The Color of Your Parachute REALLY Does Matter! Or Why What Color is Your Parachute 2016 Edition is for Everyone

As I write this review for the 2016 edition of What Color is Your Parachute by Richard N. Bolles, two things are immediate. First, I am embarrassed to admit I have never read/owned a copy of this book and Second, where might I be now career-wise if I had bothered to read this book X amount of years ago? Yes, it's that good.

What Color is Your Parachute?, 2016.

I wish colleges handed these annually updated guides out as required reading. There are so many helpful tips and insight to be gained from spending a few days reading this book and implementing the tools contained within. From the basics of where to look for a job, to how to successfully interview, to even delving deep and taking a personal inventory about yourself and what kind of career you are drawn to. This isn't your typical job hunting book that tells you how to craft a resume. This is the book that dispels the myth of the resume and why it's a mere stepping stone (and a low-rung one at that) to landing the job you want and need. This book not only is practical but reader-friendly and full of things even the most experienced job seeker may not be savvy to.

This book is honestly for everyone. College students will reap the benefits of using this guide to land their post-college job. Those currently seeking employment will get insight into the understanding of how companies hire and their hiring process. Even career changers will be about to find a helpful walk thru of navigating new career terrain.

Blogger note: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review. This review is entirely based on my opinion and contains my honest evaluation.

The Rising is A Story of A Family Before and After A Tragedy Changes Everything

I remember watching an HBO documentary on the Cheshire murders. It haunted me, the story of a home invasion that took the lives of a mother and her two daughters. I always wondered how the father/husband in the Petit family continued to go on living with his life so violated and forever changed.

The Rising by Ryan D'Agostino

That's where The Rising by Ryan D'Agostino comes in, to fill in the blanks. While the book delves into the unimaginable torture and murder of Jennifer, Michaela and Hayley Petit, but also the background of the family. We get to know them as people and not just victims. We also get to hear Bill Petit's story of rising above what has happened to him. It is amazing how he can come out of the other side of this and still believe that people are inherently good.

The subject matter was very well-researched, despite the book being a little hard to read pace-wise. If you know anything about this tragedy, this book will give you a broader picture of the family and for that reason, it is worth a read.

Blogger note: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review. This review is entirely based on my opinion and contains my honest evaluation.