What Color Is Your Parachute? (47 page)

RICHARD N. BOLLES
has been a leader and the #1 celebrity in the career development field for more than thirty-five years. He was trained in chemical engineering at M.I.T.; in physics at Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude; and in New Testament studies at the General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, where he earned a master’s degree. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates, is a member of MENSA, and is listed in
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. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Marci. You can contact him through his website,
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.

JEAN M. BLOMQUIST
is a freelance editor and writer with experience as a college admissions counselor.

INDEX

A

AmeriCorps

Apprenticeships

Attitude, importance of

B

Book clubs

Boss, ideal

C

Career assessments

Career coaching

Career planning,
itr.1
,
5.1

Career portfolios,
5.1
,
5.2

Careers

awareness of possibilities for

jobs vs.

STEM

sustainable

tracking trends in

CEOs, traits of

Class assignments

Clients, ideal

College

admission to

“business plan” for

career goals and

choosing,
5.1
,
app1.1

community

cost of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
app1.1
,
app1.2

debt and,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

determining necessity of,
5.1
,
app1.1

experience of

selecting major in,
4.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2

training vs.

transfers

Communication skills

Community, ideal,
3.1
,
3.2

Community colleges

Contacts

benefits of

cultivating,
6.1
,
9.1

examples of

D

Debt,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Discouragement

Dream job

definition of

discovering

as entrepreneur

exploring potential,
4.1
,
4.2

financial sustainability and

good job vs.

Holland Code and

steps to

transferable skills and

E

Economics

Education.
See also
College
;
High school

as an investment

need for

types of

Email

address for

thank-you notes by

Employers

in hiring interviews

interviewing,
6.1
,
9.1

qualities and skills desired by

Entrepreneurs,
4.1
,
4.2

Extracurricular activities

F

Fields

Finances.
See also
Salary

college education and,
6.1
,
6.2
,
app1.1

job search and

sustainability and

G

Gap year

Geographic location, ideal,
3.1
,
3.2

Giving up

Goal setting

GPA,
6.1
,
6.2

Green jobs

H

Help, asking for

High school

academic choices in

class assignments

creating plan during,
5.1
,
5.2

extracurricular activities

importance of

life after

transitioning from

working during

Hiring interviews

clothes for

ending

first impressions in

mistakes in

preparing for,
9.1
,
9.2

questions in,
9.1
,
9.2

thank-you notes after

tips for

transportation for

Holland, John,
2.1
,
2.2

Holland Code,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3

Honesty

I

Information interviews

benefits of,
4.1
,
9.1

clothes for

conducting,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2

examples of,
9.1
,
app2.1

in person vs. on the phone

practicing

questions for,
4.1
,
9.1

rating jobs in

setting up

subjects for

thank-you notes after,
4.1
,
9.1

transportation for

at work

Integrity

Intelligence, types of

Interests

favorite,
1.1
,
4.1

skills and

Internet.
See
Email
;
Social networking sites
;
Web

Internships,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1

Interpersonal skills,
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1

Interviews.
See
Hiring interviews
;
Information interviews

J

Job Corps

Job detectives

Job journals

Job Meter

Jobs.
See also
Careers
;
Dream job

acting as if owed

careers vs.

in demand

green

number of, in lifetime

part-time,
5.1
,
5.2

rating

STEM

summer

vacant,
9.1
,
app.1

Job search

advisory board for

developing skills for

effectiveness rate of, by method

essentials for

finances and

as a full-time job,
9.1
,
10.1

giving up on

help in

learning about

length of,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2

luck and

mentors for

multiple targets in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1

techniques for

time spent on,
10.1
,
10.2

tips for

unending nature of

Job shadowing,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1

L

Life

envisioning ideal

mission in

philosophy of

LinkedIn,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1

Luck, role of

M

Mental skills,
1.1
,
1.2

Mentors,
5.1
,
5.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1

Mirror Theory

Mission in life

Mistakes, most common

N

National Job Shadow Coalition

Nemko, Marty

Networking

benefits of

contacts and,
9.1
,
9.2

definition of

green career sites for

informal vs. formal

social media sites for,
8.1
,
9.1

O

Organizations

researching

small

targeting,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3

P

Parachute, image of

Parachute diagram

blank, v

filling in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
7.1

Part-time work,
5.1
,
5.2

Party exercise,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3

Peace Corps

People

favorite types of,
2.1
,
2.2

researching,
8.1
,
9.1

skills with,
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1

Persistence, importance of

Physical skills,
1.1
,
1.2

Pitch, practicing

Prioritizing

R

References

Research

on organizations

on people,
8.1
,
9.1

Resumes

lack of effectiveness of

online

updating

Role models,
12.1
,
12.2

S

Salary

ideal

information on,
3.1
,
9.1

of recent college graduates

Self-Directed Search (SDS)

Skills

communication

definition of

desired by employers

enjoyable

identifying,
1.1
,
1.2

interests and

interpersonal (with people),
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1

job-search

mental (with information),
1.1
,
1.2

physical (with things),
1.1
,
1.2

self-management (personal traits)

specific knowledge (work content)

STEM

teamwork

transferable (functional),
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3

Skill TIPs,
1.1
,
1.2

Social entrepreneurs

Social networking sites

with a business focus

career exploration through

characteristics of

possibilities of

safety and,
8.1
,
9.1

Twitter

types of

Start-up metaphor

State Conservation Corps

STEM skills

Student loans,
6.1
,
6.2

Study abroad

Summer work

Sustainability

T

Teamwork skills

Tech Prep classes

Telephone calls

best times for

number of