Week #13- What Color is Your Parachute- Ch. 11

This week we had to read Chapter 11 of What Color is Your Parachute. It is about the five ways to choose/change your careers. The first way is the Internet. He gives a website that you can go to which shows careers classified in different ways, like what is in demand and largest number of openings. The second way is tests. Which means instruments or assessments. He says he doesn't know how well it will help you decide on a new career, but they will help you to learn different things about yourself to kind of help guide you in the right direction. The third way is using the flower exercise that we've talked about before. There are seven petals of a flower and they all mean something different. He goes through the details of the flower exercise in Chapters 8 and 9. The fourth way is changing a career in two steps. He says you have to change your title or your field, one at a time. Its hard to change both at one time because you probably won't end up getting the job. The fifth one is finding out what the job market needs. You can Google a list of "hot jobs" and that will give you a list of jobs that are in need right now. All of these tips will help you to find a job nice and quick. If not find a job at least get interviews and get your resume out there!

This is the website that he mentions in the first way to change your careers.