What Color is Your Parachute? 2020

A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

By: Richard N. Bolles

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a shifting economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work - and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Richard N. Bolles (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

Take Notes

Plenty of anecdotal stories to elaborate, why the flower method, helps find one's path for his/or next career.

Helpful content but painful to listen to

The first few chapters were so frustrating- the narrator reading “http://.....” or “www....”- and addresses that are 15 words reading “dash” between every word.... this is supposed to be an updated version and reading these parts of web addresses is completely unnecessary and really annoying and totally tuned those out- provide an index and skip the monotony of all this detail already. Otherwise, helpful content for the new jobseeker- starting my search process and good tips and reminders. I would love a different style of narration.

Some useful points

There are some useful and good points. Overall there are definitely things to learn, however the book needs to be updated and there's a whole chapter on Christianity, which although is a nice message, contrasts and doesn't fit in with this books theme.

A great book for self-discovery

A very informative guide of self-discovery and creative ways to find a job in today's job market. Although a little dry in some spots, I would definitely recommend to this book. By performing the flower exercise you really get a sense of what your purpose in life is and where and how you will do your best work.

really useful for finding a job

the book explains how today's job market is way different from what it used to be, and gives practical strategies for finding your dream job in the new job market

Worst Narration I’ve ever heard

It sounds like this is being read by a robot. Horrible voice and no inflection - definitely not motivating or even tolerable. I’m going to try to get my money back.

Where is the bonus material???

I began reading this book but cannot find the bonus material anywhere to work on the exercises while listening! Can anyone help me out? Where can it be downloaded?

Narrator’s voice

I love Richard Nelson Bolles’ books. I was delighted to see it offered as an audio book. My preferred learning style is auditory. I barely got through the first chapter before turning the audio off. For me there was minimal inflection in his voice. There was no passion behind the words. I have heard Richard Bolles on audio and I could feel his passion.

Useless

Just another "you can be whatever you want" book. Depsite the date on the cover, this is not applicable to the job market of today. As if any serious job hunter hasn't already tried all of the rubbish in this book. The author has done nothing but repackage common sense advice to take advantage of the desperate job seeker. You will not find anything in this book that any other guru or self proclaimed job wizard hasn't already said before. It was infuriating to listen to.

Career advice from a guy born in 1927 - brilliant.

Terrible

It is terribly written, the points are obvious and not insightful at. Definitely would not recommend.