Guidance
Eventually It Is Your Choice To Make
You eventually will have to select the career you would like to follow for
the next step. But no one else has the authority to select a program of study
leading to the career you will follow. Well, that's true in theory. But in
actuality many people will think they have that authority.
Parents figure since they typically are paying the bills, they should have
some say. The way to avoid this pressure is to pay for your own education.
Family members may feel you should select a career based on what other
family members have done in the past. The problem with this is that you can not
be your own person if following in the footsteps of someone else. Unless you
like that idea which many people do. It does provide a head start.
Friends may try to influence your career selection because they feel that
they know you. Although they can not choose for you, at least listen to their
suggestions. They might be able to provide helpful incites to your future which
only they can see.
Employers may direct your selection through educational benefits
restrictions. If there are specific courses which your employer will pay for
that you want, take those. If there are courses needed for your job that you
want to take, do those too. But draw the line at taking courses for a job that
does not interest you. Life is too short.
Children, if you have them, often have an image of what job they would like
to see a parent follow. You can consider what each person has to say. Yet none
of these people can ultimately choose for you.
If you have many possibilities, you may feel a paralysis of overchoice. Like
a kid in a candy shop. So many to choose from. Feel lucky that you have that
choice to make. Overcome this paralysis by accepting the fact that you will
follow a sequence of careers. Think of the current choice only as the next job.
You are not picking what you will do for the rest of your life.
Realize that you alone must select your career. Certainly information and
help from others will be important. But you must eventually decide, "This
is what I am going to do for the next step".
You do have a choice. Obviously you should be somewhat guided by the
availability of jobs. But don't pattern your selection merely on availability.
Every career has infrequent openings. Even the next person to set foot on the
moon! But are you willing to pay the price? Are you willing to wait in
readiness? That is the essence.
Fear not. Should you change your mind, others will embrace you. After all,
who hasn't messed dup at least once in the matter of career choice? No one will
fault you for making an honest mistake. You can make other choices later.
Believe in your desires. Obviously you would not intentionally make an
improper selection., So have confidence. And anyway, the decision you make will
only be temporary at best. For the technology of today will be in museums of
tomorrow with you as a ticket taker unless you constantly re-decide, re-train,
and re-fine your skills.
Don't be use t if you never finally decide what you're going to do when you grow
up. Always assume that your current career is only a way of expressing yourself
in the temperament of the moment with the style of the times. When the moment or
time changes, you will change too.
You may need help during this process of determining what you would like to
follow for a next career. If you have family and friends, let
them be part of your decision process. There are wonderful books which can also
help. One of my favorites is the Bolles Parachute book. Don't waste your time on
any other book. This is the one to read and use. Here is more about it.
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Welcome!
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Hi, I'm Dick
Bolles. I'm your guide to this JobHuntersBible.com Web site.
This site is designed as a supplement to my book, The
2005 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical
Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, published by and
available from Ten
Speed Press. It will be particularly helpful if used along
with that book, as there is much that is covered there that I
cannot cover here.
The menu to the left will tell you what you will find here.
It basically divides into two parts:
(1) The Net Guide, a carefully-selected collection of
information and resources to guide you in doing part of your
job-hunt here on the Internet. Below are some of the things you
can do in the Net Guide. Click on whatever interests you.
(2) The Parachute Library, an extensive Library of
articles written by me, my friends Bob Rosner and Peter Weddle,
and others. This Library will be expanding week by week, so
visit here often.
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Interviews
Parachute
Newsletter
December 30 - January 30, 2005
Everything you need to know about interviews, in
just two minutes reading time. (Three, if you're
a slow reader.)
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Take
An Interactive Test
Have fun, and at the same time learn more about
yourself. Find out, also, which are the best
sites for getting further career-counseling or
other help.
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Discover
The Five Uses of the
Internet for
Job-Hunters or Career-Changers
Job openings (postings) and resume sites are
only two of the uses of the Internet for
job-hunters. And, in fact, they are not the best
uses.
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Create
and Post Your Own
resume
Find which sites best help you create a resume,
and which are the best sites on which to post
your resume. Also, learn the limitations of all
resume-posting sites.
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Search
for Contacts
How to link up with people who can help you
learn about particular places, fields,
organizations and hiring authorities; or help
you get in the door.
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Find
Out
About Places, Fields,
Companies & Salaries
Which sites will tell you salary information
about the kind of job you are seeking. Also,
which sites are best for researching companies,
fields and geographical places.
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Look
at Job Openings
Find which are the best sites. Also learn what
are the limitations of all job-opening sites on
the Internet.
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Ask
Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
job-hunting.
(Coming Soon)
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Learn
How to Navigate This
Guide
Learn about the Internet in general,
"gateway sites" or
"portals,"
and which ones are most helpful. Which are the
best search engines.
And what to do if you exhaust the Internet, and
still can't find a job.
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All rights reserved. No part of this site may be quoted or reproduced
without written permission.
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Research may be needed to help you in your selection of a career. Guidance
may be found about specific occupations at the Department of Labor Library
website. SOURCE
Here's what it looks like. Be sure to click source to go to the page
directly.
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New
& Noteworthy
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Established in 1917, the Department
of Labor Library is one of the oldest Cabinet-level libraries. Large
segments of its collection — which document the history of labor, labor
unions, and the growth and development of the labor movement in a national
and world context — are unique either in their nature and content or in
the length and completeness of their coverage.
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