对很多人来讲，当下是最坏的时代，经济危机致使他们刚刚失业，成为百万求职大军中的一员。然而，同样身处艰难时世，却有人能够独善其身，他们跳槽成功，薪金丰厚，对他们来讲，现在又是最好的时代。

“职场导师”鲍利斯用近40年的研究心得，告诉我们在学校永远也学不到的求职秘诀：求职者不是行乞者，而是挑选雇主的人；找到理想的工作，依靠的不是运气和学历，而是技巧和努力；利用关系网求职成功率更高；面试不是一门科学，而是一门非常感性的艺术；不要相信人力资源专家的经验之谈，那往往是一派胡言……

本书结合当下求职市场的最新形势，不仅解答了求职男女面临的诸多最新问题，提供了实用有效的职业规划方法和求职技巧，而且推出了“降落伞行动手册”——花朵图，传授将职业规划融入人生规划的做法——发现最擅长的可转换技能，找到职业目标和理想工作，用激情和努力点亮人生梦想，追逐幸福和美好的生活。

The 40th Edition. This is not your father's Parachute; and not your mother's, either. They'd be astounded at the changes.This book keeps building--in insight, helpfulness, relevance,and urgency--through new invention and information each year. And this year it's the critical resource to help Americans (and others) get back to work.

For forty years now job-hunters and career-changers been turning to this, the world's most popular job-hunting book, confident that each new annual edition will give them the most up-to-date information about the job-market and how to find meaningful work--even in the midst of challenging economic times such as these.

This year's edition has been vastly rewritten, because job-hunting has increasingly become a survival skill. Career expert Richard N. Bolles describes the five strategies most needed to survive, and explains how to incorporate social media tools such as Linkedln, Facebook, and Twitter into your job-search.

The new ideas are wrapped around the familiar core message of Parachute: WHAT,WHERE, and HOW, with an emphasis on finding your passion and identifying your best transferable skills. With fresh insights into resumes, networking, interviewing,salary negotiation, and how to start your own business, this book will give you the tools, exercises, and motivation you need to find hope and fulfill your purpose in life.

Preface: The 40th Anniversary Edition of This Book

Grammar and Language Note

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: How to Find Hope

Chapter 2: Survival Skills You Most Need in Today's World

I. ATTITUDES NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL

Chapter 3: The Three Attitudes Necessary for Survival

Chapter 4: How to Deal with Handicaps

I1. ADVANCED JOB-FINDING TECHNIQUES

Chapter 5: The Best and Worst Ways to Look for Those Job Vacancies That Are Out There

Chapter 6: Do I Really Need a Resume?

Chapter 7: Networking in This Age of Social Media

Chapter 8: Sixteen Tips About Interviewing

Chapter 9: The Six Secrets of Salary Negotiation

III. ADVANCED JOB-CREATION TECHNIQUES

Chapter 10: Starting Your Own Business

Chapter 11: Being inventive Is Key to Survival

Chapter 12: How to Choose a New Career

IV. INVENTORY OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD

Chapter 13: Self-Inventory (The Flower Exercise)

WHAT skills, do you most enjoy using?

WHERE do you want to use those skills?

HOW do you find the name of that kind of job (or jobs)?

V. EACH ONE TEACH ONE

Chapter 14: Teaching Survival Job-Hunting to Others

THE PINK PAGES

Appendix A: Finding Your Mission in Life

Appendix B: A Guide to Dealing with Unemployment Depression

Appendix C: A Guide to Choosing a Career Coach or Counselor

Appendix D: Sampler List of Coaches

About the Author

Index

Update 2012

Foreign Editions

Additional Helpful Resources from the Author

BOOKS

WORKSHOPS

ONLINE COURSE