What Color is Your Parachute?
Richard
Bolles
What it’s about…
• “What Color is Your Parachute?” is about
looking for a job.
• Before you start looking for a job, you need to
ask serious questions:
• “Who are you?”
• “What do you want to do with your life?”
• “Where do you want to do this?”
Chapter 1
There are always jobs out there
• How jobs get created.
• Good news.
• Enough jobs for everyone?
Chapter 2
Where do I go from here with my life?
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Aim high
Have vision
Have passion
Create purpose
Chapter 3
The five best ways to look for a job
• Places to
look for a
job
• Researching
• Worst ways
to look for a
job
• Best ways to
look for a
job
Chapter 4
How to deal with handicaps
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Age
Gender
Physical
Education
Experience
Vocational
Chapter 5
Resumes and contacts
• What schools teach us
• Alternatives to
resumes
• How to get an
interview
Chapter 6
Interviews
• Ten greatest mistakes made in job interviews
• Ten commandments for job interviews
Chapter 7
Salary negotiation
• Timing
• Research
• Closing
Chapter 8
How to start your own business
• Home businesses
• Self-employment
ppt presentation by
wh5
2011