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The official online job search resource hosted By Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is Your Parachute"
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The Internet
Research
Contacts
Counseling
Job Hunting
Jobs & Resumes
Job Hunting Online
 
Introduction: The Internet
1. Primer
2. Gateways
3. Supersites
4. Job Search Engines
 
Introduction: Research On The Internet
1. Directories
2. Search Engines
3. Best Search Engines
4. Meta-Search Tools
5. Clustering
6. Specialized Search Engines
7. General Research
8. Beyond Search Engines
9. The UnderWeb & Deep Searching
10. Beyond The Web: Usenet & Newsgroups
11. Evaluating The Data
12. Grants
 
Introduction: Contacts And Networking
1. Internet Networking
2. Finding People You Know
3. Finding People You Don't Know
4. Chat Rooms
5. Forums & Message Boards
6. Newsgroups
7. Mailing Lists
8. Networking Web Sites
9. A Category All Its Own
10. Miscellany
11. People At Their Business
12. E-mail
 
Introduction: Counseling, Testing & Advice
1. Online Job-Hunting Articles
2. Online Job-Hunting Guides
3. The Gateway Sites & More
4. Online Personality & Traits Tests
5. Online Careers Tests
6. Transferable Skills
7. Education
8. More Help: Career Counseling Offices
9. One-on-One Career Counseling
10. Offline Career Counseling
 
Introduction: Web Sites For Job Hunting Research
1. Geography/Moving/Where To Live
2. Identifying Careers
3. Salaries
4. Industry Research
5. Company Research
6. Company Research & Contact Info
7. Beyond Contact Information
8. More Specific Company Research
9. Self-Employed And Home Business
10. Part-Time, Contract, & Temporary Work
11. Non-Profits And Social Conscience
12. Work For Minorities
13. Work For Women
14. Work For The Disabled
 
Introduction: Job & Resume Sites
1. Resumes & Cover Letters
2. Portfolios
3. Job Boards: The Supersites
4. Job Boards: Job Search Engines
5. Job Boards: Regionals
6. Job Boards: The Networked Sites
7. Job Boards: College & Graduate Sites
8. Job Boards: Niche/Trade/Specialty
9. Job Boards: Diversity/Women/Disabled
10. Job Boards: Government
11. Job Boards: Contract & Temporary
12. Job Boards: Executive
13. Job Boards: International
14. Job Boards: Links To Job Boards
15. Job Boards: Articles About
16. Volunteering
 
Introduction: Job Hunting Online
1. Chapter One: Learn The Net
2. Chapter Two: Resumes
3. Chapter Three: The Job Boards
4. Chapter Four: Contacts And Networking
5. Chapter Five: Counseling And Testing
6. Chapter Six: Online Research
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Books

JobHuntersBible is a free site,  with all of its content available without charge. However, for those wishing further help, and wishing to spend some money, Dick Bolles is the author of a number of books, listed below, and these are available for sale at the following bookstores and their online sites:

Books by Richard N. Bolles

The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide: How to Find Hope and Rewarding Work, Even When “There Are No Jobs” (2009)

What Color Is Your Parachute?  A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers, 2012 Edition
10 million copies in print and the 2013 edition on-sale Aug 14, 2013

The What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunters Workbook (2010)

How to Find Your Mission in Life (2005)

The Three Boxes of Life, and How to Get Out of Them: An Introduction to Life/Work Planning (1981)

Books by Richard Bolles with Co-authors

The Career Counselor’s Handbook (2007, Second edition)
(Howard Figler is co-author)

What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens (2010)
(Carol Christen, with Jean M. Blomquist are co-authors)

What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement (2010)
(John E. Nelson is co-author)

Job-Hunting Online (2011)
(Mark Emery Bolles is co-author)

Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped (2001, Second edition)
(Dale S. Brown is co-author)

Where Do I Go from Here with My Life? A systematic and practical workbook for counselors, instructors, and job club leaders. (1974; essentially out of print)
(The late John C. Crystal is co-author) 

DVDs

DVDs (videos) of Dick Bolles explaining various concepts (from the 5-day Workshops  he conducts every three months at his home) are available for sale.
 

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