Job Hunter's Bible

I have a lot of respect for Richard Bolles. He is the author of "What Color Is Your Parachute?"

This book is an invaluable compendium of information about career changes and job searches. There is much wisdom in this book.

Simple little nuggets like: The interviewer really wants to learn four things: 1) Who are you? 2) Why are you here? 3) What can you do for me? and 4) How much will it cost. Brilliant.

Seems like I recommend it to someone almost every day. Of course they say, "Yeah, sure ... " but never actually get around to it. The same people look for short cuts or want the recruiter to wave the magic wand and make the dream job appear.

In 20 years of search experience, when asked the compensation question, no candidate has ever responded, "Y'know, Eric, I am drastically overpaid."

And in 20 years of search experience, I've never come across a better distillation of the basic truths about job hunting than this book.

Ahh, the old in/out list

This is a wonderful list of things not to do and things to do in the job search.

The wonder of this traditional format, the what's out/what's in list, makes the wisdom contained simply beautiful and beautifully simple.

Oh yea job seeker, print this and keep it in front of thine eyes!