Ten Speed Press
Job Hunting
20 books found.
How to Get Any Job 2nd ed
Written by Donald Asher
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 20, 2009
- Price: $15.99
Donald Asher, America's career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment of passion and preparation. First tip: Your college major has very little to do with your job options. In fact, you can get to virtually any life-goal destination from virtually any starting point. Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major. Chad Hurley, billionaire founder of YouTube, was an art major. And while we're at it, Albert Einstein was a high-school drop-out.… Read more »
101 Toughest Interview Questions
Written by Frances Bolles Haynes and Daniel Porot
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Oct 6, 2009
- Price: $12.99
Nothing is more crucial to landing your dream job than a stellar performance in the all-important interview, that nerve-wracking final step to every job search. Extensively updated and revised for today's highly competitive employment market, this compact, concise handbook will prepare you for the most challenging and frequently asked questions you can expect to encounter. Following each question is a list of savvy, can't-miss sample answers, which… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Sep 22, 2009
- Price: $18.99
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Hardcover
- On Sale: Sep 22, 2009
- Price: $28.99
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire the job-search… Read more »
The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Jul 14, 2009
- Price: $9.99
One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared… Read more »
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Hardcover
- On Sale: Oct 1, 2008
- Price: $28.95
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek. It has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world.
Parachute is streamlined this year to help those struggling in these hard economic… Read more »
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 has… Read more »
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: $19.99
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: $14.99
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 »
How to Find Your Mission in Life
Written by Richard N. Bolles
- Format: Trade Paperback
- 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 »
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 »
Games Companies Play
Written by Pierre Mornell
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Mar 22, 2002
- 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 »
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 »
Nice Job!
Written by Jamie H. Rosen and John Westerdahl
- Format: Trade Paperback
- On Sale: Mar 1, 1999
- 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 »
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 »
