Synopses & Reviews
In today’s über-competitive climate, you have to start thinking about positioning yourself for a career earlier—you can't just wing it when you graduate and count on finding a great job (or a great job finding you). It pays to figure out your passion early, in order to know what additional schooling—and tuition debt—makes sense for your chosen field. Career authorities Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles will not only help you plan for these decisions, but will also help you define your unique passions that will lead to your dream job. With new chapters on social media and sustainable jobs—along with all-new profiles of twentysomethings who’ve found work in solar energy, magazine writing, and more—this new edition has all the nitty-gritty details you’ll need to get started now. Most importantly, it’s packed with the big-picture advice that will set you up to land the job that’s perfect for who you are—and who you want to be.
Synopsis
This updated career guide for teens draws on simplified principles of "What Color Is Your Parachute?" to help high school and college students zero in on their favorite skills and find a perfect major or career.
Synopsis
Picking up where Undecided left off, Year One is a user-friendly, fun-but-practical guide to the next phase. Whether you are a recently graduated twenty-something, or just experimenting with independence, this guide will help you face the challenges of flying solo in this great wide world. Written in the same conversational style as its predecessor, it will help readers navigate personal finance and budgeting, employment issues, housing and roommates, health, hygiene, romance, and taking care of yourself. With easy-to-read graphs, checklists, fun tips, and interviews with folks who survived and thrived their first years on their own, Year One will sweat the smaller stuff for you so you can focus on putting down the roots that are the real source of adult happiness.
About the Author
CAROL CHRISTEN is a career strategist who has provided life/work planning since 1979. Specializing in working with teenagers, Carol lives along California’s Central Coast.
RICHARD N. BOLLES has been a leader in the job-hunting field for more than thirty-five years. Author of the best-selling career book What Color Is Your Parachute?, Bolles lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit www.jobhuntersbible.com.
JEAN M. BLOMQUIST is a freelance editor and writer with experience as a college admissions counselor.
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments • viii
Preface to the Second Edition • x
Introduction • 1
Part One
Discovering Your Dream Job — 5
1. What You Love to Do: Your Favorite Interests and Best Skills — 8
2. Who You Love to Work With: Your Favorite Types of People — 22
3. Where You Love to Be: Your Ideal Work Environment — 28
4. Putting the Pieces Together: Identifying Your Potential Dream Jobs — 37
Part Two
On the Way to Your Future — 55
5. What Do I Do Now? Making the Most of High School — 57
6. What Do I Do Next? Making the Most of College — 80
7. Goal Setting: A Tool to Shape Your Future — 94
8. Social Networking: Using Social Media to Boost Your Career — 99
Part Three
Landing Your Dream Job . . . and More — 109
9. How to Search for—and Find—Your Dream Job — 111
10. The Top 10 Mistakes Job Hunters Make—and How You Can Avoid Them — 141
11. Tracking Emerging Career Trends: Green Careers and Sustainability — 147
12. Beyond Your Dream Job: Creating the Life You Want — 152
Appendix A: What Everyone Wants to Know: Where Are the Jobs? • 159
Appendix B: Considering College? • 162
Appendix C: More Information Interviews • 164
About the Authors • 174
Index • 175