Is What Color Is Your Parachute? one of the All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books? TIME thinks so. Check it out.

What Color Is Your Parachute?

By Feifei Sun | August 30, 2011 | +

Author: Richard Nelson Bolles

Year Released: 1970

The recent U.S. financial crisis has unfortunately forced many Americans to hunt for a new job or change their career, both of which involve skill sets that rust quickly. Luckily there’s What Color Is Your Parachute? — originally self-published by Richard N. Bolles in 1970 — which has been one of the world’s most popular employment guides for 40 years. It has been published in more than 20 languages and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Bolles stands out for packing information that’s both practical and profound, and he covers the entire employment process, from how to successfully search for a new position to how to negotiate salary. Readers learn the basics — where to find a job, how effective various job-hunting methods are — but are also taught how to best match their personal hobbies, skills and passions to potential professional opportunities. At the center of this popular book is Bolles’ signature exercise, the Flower diagram (also referred to as That One Piece of Paper), which calls on readers to list their favorite interests, skills, values and other conditions in order to determine their ideal job.

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Melissa

Reblogged this on Swamp of Boredom and commented:
I’m reblogging this for my own reference and also to share with my readers (all 34 of you;)). Since the release of the 1001 Books App on Tuesday, I’ve been book list crazy. Since I like non-fiction – especially non-fiction centered on historical events and people, not so much current people – and have read a couple of excellent non-fiction books in the last year (Only Yesterday, Empire of the Summer Moon) I wondered if there was a list of recommended non-fiction books. Of course there is. I found one from the Guardain (UK) that is, obviously, geared towards British readers and that, unlike Time’s list, encompasses all non-fiction ever written. This list from Time consists of books only since Time began publishing, 1923. There are a few that don’t interest me at all and the biography choices focus too heavily on women and African Americans, IMO, but overall the list is excellent.
Enjoy!