"This book is the recognised bible for anyone looking for a job..." --United Kingdom, Careers 98
"With more than five million copes in print worldwide, Parachute, now in its 26th annual edition, remains the gold standard of career guides." -- Fortune magazine, 1/15/96
"This is ... the Cadillac of job-search books." --Kerri S. Smith, Rocky Mountain News, 11/5/95
"This year, Richard Nelson Bolles has done a mammoth rewrite of his legendary book ... that first appeared in 1970. He has saturated the latest edition with heartfelt writing, sensible exercises, creative approaches and terrific cartoons..." --Cathleen Ferraro, Sacramento Bee, 11/24/96
"It's the best, and it keeps getting better." -Cincinnati Inquirer, 1997
"Parachute remains the most complete career guide around...It covers all the ground less ambitious books do, as well as some the others don't, mostly in the realm of the psyche...The book is a sentimental favourite if only because I actually knew people who carved our career niches for themselves by following its advice." --Barbara Presley Noble, New York Times, 2/13/95
"Dick Bolles lives and breathes careers, and that, coupled with his creativity and writing skills, produces what any reviewer has to cite as the best career book of the year--and that's year after year." -- Career Opportunity News, April 1998
"Richard deserves sainthood for all the people he's helped during the last 27 years." --Bob Rosner, "Working Wounded," February 1998
"This perennial classic is unchallenged as "the bible" of its field. It has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 290 weeks, and over 5 million copies have been sold...But beyond its reputation as a book for job-hunters and career-changers, it has a lot to offer people who simply want to identify and utilise their skills in existing positions." --D. William Hauck, Today's Supervisor, May 1996
"Whether job-hunting or career-changing, you'll find a wealth of practical advice. Discover your skills, yourself, a job, a life. It's all here. One of the few books many will encounter at least once in a lifetime." --Computer Book Review, Summer 1997
"The king of career guides--a best-seller for 25 years--helps job- hunters define their interests, experience, goals, and state of mind, then points them in the direction of a suitable, satisfying and profitable career." --Hot Picks, October 1995
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For nearly 30 years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the guiding light for those in pursuit of satisfying and fulfilling employment. The 1999 edition has been completely revised and rewritten and is designed to work in conjunction with the book's Web site. At the heart of Bolles's formula for finding the right job are two questions: What do you want to do? Where do you want to do it?
Answer those and you're well on your way to finding the job you really want. Packed with time-tested advice, What Color Is Your Parachute? works as a good companion for those just starting out in the "real world" as well as for those who are thinking seriously about a career change. --Harry C. Edwards, Amazon.com
Parachute went from 560 pages to just 235 in this edition.
For much of 1998, The 1998 What Color Is Your Parachute? was the second best-selling business paperback in America. But, at 560 pages, I had a feeling people weren't reading it, except in bits and pieces. Its size was just too intimidating. So, for the 1999 edition (now out) I rewrote the entire book, summarizing where I could, writing shorter sentences where I could, and as a result, reduced it to just 235 pages in the main body of the book. Much more manageable. Here's a typical reaction from a reader: "For the past 20 years, I have purchased or been given a copy of your annual edition/rewrite. In my opinion, the 1999 edition is the best, easiest to read, briskly written, humorous, personal, practical, jam-packed with hints and helps, and 235 pages, excluding the appendices. You have returned the book to the reader and now for the first time in many years, I will strongly encourage people who buy this book to read the entire thing. I am in awe of the masterpiece you have produced." (Jim Kell, Texas)
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