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Dick Bolles
Gary Bolles
Dick Bolles and Gary Bolles
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 10 am Pacific, 11 am Mountain, Noon Central, 1 pm EST, 6 pm Zurich, 7 pm Istanbul
Dick Will Share His Latest Thoughts...
The traditional view of aging thinks of it in terms of work: measured by whether work is present or absent. Dick Bolles says, "I prefer instead to think of Aging in terms of music: life has four Ages, Stages, or movements, just as a symphony does. So, of course, Aging as music, Aging as poetics, is long overdue for discussion." I shall ask Dick and his son Gary Bolles questions related to aging and family businesses. What a dynamic intergenerational duo!
Bios
DICK BOLLES (more formally known as Richard Nelson Bolles) is widely acknowledged as the founder of the modern career development/job-hunting field, due to his writings that began in 1970. His legendary work, What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, is the most popular job-hunting book in the world, and has been for 40 years. With over 10 million copies in print, it is updated annually, exists currently in 13 languages, and is used in 26 countries. He is a member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, He lives in the East Bay of San Francisco with his beloved wife, Marci. Dick has been featured in Time, Business Week, Fortune, Money, Fast Company, U.S. News & World Report, and has appeared on the Today show, CNN, CBS, ABC, PBS, and other popular media in the U.S.. “He is the most recognized job hunting authority on the planet.” (San Francisco Chronicle) and "America's top career expert." (AARP)
Contact:
Website www.jobhuntersbible.com
Email: dickbolles40@gmail.com
Gary Bolles is CEO of Xigi Inc (ZIG-ee), which helps to build "communities of impact" for its customers, using events and software. Xigi is incubating eParachute, a new business launching in fall 2011, based on "What Color Is Your Parachute?" Gary is a former executive in a variety of software startups, including serving as COO for Evolve Software and VP Marketing for Network Products Corp. He has also consulted on innovation strategies with organizations such as Sony, Intel, Nokia, and Silicon Valley Bank, and has advised organizations such as the Dalai Lama Foundation and Good Capital, a venture fund for socially-focused, expansion-stage, for-profit businesses. Previously, Gary was the editorial director of such technology publications as Interactive Week, Yahoo! Internet Life, and Network Computing, as well as the on-screen host of TechTV’s “Working the Web.” Gary currently serves as Consulting Producer of Google’s Zeitgeist conference, the company’s annual partner forum, which he helped to start; Nokia’s IdeasCamp; and for TED’s Corporate Events, so-called “mini-TEDs” produced for TED and its sponsors.
Contact:
Gary A. Bolles
CEO, Xigi Software (ZIG-ee)
gary@xigi.biz | 415.420.5493 mobile
Join Careerwell Speakers at the Poetics of Aging Conference in San Francisco November 16 - 19, 2011.
Nader Shabahangi
Linda Hawes Clever
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California Career Development Association
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Introduction
Dick Bolles is the founder of the modern career development/job-hunting field, due to his writings that began in 1970. His legendary work, What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, is the most popular job-hunting book in the world, and has been for 40 years. With over 10 million copies in print, it is updated annually, exists currently in 13 languages, and is used in 26 countries. Gary Bolles is CEO of Xigi Inc (ZIG-ee), which helps to build "communities of impact" for its customers, using events and software. Xigi is incubating eParachute, a new business launching in fall 2011, based on "What Color Is Your Parachute?" We shall hear more about this exciting new e-business in today's interview. Gary is a former executive in a variety of software startups. He currently serves as Consulting Producer of Google’s Zeitgeist conference, and for TED’s Corporate Events.
Interview Questions
- Welcome Dick and Gary! First question is for Gary. How did your father's approach to job hunting influence your career development?
- Dick, In your newest edition of What Color Is Your Parachute, you say job hunting is a survival skill. In the current job market, we need to learn how to survive. What are the five strategies that you say are most needed to survive?
- Dick, you say Job-hunting is not a science, it is an art. What do you mean by that?
- Dick, what do you mean when you say in the 21st century, "Google Is Your New Resume?" What can a job hunter do to to optimize his or her visibility on the Net?
- Dick, what do you mean by "Being Inventive is Key to Survival?"
- Dick, how do you suggest one goes about choosing a new career? Is it a different process for someone who is 80, as opposed to someone who is 18 or 28? If so, how is it different?
- Dick, I don't know your exact age, but I know you are into your 80s. Yet you seem to be surging ahead with new ventures this year. What are you doing and what energizes you?
- Gary, Dick told me you are launching eParachute with him this year. What is eParachute and what motivated you to start this venture with Dick?
- Dick, in the back of the newest edition of Parachute, you note that you are creating an online course that will guide job hunters on how to use the book. Could you tell us a bit about this e-course?
- Dick or Gary, how can career advisors use the e-course with their clients? Will there be a guide for career practitioners?
- Dick, in your new edition of Parachute, you talk about creating a job that is the right fit for you, including starting your own business. How did you and Gary go about starting a business together?
- Gary, do you think this current business relationship with your father will affect you personal relationship with him? If so, how are you managing that?
- Dick, You will be a keynote speaker in the Poetics of Aging Conference in SF, November 16 - 19. You are re-inventing the concept of aging. On the conference website, you say, "I prefer instead to think of Aging in terms of music: life has four Ages, Stages, or movements, just as a symphony does. So, of course, Aging as music, Aging as poetics, is long overdue for discussion." Could you give us a preview of what you will talk about? What four the fours stages or "movements" of aging?
- How can working in an inter-generational family business benefit family members of different generations? Do you think that family businesses are on an upward trend, considering the current challenging job market?
Upcoming Interviews
- 9/15/11 Helen Barrett, The Many Uses of e-Portfolios throughout One's Life and Career
- 9/22/11 Eric Chester, Instilling Work Ethics in Young Students and Employees
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