Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126454 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
As well as a step-by-step guide to identifying your new career, using the Internet and other tools, this guide includes all the latest information about how to speed up a job-hunt or career-change. It also covers how to choose a career counsellor and useful Internet sites.

Customer Reviews

Limited use - but excellent for that
I did not like the job hunting material in Parachute, but the Flower exercise in the appendix is the best of its kind that I have seen.

The advice Mr Bolles offers on CV writing and on conducting (and selling!) oneself in the interview is very limited and directed far too much to the American market. He almost seems to expect one to have that sort of insight already, probably stemming from the fact that he has been writing on this subject for over 30 years. He is just too far removed from the reality of someone who needs help on writing a selling CV and getting ready for a searching interview. Also, I did not enjoy the religious overtones.

That being said, if you are unsure of your next move or of your long term plan, this is a great book and worth the cover price just for the material in the appendix. Lots of good ideas here, but look elsewhere for job hunting advice.

Still full of fresh ideas
It may not be the newest title but is still frersh and updated to include the role of the web. It covers the a-z of finding a job with lots of creative ways of envisioning your potential career paths. It is a title that does not really date in terms of the substance of its coverage.
There is a lot a material including tips on starting your own business. A good read, but one you can dip into when you need practical advice or perhaps some inspiration.

If you have the motivation this will work for you
This book inspired me to achieve and, for that reason alone, I can't recommend it enough. I left school at 16 with a handful of fairly mediocre qualifications and a decent work ethic but no real idea of what I wanted to do. Having drifted through a couple of administrative jobs, picking up a few skills on the way, I was handed a copy of Dick's book when I mentioned to a trainer at work that I was minded to study in the evening to get more qualifications.

Now, it wasn't easy but - within a year of reading it - I had enrolled in evening school, within two years of that I had my A levels while still at work and resigned my current post as I had secured a place at an excellent university to read law. I worked around this course to financially support myself. I qualified as a lawyer in a top rated firm five years ago. It works. Thank you for giving me the belief and confidence to do all of this Mr Bolles.