Skip to Main Content (Press Enter) Toggle side nav

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021

Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success

Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success

Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

By Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD

Best Seller
Paperback $19.99

Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857866

Hardcover $29.99

Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857873

Ebook $12.99

Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857880

All Formats
+
    What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021 by Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks, EdD
    Hardcover $29.99
    Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857873

    Buy from Other Retailers:

    See All Formats (2) +

    Paperback
    +

    • Paperback $19.99

      Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857866

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Hardcover
    –

    • Hardcover $29.99

      Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857873

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Ebook
    +

    • Ebook

      Dec 22, 2020 | ISBN 9781984857880

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Buy the Ebook:

    About What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021

    With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2021.

    In today’s challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. 
     
    This practical manual has been fully revised for 2021 by Vanderbilt University Career Center Director Katharine Brooks, EdD, with modern advice on the job hunt strategies that are working today, such as building an online resume, making the most of social media tools to network effectively, interviewing virtually with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible. 
     
    At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.
     
    With the unique and authoritative guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have all the tools they need to discover—and land—their dream job.

    About What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021

    With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2021.

    In today’s challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. 
     
    This practical manual has been fully revised for 2021 by Vanderbilt University Career Center Director Katharine Brooks, EdD, with modern advice on the job hunt strategies that are working today, such as building an online resume, making the most of social media tools to network effectively, interviewing virtually with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible. 
     
    At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.
     
    With the unique and authoritative guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have all the tools they need to discover—and land—their dream job.

    About What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021

    With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2021.

    In today’s challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results. 
     
    This practical manual has been fully revised for 2021 by Vanderbilt University Career Center Director Katharine Brooks, EdD, with modern advice on the job hunt strategies that are working today, such as building an online resume, making the most of social media tools to network effectively, interviewing virtually with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible. 
     
    At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.
     
    With the unique and authoritative guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have all the tools they need to discover—and land—their dream job.

    Read An Excerpt

    Read An Excerpt

    Read An Excerpt

    About Richard N. Bolles

    Richard N. Bolles has led the career development field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society… More about Richard N. Bolles

    About Katharine Brooks, EdD

    Katharine Brooks, EdD, is an award-winning, nationally certified counselor and career coach who is currently the Evans Family Executive Director… More about Katharine Brooks, EdD

    About Richard N. Bolles

    Richard N. Bolles has led the career development field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society… More about Richard N. Bolles

    About Katharine Brooks, EdD

    Katharine Brooks, EdD, is an award-winning, nationally certified counselor and career coach who is currently the Evans Family Executive Director… More about Katharine Brooks, EdD

    About Richard N. Bolles

    Richard N. Bolles has led the career development field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society… More about Richard N. Bolles

    About Katharine Brooks, EdD

    Katharine Brooks, EdD, is an award-winning, nationally certified counselor and career coach who is currently the Evans Family Executive Director… More about Katharine Brooks, EdD

    Product Details

    Category: Business | Personal Growth

    Paperback | $19.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Dec 22, 2020 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781984857866

    Category: Business | Personal Growth

    Hardcover | $29.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Dec 22, 2020 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781984857873

    Category: Business | Personal Growth

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Dec 22, 2020 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781984857880

    Inspired by Your Browsing History

    Buy other books like What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021

    ‹ ›
    The Getting Things Done Workbook
    The Getting Things Done Workbook
    Brandon Hall and David Allen
    Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated
    Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated
    Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
    Strategize to Win
    Strategize to Win
    Carla A Harris
    Why Are We Yelling?
    Why Are We Yelling?
    Buster Benson
    Creative Confidence
    Creative Confidence
    Tom Kelley and David Kelley
    What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter's Workbook, Fifth Edition
    What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter’s Workbook, Fifth Edition
    Richard N. Bolles
    Talent Is Overrated
    Talent Is Overrated
    Geoff Colvin
    The Dip
    The Dip
    Seth Godin
    All You Have to Do Is Ask
    All You Have to Do Is Ask
    Wayne Baker
    Make Time
    Make Time
    Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
    Linchpin
    Linchpin
    Seth Godin
    No Hard Feelings
    No Hard Feelings
    Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien
    60 Seconds and You're Hired!: Revised Edition
    60 Seconds and You’re Hired!: Revised Edition
    Robin Ryan
    Insight
    Insight
    Tasha Eurich
    Humor, Seriously
    Humor, Seriously
    Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas
    Expect to Win
    Expect to Win
    Carla A Harris
    The Attributes
    The Attributes
    Rich Diviney
    Procrastinate on Purpose
    Procrastinate on Purpose
    Rory Vaden
    The 2-Hour Job Search, Second Edition
    The 2-Hour Job Search, Second Edition
    Steve Dalton
    The Best Place to Work
    The Best Place to Work
    Ron Friedman, PhD
    Fear Is Just a Four-Letter Word
    Fear Is Just a Four-Letter Word
    Tracy Tutor
    The Prosperity Bible
    The Prosperity Bible
    Napoleon Hill
    Brag Better
    Brag Better
    Meredith Fineman
    What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter's Workbook, Sixth Edition
    What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter’s Workbook, Sixth Edition
    Katharine Brooks, EdD and Richard N. Bolles
    The Biggest Bluff
    The Biggest Bluff
    Maria Konnikova
    Finish
    Finish
    Jon Acuff
    Connect
    Connect
    David Bradford, Ph.D. and Carole Robin, Ph.D.
    Effortless
    Effortless
    Greg McKeown
    Powershift
    Powershift
    Daniel Paisner and Daymond John
    Captivate
    Captivate
    Vanessa Van Edwards
    The Passion Economy
    The Passion Economy
    Adam Davidson
    How to Own Your Own Mind
    How to Own Your Own Mind
    Napoleon Hill
    Looking for More Great Reads?
    21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
    Be the first to know!
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    By clicking SIGN UP, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
    Dismiss
    Thanks!
    Something awesome is on its way.
    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Raise kids who love to read

    Brightly

    Raise kids who love to read
    Today's Top Books

    Today's Top Books

    Want to know what people are actually reading right now?
    An online magazine for today’s home cook

    TASTE

    An online magazine for today’s home cook