"What Color is Your Parachute": A New Career Paradigm

Bangalore: “What Color is your Parachute” is a book written by Richard Nelson Bolles for job seekers. This book was published in the year 1970 and is being revised since then. It is considered as the all time best seller book in the careers field by most of the people who have read that book. For those who have read this book, whom do you think who can improve this book. Well it has been said that no one other than Reid Hoffman, the Co-founder and Chairman of LinkedIn can improve this book, reports the Career Hub Website.

From his top professional network in the world where daily flow valuable job postings, job searches and network requests etc, he has a unique point that must be observed in the life cycle of careers this year.

Along with his co-writer, Ben Casnocha, he says that in a way you distinguish the color of a parachute, in the same way you must distinguish your life.

 Most of you would have dreamt big about your career path especially in your young age. You might have thought that you would acquire higher positions in your career journey. But most of you would have worked for 30 years in the same company would have experienced the twists and turns in your career path which would have taken to a different place where you might have not even thought of a job over there. For this Hoffman has given many examples including him, Tony Blair and others who found a different way altogether in their professional life.

Hoffman is of the opinion that careers usually develop according to the interaction to your assets, aspirations and market realities. This quality may end us up in a totally different route from where you had started your professional life. Reid’s this perspective can take off some pressure off those people who are frustrated in trying to look out deeply within themselves to discover their purpose.

It is believed that each one of you have your own unique way and have the ability to find a twisting path in your career which may be of your own or sometimes you might be influenced by others and if you are lucky at each stage of your progress holds its own fulfillment that strengthens you to transform the next step of your journey towards success.