What Color Is Your Parachute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success Paperback – December 27, 2022

This was recommended when exploring my next career. It took time to go through the exercises but found it super helpful and enlightening. If you’re considering a career change or even just wanting to explore other options that might be a good fit for you, read this book and do all the exercises. It gives you a lot to reflect on!

Really great book designed to give you perspective on your career outlook and choices. It helped me narrow down that I want out of a job, how to identify my strengths and weaknesses, and ways to interview and network. It comes with a ton of resources as well. It’s concise and I worked through it in about a month and a half. Highly recommend.

Wow so so much invaluable information! It is up to date and shatters the way most people do a job search. The book guides you in discovering your strengths and likes/preferences. Lots of valuable practical suggestions. But I have to warn you, be ready to spend several hours on the suggested study guides. It will take you some time and much reflection to complete the book and its recommendations but... GUARANTEED you will be much more prepared and enlightened about your job search. HIGHLY RECOMEND it

This is a great book for younger job seekers, who are unsure about their mission in life. For those retired from full time work but looking for something new to create, only one chapter is useful.

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I bought the latest copy of this book but it really hasn’t changed from the one I had 20 years ago. It just looks nicer. I still think it is thought provoking. If you have an older copy I wouldn’t recommend buying a new one unless you just want a clean copy to work with again.

I first bought this book about 40 years ago? It helped me commit to paper all the things I liked, and the things I was most proud of. From this book, I discovered things about myself and talents I have that I would not have recognized without the book. I worked hard at this book, if I remember correctly, for a week. It was time well spent, because as a young college grad, I started my resume with two-single spaced typed pages which, I then edited down. In those early years, I was asked by a few potential employers who I hired to write my resume. I don’t think they believed me when I told them I wrote it myself. I used quotes from college professors and former bosses to flesh out my skills. When you don’t have much experience, you need examples like that to prove your worth. If you are the president of a successful company, you may only need one sentence. I cannot recommend the exercises in this book enough. Buy it. Any version of it. It will get you started on a great resume

Purchased for a team member struggling with direction.