The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide: How to Find a Rewarding Job Even When “There Are No Jobs”
The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide: How to Find a Rewarding Job Even When “There Are No Jobs”
One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared in Time (“10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” March 2009), U.S. News & World Report (deemed “savior of the nation’s unemployed,” October 2008), NBC’s Today Show (broadcast in April 2009), and many other publications and shows. His book was the #1 best-seller on BusinessWeek’s paperback list as recently as last November.
Never has his advice been more sought than during these brutal economic times. He has responded by writing a completely new book: The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide, designed particularly for people who are hanging on the ropes, who haven’t time to do a lot of reading but need help desperately—and now. Early reviews have called this little Guide “brilliant” and “tremendously helpful.”
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide: How to Find a Rewarding Job Even When “There Are No Jobs”
This short 100-page book is actually very concise and thorough in its descriptions of the diametrically opposite behaviors of job-seekers and employers. While //The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide// is not filled with humorous anecdotes, it is a very well-thought-out and well-organized work with enough reason for hope built into it to keep the reader moving forward. Author Richard Bolles uses statistics deftly to present reasons to stay hopeful in this desperate economy, and he also demonstrates a multitude of ways in which the reader might improve their odds in the employment marketplace. As I know all too well, it’s a full-time job looking for a full-time job, a point Bolles clearly makes in this //Survival Guide//. Bolles provides handy techniques for self-inventory, creating a plan of action, and looking for your dream job. Any reader who takes the time to practice these lessons will drastically improve their odds of finding employment and finding it soon. Another useful part of Bolles’ work is that the book reveals the many job-hunting methods that are a waste of time while also showing us good and rarely-used methods for finding work. The book is summarized with a great truism to help us stay positive: “What you believe is going to happen can help determine what actually does happen.” I highly recommend this book to all job-hunters facing these troubling and turbulent times.
REviewed by John Cloutman
5 Stars The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide
This is an excellent little book, perfect for these times! It has many practical hints and is very compassionate in nature. As a career counselor and career coach I learned about several useful web sites which I was not aware of. I enjoyed this book thoroughly. I would highly recommend it to every person, whether you are working or in career transition.
Don Sutaria, MS, IE (Prof.)
Founder, President & Life-Work Coach
CareerQuest
Author: CAREER AND LIFE COUNSELING FROM THE HEART (YOUR CAREER IS A PATHWAY TO YOUR SOUL!)
5 Stars Inspirational book on finding a job!
This book really hits home for the unemployed of today. Seriously…. if you are dedicated enough you’ll find something a good something if you put your mind to it.
This book is a great read and gets the reader motivated to get back in the spirit of finding a job.
Kelly Wibbenmeyer, author of [...]
4 Stars Survival Guide provides great insights
Subtitled “How to Find Hope and Rewarding Work, Even When `There Are No Jobs’”, this short (100 pages or so) volume provides insightful, fact-based advice on the state of the current job market along with some practical realities about how to seek and find your best position in these crazy times. Bolles (the author of the ubiquitous “What Color is Your Parachute?” for 30 plus years) says of this little tome, “The most essential stuff is in here.” Quoting the questions he feels the frustrated job seeker is likely to have, he provides solid insights and quotes percentages on the success of all kinds of job search methods. In addition, there is a panoply of useful websites for personal insight, job search, company research and related guidance. The book includes his famous “flower” for general career targeting and then applies it in reverse to identify the individual’s “dream job.” A skills inventory is also available to aid in identifying one’s most significant abilities. The book closes with a short, impactful review of the entire process entitled “A Plan of Action When You’re Out of Work.” The back cover calls the book “One Hundred Pages of Lifesaving Advice for People Out of Work.” I agree.
5 Stars Everyone Needs to Read Richard Nelson Bolles!
This is THE job hunters manual. In a world that has lost its common sense, this book is jammed packed with really GOOD advice - NOT HYPE, but REALITY!!! I recommend ALL of the “What Color is Your Parachute” books and feel that Richard Nelson Bolles has a gift. No person, job hunter or otherwise, should go without reading this book. It is even an interesting read when you are not job hunting. Take heart, you are not alone. Read the book and hopefully you will feel abled to take the advice. Richard Nelson Bolles presents some very, very, very strong arguments for his job hunting success tips.
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