What Colour Is Your Parachute? (A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Career Changes) - Richard Bolles > Reviews

Advantages: Inspiring and motivating
Disadvantages: religious US-centric author

What Color Is Your Parachute is a job hunting manual, but it is also a great deal more than that. This book does not simply give you tips on how to write a CV or to succeed in an interview, but it offers what the author likes to call a "life changing job hunt". The book concentrates on the job hunter him-/herself and how through getting to know what you really desire in life you can find the perfect career. So far more than 8 million copies have been ... Read review

Advantages: It worked!
Disadvantages: updated/revised significant every year so.. see below

...possibily helped them to remember what they were reading as there is alot of information. It starts with background to job hunting and tips. It makes a distinction between traditional job hunting or life-changing job hunting. Life changing job hunt is obviously the one where you are looking for that job which are completely passionate about. Again, there were exercises to help one identify personal skills and interests and these will undoubtful ... Read review