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WHAT ARE YOU DOING

AFTER

HIGH SCHOOL?

​Today’s adolescents face unprecedented challenges. As a teenager, how do you pick a great-for-you job or college major that will finance your future?

YOU NEED A PLAN!

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What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens is a step-by-step guide
to a life you love supported by work you enjoy.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

This book adapts classic, effective Parachute techniques for teens and young adults.  In addition to Discovery Exercises that assist readers with career choice and job search, Parachute for Teens covers need-to-know issues such as:

      • Making the most of high school and higher education
      • Creating career focused social media profiles
      • Network building
      • Resumes
      • Goal setting
      • Understanding how trends such as artificial intelligence, robotics and climate change can impact career choice

The new edition also has an appendix for parents listing how they can aid their children to transition successfully from school to work.

What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens is an international best seller having sold over 300,000 copies in three previous editions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carol Christen is a career strategist who has worked with teens, young adults and mature ones to help them choose careers, find education or training, and get jobs for over 40 years.

She has run highly effective employment programs, taught career planning at the university level, and done trainings on how to use the Parachute process in this country and abroad.

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