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The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Jul 14, 2009
Price: $9.99

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Hardcover
On Sale: Oct 1, 2008
Price: $28.95

The #1 best-selling career book of all time, revised and updated to keep pace with today's ever-changing job market.

Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York Times, where it… Read more »

Also available as a Trade Paperback

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Oct 1, 2008
Price: $18.95

The #1 best-selling career book of all time, revised and updated to keep pace with today's ever-changing job market.

Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York Times, where it… Read more »

Also available as a Hardcover

A Foot in the Door

Written by Katharine Hansen

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $14.95

This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals… Read more »

Job-Hunting Online

Written by Richard N. Bolles and Mark Emery Bolles

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $12.95

The Internet can be an invaluable tool in any job hunt-but only when you know how to use it. Cowritten by career guru Richard Nelson Bolles and his son, nontraditional career expert Mark Emery Bolles, JOB-HUNTING ONLINE helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet to find the most useful sites and avoid common pitfalls. Filled with hundreds of annotated website recommendations and newly reorganized to… Read more »

The Career Counselor's Handbook

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Oct 1, 2007
Price: $19.95

With more than sixty-five combined years of experience in the career development field, Howard Figler and Richard Nelson Bolles are the undisputed authorities when it comes to helping people find meaningful work. In this revised and updated second edition of their classic guide for career counselors, Figler and Bolles show aspiring counselors how to break into the business, and give experienced counselors ideas for improving effectiveness and recharging… Read more »

Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why

Written by Donald Asher

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $14.95

Do your job, do it well, and you'¬?ll be rewarded, right? Actually, probably not. According to career guru Donald Asher advancement at work is less about skill sets and more about strategy. WHO GETS PROMOTED, WHO DOESN'¬?T, AND WHY details exactly what puts one employee on the fast track to an exceptional career, while another stays on the treadmill to mediocrity.Whether you'¬?re new to the workforce or feeling stagnant and overlooked… Read more »

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People

Written by Carol Eikleberry

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Apr 1, 2007
Price: $14.95

You don't have to stifle your creative impulses to pay the bills. For anyone who's ever been told, "Don't quit your day job," career counselor Carol Eikleberry is here to say, "Pursue your dreams!" Now in its third edition, her inspiring guide provides knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools to help artistic individuals figure out how to remain different, unconventional… Read more »

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads

Written by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $16.95

Most people would love to have 20/20 hindsight on their careers. In Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads, college career experts Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald have assembled the next best thing: the collective wisdom of a diverse and inspiring cast of success stories—twenty-three liberal arts graduates who have gone on to all manner of fascinating and satisfying professions. The authors have combined lessons from the stories with their… Read more »

What Color Is Your Parachute? Workbook, revised

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Nov 1, 2005
Price: $9.95

Richard Nelson Bolles presents an updated version of one of the most widely acclaimed exercises from PARACHUTE, the Flower. This highly effective tool, reproduced here in handy workbook form, helps readers target their ideal work situation. Simple step-by-step worksheets focus on translating personal interests into marketable job skills as well as often-ignored issues such as spiritual or emotional fulfillment in the workplace. These exercises are… Read more »

Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures

Written by Michael Landes

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Apr 1, 2005
Price: $21.95

From internships to seasonal work to volunteer jobs and adventures abroad, this best-of-the-best guide from short-term job expert Michael Landes offers a comprehensive list of more than 1,000 life-enriching opportunities like river guiding in Alaska, restoring a medieval castle in the south of France, or contributing to a sustainable farm. Whether you'¬?re looking for a summer job, avoiding the post-college cubicle life, or trying to reinvigorate… Read more »

How to Find Your Mission in Life

Written by Richard N. Bolles

Format: Hardcover
On Sale: Mar 1, 2005
Price: $7.95

Now in Paperback!In this intimate treasury of wit and wisdom, Richard Bolles, author of the job-hunting bible: WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?, explores the spiritual aspects of finding one’s place in the work world. For anyone who has ever wondered how to make the most of their unique natural gifts, or how to find a vocation that is both socially responsible and personally fulfilling, this enlightening and empowering little volume provides… Read more »

Diary of a Job Search

Written by Perri Capell and Tim Johnston and Laura Lorber

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 1, 2004
Price: $16.95

On January 8 at 3:35 P.M., I lost my job. After three weeks of sending hastily updated résumés into the electronic void, I realize I'm one of eight thousand candidates for almost any job.…Like many Americans struggling through the recession, Tim Johnston was recently laid off. For eight long months, Tim navigated a job market that had changed significantly since his last job search, chronicling his highs and frequent lows in… Read more »

Games Companies Play

Written by Pierre Mornell

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 1, 2004
Price: $17.95

Following up his highly successful HIRING SMART (San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of the Year selection), business guru Pierre Mornell moves to the other side of the interview table to share his knowledge of the hiring process with job hunters of all levels. This indispensable guide is packed with Dr. Mornell'¬?s savvy, street-smart advice on taking the plunge into a new career, readying the necessary cover letters and recommendations… Read more »

Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped

Written by Richard N. Bolles and Dale S. Brown

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 1, 2004
Price: $14.95

Richard Bolles'¬?s WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? has helped millions of readers find their path in life, and now his creative approach to job-hunting is brought to bear on the specific challenges faced by job hunters with disabilities. In JOB-HUNTING FOR THE SO-CALLED HANDICAPPED, Bolles and Dale Susan Brown guide readers through the often-frustrating, but ultimately rewarding process of securing independence in their lives and personal satisfaction… Read more »

Nice Job!

Written by Jamie H. Rosen and John Westerdahl

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 1, 2004
Price: $14.95

The career shelf at your local bookstore is packed with guides to finding jobs in perfectly dull professions, but what if you're looking for a real change of pace? NICE JOB! will equip you with all the information you need to swap your career for a lifestyle. This innovative book is packed with detailed profiles on over 80 truly unusual jobs -- from the practical (rare furniture craftsman) to the daring (National Geographic photographer) to the truly… Read more »

The Global Citizen

Written by Elizabeth Kruempelmann

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 1, 2004
Price: $16.95

The Joy of Not Working

Written by Ernie J. Zelinski

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Sep 1, 2003
Price: $16.95

Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever. He has already taught more than 150,000 people what THE JOY OF NOT WORKING is all about: learning to live every part of your life-employment, unemployment, retirement, and leisure time alike-to the fullest. With this completely revised and expanded edition, you too can join the thousands of converts and learn to thrive at both work and at play. Illustrated by eye-opening exercises, thought… Read more »

High-Tech Careers for Low-Tech People

Written by Bill Schaffer

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Mar 25, 1999
Price: $14.95

It's no secret that the high-tech industry is one of the most vital segments of our economy. Now, is it fair that just because you preferred reading Shakespeare in college to studying microprocessors you should miss out on a high-paying job in this industry? Enter William Schaffer, a manager at Sun Microsystems and a self-confessed former technophobe who's convinced that even if you think Wintel is a glass cleaner, there's still hope. In clear, concise… Read more »

Wizard of Work

Written by Richard Gaither

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: Apr 1, 1995
Price: $8.95

Nearly a million job hunters have used premier trainer Dick Gaither's self-directed job-search material, which is available in book form for the first time. Dick's simple, straightforward approach, combined with his series of proven, power-packed exercises and text, will put the job seeker on the right track from the very first page. Geared especially to entry-level or skilled-labor sorts, this is a workbook, a sourcebook, an idea book, and a practical… Read more »