What Color Is Your Parachute? (The 2022 edition) A description
This week, I thought of doing something somewhat different.
I would describe a career book. I want to describe the What Color Is Your Parachute in the 2022 edition.
Your remote job search journey may improve with information from a career book.
What Color Is Your Parachute is a book about career exploration ideas and job hunting.
The book’s author, Richard N. Bolles, wrote annual editions of the book. Richard N. Bolles died in 2017 at age 90.
The What Color Is Your Parachute has had editions past the author’s death.
What Color Is Your Parachute? (The 2022 edition)
I was curious about the latest edition of What Color Is Your Parachute in 2022. So, I thought I would describe the What Color Is Your Parachute in the 2022 edition.
What Color Is Your Parachute has two key features:
- Career Exploration
- Job Hunting
Career Exploration
What Color Is Your Parachute helps a reader with career exploration.
The major exercise for helping readers with career exploration is the Flower exercise.
The Flower Excercise
The book gives the idea of knowing your “ideal” work environment.
Creating a Flower gives you some idea of your “ideal” work environment.
The Flower has seven petals.
The 7 pedals represent different features of the work environment.
For example, you have a geography pedal where you describe where you would like to live ideally.
You will not have an “ideal” flower that works for everyone. Different flowers can vary in what environment they would grow best; some would grow better than others. People will vary in what environment they would do better in; some will do better in some work environments than others. The Flower you create will be unique to you.
I think the Flower is a fantastic exercise that gives you insight into what type of work environment would be your “ideal” work environment.
Once you have completed the Flower,
The book in Chapter 7 called “You Get to Choose Where You Work” gives ideas on how to connect the Flower results to the world of careers.
Job-Hunting
The book gives job search ideas.
For example, Chapter 8, “Your Resume is Already Online,” gives information on resumes (along with social media). Chapter 9 provides information about job interviewing, which is called “Fifteen Tips about Your Job Interview.”
Some additional thoughts
Have alternative career ideas
The book mentions having alternative job ideas available to help your job search; the book mentions jobs are constantly changing.
“We are mortal. So are jobs. Understand that truth, and you will avoid a life of bitterness and blame. In today’s world, you must always have a plan B up your sleeve.” (p. 158)
No AI discussed
With the book published in 2022, there was no mention of AI and the effect of AI on the job market. Even though 2022 was not that long ago, AI has become bigger in our society. You may find exploring how AI may influence your job search helpful.
What Color Is Your Parachute? A good book is the 2022 edition. The Flower exercise will give you great information about the “ideal” work environment–that information can help you evaluate what jobs you want to pursue in your future career. The job-hunting techniques can also help you in the job process.