What Color Is Your Parachute?

Principais ideias

• Comece a busca sabendo quem você é, não olhando vagas
• Suas habilidades transferíveis surgem nas histórias do que você gostava de fazer bem
• A maioria das vagas é preenchida por contato; converse antes de enviar currículos
• Entenda o trabalho e a empresa conversando com quem já está lá
• A entrevista é uma via de mão dupla; fale de salário só depois que te quiserem

Dentro deste bit

1. Dois jeitos de procurar emprego

   Richard Bolles first wrote this book in 1970 and updated it almost every year for the rest of his life. Its staying power comes from one simple contrast.

2. O exercício da flor

   The heart of the book is a self-inventory Bolles draws as a flower with seven petals. Each petal answers one question about you: the kinds of people you work best with, the physical setting you prefer, the values or purpose you want your work to serve, the fields of knowledge you enjoy, your favourite transferable skills, the working conditions that suit you, and the level of pay and responsibility you need.

3. As habilidades escondidas nas suas histórias

   Most people underrate themselves because they think of skills as job titles or certificates. Bolles separates three kinds.

4. Vagas são preenchidas por pessoas

   Bolles points out that employers hire in roughly the reverse order that job seekers search. Seekers start with advertisements and agencies.

5. Entrevistas que funcionam para os dois lados

   Before any formal interview, Bolles recommends informational interviews: short conversations with people who already do the work, asking how they got there and what a typical week involves. You learn the field, test your assumptions, and build the contacts that lead to real openings.

6. Coloque em prática

   This week, write three short stories about times you did something well and enjoyed it, then underline every skill verb you find. Start a rough version of the flower with the two petals you are most sure about, such as the people you like working with and the setting you prefer.