An edition of The 2008 what color is your parachute?
(2007)
The 2008 what color is your parachute?
a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
by Richard Nelson Bolles
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The 2008 what color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
2007, Ten Speed Press
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The 2008 what color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
2007, Ten Speed Press
in English
1580088678 9781580088671
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Table of Contents
Your next step : the many paths you can take (map) --
Preface --
Grammar and language note -- -- pt. 1. The
things school never taught us about the job-hunt --
Introduction : -- The
three essential life skills -- -- 1. The
five best ways to hunt for a job (and the five worst) -- -- 2. The
nature of the job-market --
There are always many more vacancies out there than you think, and here's why -- -- 3.
How to deal with handicaps --
Informational interviewing : enthusiasm or passion -- -- A
word to the shy : Daniel Porot's PIE System -- -- 4.
How much help is the Internet? -- -- The
good, the bad, and the ugly -- -- 5.
Resumes & contacts : 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 -- -- 6.
Interviews : the employer's fears --
Secrets for conducting a successful interview -- -- The
only five questions that matter -- -- 7.
Salary negotiation : getting paid what you're worth -- -- The
six secrets to successful negotiation --
pt. 2.
When the unexpected happens : how to deal with change -- -- 8.
On this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing earth : how to pick a new place to live --
What to do when disaster strikes : Katrina, et al. -- -- 9.
In this restless, unpredictable ever-changing job-market : how to choose a new career --
How much help are vocational test? --
Developing a picture of what you want --
Developing "a career choice vocabulary" --
How women can earn more -- -- 10.
In the restless , unpredictable, ever-changing worklife of yours : how to start your own business -- -- The
secret : A minus B equal C -- -- The
most helpful websites --
Part-time, contract and temp work --
Operating on a shoe string : finding help overseas -- -- 11.
In this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing long life of ours : entering the world of 50+ -- -- 12.
In this restless, unpredictable, ever-changing brain of ours : how to get "unstuck" --
pt. 3.
Resuming the search to find your dream --
Introduction : -- the
reawakening -- -- 13. The
three secrets to finding that dream job of yours --
What did you come into the world to do? --
What the world 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 identity your dream job? --
Step one :
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 : three sets of skill keys --
Exercise : the prioritizing grid -- -- The
building blocks pyramid --
Exercise : your strongest traits --
Clinic : the five most common problems --
Step two :
WHERE do you want to use your skills? --
Your petal #1 : 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 petal #2 : your favorite places to live --
Chart : "My geographical preferences: --
Your petal #3 : your favorite people -- -- "The
party" exercise : John Holland's system --
Helpful websites --
Your petal #4 : your favorite values --
Exercise : your testimonial dinner --
Your petal #5 : your favorite working conditions --
Exercise : distasteful working conditions --
Your petal #6 : Level & salary --
Exercise : estimated monthly expenses --
Ideal salary : maximum and minimum --
Other rewards --
Step three : HOW do you put it all together? --
When a light-bulb goes off --
When you haven't got a clue --
Exercise : the five friends --
Chart : the job families --
Giving your flower a name --
Cutting down the territory --
Expanding the territory --
Informational interviewing explained (again) -- -- The
chart : guide to relations in job-hunting --
How to research places before you go there --
Identifying the person who has the power to hire --
Always send a thank you note -- -- 14.
How to find your mission in life -- -- appendix. A
guide to choosing a career coach -- -- A
sampler --
Index.
Edition Notes
"Revised and updated"--Cover.
Includes index.
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