If you are going to read just one book about planning your career, you should make it What Color Is Your Parachute. Without a doubt, this quintessential book by career planning expert Richard Bolles is the be-all-end-all for figuring out what you want to do — and setting a plan in action for doing it. Parachute has been published in 20 different languages in 26 countries, selling more than 10 million copies and spending more than two decades on the New York Times Best Seller list. No matter what stage you are at in your job hunting journey, you can and will learn something (big!) from...

In my post last week about Transferable Skills, I briefly mentioned my favorite career planning book of all time, “What Color Is Your Parachute.”  This perennial best-seller has been around for decades and it’s updated yearly, making it both a classic and a timeless work of genius!  The nod to “What Color Is Your Parachute” got me thinking: There are tons of books out there that can be helpful in your job search, but with so many to choose from, where do you start? Voila!  Here is a list of the Top 5 Most Helpful Books for people looking to launch their careers. All of the...