Book Review

Book Review Guidelines

Book Review: What Color is Your Parachute? 2015: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. By Richard N. Bolles. Available at Amazon.com and other designer book stores. Latest edition. Submit in APA format.

The book review should be 5-8 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.
The book review should be in APA format
Headings should include a summary of the major objectives and purpose of the book.
1. What is the author saying about career develop and job hunting?
2. What tools are available today that can help with a job search?
3. If this was the only resource available as a Career Counselor, how could you use this book to help someone looking for a job.
What is your overall impression of the book and give examples of how you would handle a job search differently because of reading the book, and provide recommendations for someone to use the book as a resource for searching for a job?

Excellent (A)`	Good (B)	Fair (C)	Poor (D)	Fail (F)
The document is of at least the minimum page limit, compliant with APA format and free of grammar errors.	Document complies with APA and page limit requirements, but has 1-3 grammar errors.	Document complies with APA and page limit requirements, but has at least 5 grammar errors.	Complies with APA and page limit but has 5 or more grammatical errors.	Does not comply with APA, page limits, and has 5 or more grammatical errors.
The Document Summarizes the main objectives and purpose of the book	Document summarizes the content but not main objectives or purpose of the book.	Summary of the content is not adequate and no main objective or purpose is listed.	Summary is poorly written with little detail or explanation of objectives or purpose.	Summary is void of content and details.
The book report list and explains strategies and tools that can be used in helping someone look for work	List but does not explain how strategies can be developed to aid someone in a job search.	Strategies and tools are not clearly identified or explained	No strategies or tools are listed.	Strategies and tools are not addressed.
The book report provides a personal impression of the book and how a Career Counselor can use this resource and others i.e. DOT, ONET etc. in helping clients with finding work.	The report provides a personal impression of how a career counselor can use this resource in helping someone with a job search.	The report does address personal impression of the book but does not provide how this resource can be used to aid in a job search.	Personal impression is not based on information provided in the book.	Personal impression is not given.