Richard Bolles wrote career guidance best known for What Color Is Your Parachute?, a long-running manual for job hunting and career change. The book uses self-assessment exercises, networking strategies and practical research to help readers identify transferable skills, preferred working conditions and possible employers rather than relying only on advertised vacancies. Revised editions respond to changes in recruitment while keeping the same emphasis on active investigation and personal inventory. Bolles's writing is practical, encouraging and workbook-like, with exercises intended to produce concrete next steps rather than general motivation. His work fits career change, job search, vocational planning and employment self-help. Read more Less