What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

person in the place, if the subordinates would know the answer to
your questions. Bothering the boss there with some simple questions
that someone else could have answered is committing job-hunting
suicide.
Fourth, make sure you’re not using this approach simply as a
sneaky way to get in to see the boss, and make a pitch for them to hire
you. You said this was just information gathering. Don’t lie. Don’t
ever lie. They will remember you, but not in the way you want to be
remembered.
What’s on the Internet. Many job-hunters or career-changers think
that every organization, company, or nonprofit, has its own website,
these days. Not true. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. It
often has to do with the size of the place, its access to a good web
designer, its desperation for customers, etc. Easy way to find out: if
you have access to the Internet, type the name of the place into your
favorite search engine (Google, Bing, or whatever) and see what that
turns up. Try more than one search engine. Sometimes one knows
things the others don’t. There are, in fact, sites on the Internet
particularly devoted to getting feedback on organizations from actual
employees who are working there or recently used to. The most
famous of these is Glassdoor (www.​glassdoor.​com/​Reviews/​index.​
htm). Approximately half of all job-seekers consult Glassdoor. 1 It has
employee reviews from over 600,000 companies or organizations
worldwide. It will even tell you which companies are (supposedly)
the best to work for, etc. Similar review sites are Take This Job or
Shove It (http://takethisjoborshoveit.​com) and Career Bliss (www.​
careerbliss.​com/​reviews).
What’s in Print. Not books; their time lag is too great. But often the
organization has timely stuff—in print, or on its website—about its
business, purpose, etc. Also, the CEO or head of the organization may
have given talks, and the front desk there may have copies of those
talks. In addition, there may be brochures, annual reports, etc., that
the organization has put out, about itself. How can you get copies?
The person who answers the phone there, if you call, will know the
answer, or at least know who to refer you to. Also, if it’s a decent-size
organization, public libraries in that town or city may have files on
that organization—newspaper clippings, articles, etc. You never
know; and it never hurts to ask your friendly neighborhood research