The Web contains a wealth of information for job hunters, but finding it can stymie even the most Web literate. What Color is Your Parachute: The Net Guide leads job hunters through the maze of career information in a practical and simple style.
Author Richard Bolles hosts this online job hunting guide. It is an offshoot of the hugely successful What Color is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Career Changers.
What Color is Your Parachute: The Net Guide,
by Richard Nelson Bolles
Internet:
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
Bolles originally self-published the book in 1970. It was so successful that Ten Speed Press bought the rights and republished it in 1972. More than 24,000 people purchase the book monthly.
This site provides a wealth of information and links relating to:
Job Listings : What Color is Your Parachute provides links to the best job listing sites on the Web. The sites reviewed include both the well known and the more obscure. Some sites contain jobs in a wide variety of fields, and others only list jobs in specific industries.
Resume Posting : Parachute lists sites that provide guidance on writing resumes and allow you to post them.
Counseling : Finding a job is difficult. Having competent advice on how to find the job that's right for you can make it easier. Parachute provides links to several of what Bolles considers the best counseling sites on the Web. They provide guidance on using the Web as a job search tool, matching your personality to a job, salary surveys, and finding hidden jobs.
Contacts : The guide provides excellent advice on using the Web as a networking tool. The sites Bolles includes can help you find a specific person's address and phone number, or tap into a specific topic, a specific place, or specific employer.
Research : Bolles considers research the most useful way to use the Web as a job search tool. You can find information about almost any subject easily and quickly. Parachute also warns Net surfers about following alluring unrelated links and getting sidetracked.
What Color is Your Parachute provides a wealth of information to job hunters in an easy-to-use format. It also includes effectiveness ratings for each section. Bolles estimates that out of every 100 people who search job listings for a non-computer related job, only one will find a job.
Students can use this site to gain practical and realistic information about using the Web as a job search tool. The links to career counseling sites are invaluable, and will help students get a picture of what job hunting in the real world is like.
There is also a section specifically for career counsellors. Topics range from life and work planning as an everyday activity, to clients' control over their lives.
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