Richard Nelson Bolles is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Guide For Job-Hunters and Career Changers, the most popular job-hunting book in the world, which has sold more than 10,000,000 copies since its first publication. Parachute is dramatically updated, reshaped and rewritten every year, and has been translated into 20 languages and published in 26 countries.

What Color Is Your Parachute? was chosen as one of the all-time 100 best nonfiction books by Time magazine, and was selected as one of 25 books that have shaped people's lives (throughout history) by the Library of Congress' Center for the Book.

A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, Bolles has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. He holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude in physics from Harvard University, a master’s degree from General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, and three honorary doctorates.

He is credited with founding the modern career counseling field, and is often described as the field's foremost authority. Bolles is a recipient of the National Samaritan Award, whose previous honorees include Karl Menninger, Betty Ford, and Peter Drucker. He is also one of LinkedIn's 300 "Influencers" or "thought leaders," and writes regularly for the site as well as a number of others. In 2014, he was named one of the "Wealth Wizards" in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine—along with Warren Buffett and 18 others.

Dick has three grown children, Stephen, Sharon, and Gary, and lives with his wife, Marci, in the San Francisco East Bay Area.

Learn more at parachutebook.com.

I sell success. Specifically successful transitions from school to work. This has been my research since 2004. What I have learned, along with the essence of the Parachute Process, is in the 4th edition of What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens.

The tar pits of student debt and majors that lead to low paying jobs with few employment opportunities have claimed too many Millennials and GenZ already. It's not about if you go to university or where you go to university, but what you study. There are dozens of badges, short term certificates or Associate of Arts degrees that lead to high paying, challenging jobs with advancement opportunities.

No job will last for lifetime. You need to find a job that will finance your twenties. Whether you want your university studies to yield great ROI or need a shorter path to gaining qualifications, you need a plan. And plans take time to develop. No student should leave high school without a well researched plan to learn skills in high demand in their favorite fields. Invest in your future. Make a plan for life after high school. Identify your end job or career goal and make sure you know every step to get you from where you are to where you want to go.

My humble thanks to each and every person who has bought, used or posted reviews of any edition.