Richard Bolles Stays on the Job

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I am an unabashed member of the Richard Bolles Fan Club!
My father gave me a copy of "What Color is Your Parachute" more than twenty years ago. Since then, I have had wonderful careers as a Forest Ranger, Cameraman, Stockbroker, Software Executive, and am now as a Career Coach.
"Parachute" helped make all that possible in showing me that by starting with my passions and skills, I could then move into a new job/career by following time-honored and real-world-tested techniques.
To me, the real gift of this book is the empowering feeling it gives the reader. By gaining knowledge of the job hunt game, you can become the master of it, rather than a passive victim of circumstance.
My first advice to anyone thinking about a job change? Buy this book, and do every exercise. You have to put in the effort, but the payoff is extraordinary!
Joel Carnes
The Encore Career Coach
www.encorecareerinstitute.org

Joel Carnes of CA 4:14PM November 03, 2008

This is a wonderful and accurate article about an inspirational book (What Color Is Your Parachute? - Richard Bolles)! Liz Wolgemuth has done a fantastic job! I have been acquainted with this book since 1971-1972, and have used it profitably to advance my career as well as those of others.
As a career counselor and career coach, I can sincerely say that the charisma of this book for the past four decades has been its subtle spiritual approach. Bolles's section on How to Find Your Mission in Life is a classic in itself! I have woven that concept into my career counseling practice; it works!
This is an uncoventional book in the careers field. It needs a lot of time and effort to go through it, but it is worth it! The effects are long lasting. Buy this book and digest the 2009 edition. Don't walk, run!
Don Sutaria, MS, IE (Prof.), PE
Founder, President & Life-Work Coach
CareerQuest
don@careerquestcentral.com

Don Sutaria (career counselor and career coach; Founder and President, CareerQuest of NJ 11:12AM October 08, 2008