Dick Bolles
What Color is Your Parachute
Dick Bolles is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Guide For Job-Hunters and Career Changers, the most popular job-hunting book in the world. TIME Magazine chose it last Fall as one of the 100 best nonfiction books written since 1923. The Library of Congress chose it as one of 25 books down through history that have shaped people's lives. It is a New York Times bestseller, appearing on its list for over 5 years. The book has sold 10 million copies, to date, and is revised every year. It has been translated into 20 languages and is used in 26 countries.
Dick is credited with founding the modern career counseling field (by such career experts as the late Bernard Haldane), and is often described as its #1 celebrity. He has been featured in TIME, The New York Times, Business Week, Fortune, Money, Fast Company, The Economist, Publishers Weekly, and has appeared on the Today show, CNN, CBS, ABC, PBS, and other popular media. He has keynoted hundreds of conferences including ASTD and NCDA.
He is a member of Mensa and SHRM. “He is the most recognized job hunting authority on the planet.” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “America’s top career expert” (AARP) He has a website at www.jobhuntersbible.com, is on LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter (@ParachuteGuy)
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