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Subject:RE: Am I employable? From:Joanne Meehl <Jmeehl -at- datum -dot- com> To:"'Renee L. LaPlume'" <rlaplume -at- flexstornet -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:16:31 -0500
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A classic book on this topic (still being updated anually I
believe) is "What Color is Your Parachute" (don't have the
author's name handy, but it should be easy enough to find
through bookstores, online book sellers, and probably libraries).
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The author is Richard Nelson Bolles, and the publisher is Ten Speed Press.
If you search for him on the net, you'll find oodles of stuff.