Rana Sidahmed Sidahmed itibaren Kinta itibaren Kinta

I originally checked this book out from a local library because I heard about this book consistently over the past few years and also because I, myself, have been doing a lot of job searches and contemplating careers as of late. While that may be the case, I recommend this book to everyone, even those who have a comfortable, very cushy job that they love. Bolles used a metaphor for life that I think will stick with me for the rest of mine. He wrote that life is similar to floating down a river in our own boats that we either meticulously or carelessly pack with life preservers and supplies. Sometimes we hit a rough patch, sometimes we capsize. If we meticulously organized our boats before we left shore, we will be able to survive those circumstances. So in other words, plan for everything, obtain knowledge or skills you think you may never need, and hope you may never have to use them. Refining and developing job searching skills is a survival skill. In a day and age where people are required to work for wages instead of hunting and gathering to survive, developing these skills is all the more important. I wish I would have packed my boat with more care, I wish I would have read this book months before I went through the roughest job search I ever went through. If I had, I truly think I would have handled the situation with more grace and less hardship. Please read.