Unlock The Secrets Of What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens: Discover Yourself, Design Your Future, And Plan For Your Dream Job Devised By Richard Nelson Bolles Accessible Through Physical Edition
book has a lot of helpful information and advice! I read it through, and now I want to go back and do some of the exercises that I think will be helpful as I start my own business.
I liked how the writing was professional, but easy to follow and to read,
I would recommend this to any of my teen/young adult friends, with the reminder that the world thinks differently than Christians, and so the "why we do what we do" may differ a bit from the What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens's philosophy.
May your future dream job, and your future life, be lived to the glory of the Lord God,
Some good activities for teens to figure out their interests, values, and possible career paths, A little too American and some parts are dated, A fairly quick read for a work project, As a title modified title from the original for teens, this book contains some sensible, practical advice about career planning and goal setting.
It does its best to stay current, noting some trends and reporting the death of paper resumes, DISCLAIMER: I RECEIVED THIS BOOK FOR FREE AS PART OF THE BLOGGING FOR BOOKS PROGRAM, IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW, NO OTHER FORM OF COMPENSATION WAS GIVEN, AND ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS REVIEW ARE MY OWN,
OVERVIEW:
I love science, I love computers, making them bend to my will programming them, and technology, That all adds up to Computer Science, of which I will major in, However, that decision hasn't always been concrete, In order to major in the sciences, one had to possess an inordinate amount of intelligence, I thought, I ain't that smart, I thought, So, I took personality tests, major quizzes, everything I could get my hands on, Still Computer Science. Still, I wasn't sure. I scoured the sites of colleges I was interested in, but they didn't answer my question: Am I really qualified for this
Then, I started to read books like WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE
Cue lightbulb moment.
I got the skillz, and I can totally pursue my major, With confidence, ya'll.
Many of us are at that stage of life when deciding a career path is, well, stressful, So, I had high hopes for this book, Now, at first, I thought WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE was going to be one of the “follow your dreams” kind, While Im all for my dreams of becoming a published author, Im not exactly smart enough to make any real money off my writing yet.
So, I typically avoid books like that, Theyre a little impractical.
Thankfully, this book surprised me, The authors know what theyre talking about, and even this Google addict learned a whole lot about careers and college majors, Its easy to pick a college major once you discover what kind of jobs youre interested in, The authors of this book know how to talk us youngsters, Its language is simple, and any technical jargon is explained, This book is an excellent resource, written to help you do just that,
WHAT'S IT ABOUT
There are three sections to WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE:
There are twelve chapters in total, and four chapters to a section.
Before we get started, if you think this book will be a goto, endall for your college choices its not.
It wont help you choose a college major, and it wont detail various job titles for you, That would be a long book, However, it will give you a broad idea of where to look for your ideal job position, Then, youre given the ultimatum to find a college major that suits you,
In the first few pages of the book, youre given an example “parachute”, In it, you're supposed to detail your work preferences, The book goes through everything you need to know about the parachute, and guides you through your answers, However, I suggest keeping a notebook in which you detail your "soulsearching", The "parachute" given is much too small, You must either possess tiny handwriting, or a minipen to write in that thing,
In underpages, “What Color is Your Parachute” talks about what a Holland Code is mines IEA or EIA, whats yours, job shadowing, interviewing skills, work environments, and job sustainability.
Within the first section, youre asked to describe your skills yes, we have skills, whether or not weve obtained employment and interests.
Those skills and interests are expanded upon into potential career choices, which translate into college majors for you,
Then, the book gets into the real nitty gritty, The author, Carol Christen, begins to discuss high school and college, She explains goal setting, and how those goals help you stay on track during the school years, Christen even talks about social media, and how we can best utilize it to further our educational careers, That was an interesting chapter, as Christen discussed the social media platform LinkedIn, and how your social media presence can either help or harm your college admission chances and your employment status.
The author even discusses student loans, It talks about how
to repay them, how much to borrow, and what to expect because of them, That section is a short one, but it truly makes the book worthwhile,
SO, WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
If youre in high school, and youre pretty sure of what your future career, its a good read.
But, if youre in high school and you dont know what your future career ought to be this book was written for you, I think.
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE Is short enough for a weekend read, and during the summer, I highly encourage you to pick it up a local bookstore or library.
Originally posted on my blog, sitelinkWriting Abby Remember the original hanging around my house, and this is written for teens without cheesy references.
My high school seminar students will benefit from the practical strategies IF my grant for a class set of books is funded.
No more "I love CSI so I will be in forensic scientist, " These activities will provide an avenue for informed choices, Enlightening Offers great tools for selfdiscovery as well as helpful hints regarding resumes, internships, and social media, DNF at p.
If I had a middle name, it would be "DNF, " I seriously need to review my tbr shelf, like now,
read this books is wonderful wow This review is also available on my blog, sitelinkRead Till Dawn,
I'm a high school junioralmostsenior, You know what that means: I'm bigtime stressing about college, After years of deliberating I've gotten no closer to a definitive decision about what career I want to pursue in college, Computer science Information Technologies Accounting Publishing Who knows So when I saw that I could get a review copy of What Color is Your Parachute, I jumped at the chance.
But of course, I mentioned I'm a junior planning to go to college, And you may not have noticed, but it's May otherwise known to high school students worldwide as "AP testing month, " I got through about half of the first chapter and then completely dropped it because my brain was too tired to do anything in my free time but watch I Love Lucy.
I'm back, though, and I spent the last week slowly working my way through the rest of the book, I can't say I enjoyed reading it, because it's not that kind of book, but I do think it was very thoughtprovoking.
The parachute idea is genius, it really is, It took me weeks to finish filling it out, mainly because there's quite a bit of work that goes into completing each section and I didn't have the time to do it which goes back to the whole "AP testing" thing.
I honestly probably didn't put as much thought into my answers as I should have, so I think if you really let everything simmer the way Christen wants you to, it would take a month or so.
The second half of the book focuses on tips for conducting interviews, applying for jobs, etc, It was a little less interesting for me, because I'm not there yet, but it could be a very helpful resource in the future.
There's also a chapter about managing your online presence, I didn't really like that one very much, because I don't use my real name online for safety reasons, It might be more useful for other people, though,
Now it's time for my biggest complaint with this book: its physical format, The parachute is just a tad too small, so you have to cram everything in with barelylegible small font, The text next to the parachute literally says "To make it easier to use, photocopy this page and enlarge it, " Then the introduction to part one has this helpful tip: "Take your book to a print shop and have it spiral bound.
Removing the spine makes the book lie flat so it's easier to read and photocopy, " Do you see a problem here Why do I have to get the book spiral bound, and then enlarge the parachute Surely it would be much more convenient if they did that in the first place It's not exactly a huge turnon to open the book and be faced with "go spend your money and time doing something we could have done, but didn't want to!"
Physical logistics aside, What Color is Your Parachute a great resource that I highly recommend for anyone who's still deciding what to do after high school.
When you're ready to do some soulsearching, start filling out your parachute, When you're looking for some good careersearch resources, flip through What Color is Your Parachute you'll find everything you could ever need, though it's unfortunately scattered throughout the text instead of gathered in one place.
When you're looking for a onestop quickguide to planning for your future, give What Color is Your Parachute a try, I will definitely be referring back to it in the future,
I received a copy of this book through the Blogging for Books programs in exchange for an honest review, parents had me read this, . . was quite interesting It was pretty good and kinda helpful, I thought the section on "the people you like most" was the most interesting and I slightly supprised myself with what I answered.
This is an excellent workbook for teenagers and young adults who are "finding themselves" on their path to employment, This updated career guide for teens draws on the principles of What Color Is Your Parachute to help high school and college students zero in on their favorite skills and find their perfect major or career.
No idea what you want to be No worries! This fun, rewarding guide draws on the timetested principles of the career classic What Color Is Your Parachute to help you discover your passions, skills, and potential college majors and dream jobs.
Why now Because when you identify your interests and passions early, you can make informed decisions on what additional schooling and tuition debt makes sense for your chosen field.
With fresh updates on the specific challenges of todays jobmarket, this new edition features activities and advice on information interviewing, social media, internships, and more.
Most importantly, its packed with bigpicture advice that will set you up to land the job thats perfect for who you areand who you want to be.
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