What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and… (1979)

The good thing is that this book offers a methodology and some tools to help people define what kind of job they could next go for. There also are some useful pieces of advice in there (such as: the only goal of a resume is to get you invited).
It is a very American book which assumes that job-seekers and potential employers work from an American mindset in a highly-developed and transparant capitalistic society. 'Personal re-invention' isn't a strong value in Europe, and employers might not find certain re-inventions credible, nor be willing to employ people at a much lower level than their previous salary. Research on salary levels is probably also going to be much more difficult outside of the US.
The two things that bothered me most, is that the book tries to be the final career re-orientation book for everyone, frequently giving examples such as "so it turns out that the career that would make you happiest is welding". Lots of respect for welders, but mid-career executives often have a much more diffuse skill set than manual labourers, and their career analysis tools might arguably need a bit more sophistication and allow for more parameters.
The other one is found in the 70 pages Appendices, where suddenly it is stated that our First Mission in Life is "to know God, and to see His hand in everything". I find that kind of surreptitious religious indoctrination by advice-givers morally dubious, not to say objectionable. ( )

great book that helps you to clarify what are you all about when it comes to looking for a new job, with its help you will be clear about your strength and weaknesses, takes you from which direction you want to go that suits your personality to spesific strategies to get the job you need ( )

Packed with extremely relevant information for job seekers. A must have for anyone who has to work for a living, so basically everyone who's not royalty or married rich. ( )

This is the world's most popular job-hunting guide to help those struggling in these hard economic times acquire the job-search tools they need faster and more efficiently.

Offers a lot of positive, common sense approaches to new career opportunities. ( )