What Color Is Your Parachute For Teens


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"If my daughter were younger, I'd buy this book for her and walk her through it. The best gift I could have given her."
Marty Nemko, Contributing Editor, Careers, US News, author of Cool Careers for Dummies

"What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens is a wonderful book, with the tone and feel of a trusted adult guiding teens as they struggle with the choices that will affect the rest of their lives. In its pages, teens will find assistance in determining how they'll make a living, choosing a college major, setting career goals and, most important of all, finding a job they will love."
Steve Powers, The Houston Chronicle

"A great job simplifying the 400 pages of What Color Is Your Parachute? and producing a 167 page guide for young people. The authors 'talk' to the reader as a friend, ally and guide, with encouragement and warmth."
Ann Reynolds, Career Resources Manager, Worklife International, Australia

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I wrote What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens because young people don't get enough help as they transition from school to the world of work.

During the 30 years I've coached young adults on how to find enjoyable careers, I've learned that many high school guidance personnel don't have the time or the mandate to teach career planning. Therefore, teens are left to cobble together a career pathway after they graduate. For many, effective job search techniques are rarely learned.

These are processes that teens and young adults must learn on their own if they are to have a quality life financed by a good job.

It's not important that a 16-year-old know the exact job they are going to get when they graduate. It is important that they know how to:

Figure out what kinds of jobs they will enjoy based on their skills and interests
What kinds of jobs in the local labor market best match their skills and interests
Gather information about different options for higher education to gain qualifications for the work they want
Use effective job search techniques

Through interactive exercises and examples, Parachute for Teens helps teens and young adults learn a process for finding the best job they can get in any job market. Every young adult will use these skills over and over as they negotiate the volatile job market of the early 21st century.