Self-help · HopefulA guide for job hunters and career changers, revised every year from 1975 until the author's death in 2017
What Color Is Your Parachute?
A job-hunting manual that Bolles revised every year for decades
Richard Nelson Bolles self-published the book on December 1, 1970, and Ten Speed Press began commercial publication in November 1972. It is a career and job-hunting guide that advises job seekers to network to reach the person who can hire them rather than mailing resumes in bulk. It also encourages readers to identify what they do best and enjoy most. Its Flower Exercise gives seven ways for job seekers to define themselves. The book has been revised annually from 1975 until Bolles's death in 2017.
More about this book
Who
Richard Nelson Bolles, the author, a career counselor.
World
The job market, from resumes to networking.
What makes it different
Wikipedia reports over ten million copies sold worldwide, citing a September 28, 2010 AOL interview with Barbara Safani. The figure is dated. The title came from a 1968 joke Bolles made at a business meeting.
Feel
Practical and upbeat.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- What Color Is Your Parachute?Wikipedia