Giving Your Flower A Name -- Cutting Down the Territory -- Expanding the Territory -- The Chart: Guide to Relations in Job-Hunting -- Informational Interviewing Explained (Again) -- How to Research Places Before You Go There -- Identifying the Person Who Has the Power to Hire -- Always Send A Thank-You Note -- How To Find Your Mission in Life -- A Guide to Choosing A Career Coach.
650 0 $aJob hunting.
650 0 $aVocational guidance.
650 0 $aCareer changes.
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