These are some of the most popular articles from the top English job search and career blogs in the world.
If you think I’ve missed any, please tell me in the comments below.
This article took a long time to compile. Enjoy!
Job search strategies
- How Not To Ask For Help In The Job Search from Lindsay Olson
- A Radical Job Search Strategy – Offering Bounties from The Job Bored
- Looking For Work? Don’t Be A Desperado from Spin Strategy™ Blog
- Best of C-Level Executive Job Search Strategies from Executive Resume Branding
- Can I Start at a New Company If I Don’t Plan To Stay? from JT & Dale Talk Jobs™
- What’s Wrong with This Job Search? from The Career Doctor Blog
- Career Q&A: Making a career transition at 55+ from RiseSmart Blog
- Identity Theft and Your Online Job Search from Careers Today
- 10 Ways to Find a Job in a Recession from Grad to Great
Recessions, Layoffs & Unemployment
- 3 Ways to Make the Most of a Jobless Summer from Lidsey Pollak
- How to Job-Proof Your Recession from Jason Seiden
- CFOs are … worried! from The CFO Coach
- Screwing workers doesn’t pay in the end from CareerDiva
- I lost my job, now what? from CareerAlley
- The emotional impact of entry-level layoffs from TalentEgg.ca
- Many Employers May Rehire Workers They Laid Off from The Inside Job
- Top 10 Reasons to Start a Business in a Recession from Job Search Strategist
Personal branding & marketing
- The Demise of Job Boards and the Rise of People Searching from Personal Branding Blog
- Seth Godin says, “Don’t Try to Get a Job.” from What Would Dad Say
- Marketing and Job Search from Hannah Morgan
- Guerrilla Marketing For Job-Hunters from Recruiting Animal
- Why you need to be a Guerrilla from Guerrilla Job Hunting
- Do They Care About Your Personal Brand? from Blue Sky Resumes Blog
- 10 guerrilla marketing tactics for designers from Guerilla Freelancing
- Four Ways To Spot Reduced Trust from All Things Workplace
College Graduates & Gen-Y
- Transferable Skills Developed On-Campus: Communication from Sweet Careers
- What can today’s new grads expect to earn? from The Work Buzz
- Advice for the job seeking college student from Career Resumes
- Top 10 Cities for Recent Grads from Gradspot
- Open letter to recent college graduates from Escape from Cubicle Nation
- How video games can show us how to engage Generation Y (or anyone) from Modite
- Why Isn’t Mainstream Gen Y Buying Into The New Web? from Employee Evolution
Job interviews
- 10 Things Recruiters Won’t Tell You (But I Will) from Careerealism
- 7 ways to answer the weakness interview question – interview tip from VirtualJobCoach
- The 7 Most Difficult Interview Questions…And How to Answer Them from MN Headhunter
- 4 Dumb Job Interview Questions (and 3 Possible Answers) from Clue Wagon
- Want to Learn the Art of Persuasion? Consult Aristotle from Water Cooler Wisdom
- How to make more money: Withhold your salary history from Ask The Headhunter®
Resumes
- Resume tips: How to bend Microsoft Word to your will from jobology
- No Pictures on your Resume from Secrets of the Job Hunt
- Do You Still Need a Resume? from career hub
- Picture or No Picture? from VisualCV Blog
- Do Video Résumés Really Work? from Resume Edge Blog
- Recession Job hunting: Michael Spafferty’s Video Resume from Unemploymentality
- How to Resolve Formatting Problems When Sending Resumes and Cover Letters Electronically? from Work Bloom
- 6 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Resume Writer from Jobacle
- ‘So, about This Gap in Your Resume …’ from The Pongo Blog
Job search resources
- Coolest business card ever from The Chief Happiness Officer
- Comprehensive list of Job Search Engines - Not Job Boards from Job Search Debugged
- What does a good cover letter look like? from Ask A Manager
- Attention Getting Cover Letters to Land That Job Interview from EmploymentDigest
- 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work from JobMob™
- Interview Questions: Job Interview Questions and Answers from About.com Job Searching
- Sample Resignation Letters from The Emurse.com Blog
Social media
- How to use social networking sites to contact recruiters from Microsoft’s Jobsblog
- Using social media for a job search from Social Networking and Job Search
- 10 Golden Rules of Social Media from WebWorkerDaily
- How To Find a Job On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn from The Simple Job Search
- 5 Must-Use Social Media Tools For HR & Recruiting Professionals In 2009 from Fistful of Talent
- Spend Less Time on Monster, More on FaceBook from Job Search Guy Blog
- Use Facebook Ads to Make Employers Hunt You Down from One Day, One Job
- Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part III from Employment Blawg
- 7 Tips To Getting Started On Facebook For New Businesses from Krishna De’s BizGrowthNews
LinkedIn
- 100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn from Linked Intelligence
- The Awesome Power of Linked-In from Gayle’s Blog
- Problem with LinkedIn Account from Susan Irelands’s Job Lounge
- LinkedIn Maintenance: Do This Right Now (or else?) from Jibber Jobber Blog
Twitter
- Do you want to know why people won’t Follow You in return on Twitter? from Sirona Says
- Companies Recruiting on Twitter from Susan Strayer
- Use Twitter for Your Job Search from Keppie Careers
- Top 50 Recruiters on Twitter from The Recruiters Lounge
- Job Sites and Career Experts on Twitter from Alison Doyle
- 150+ Experts on Twitter ALL Job Seekers MUST Follow from Career Rocketeer
- 30 Ways to Lose a Job on Twitter from ResumeBear
Entrepreneurship & Freelancing
- 60+ Resources For Entrepreneurs To Step Up and Take Charge from Applicant
- 35 Online Tools That Make Your Freelance Career Easier from Freelance Folder
- 101 Essential Freelancing Resources from Freelance Switch
- Top 60 Blogs for Freelance Writers from ProFreelancing
- Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur: Complete Guide and 40+ Resources from Anywired
Productivity
- Time management and conflicting career advice from Cube Rules
- 10 tips for time management in a multitasking world from Penelope Trunk
In the workplace
- Does It Really Matter If You’re a Workaholic? from On the Job by Anita Bruzzese
- Psychology of Work from Punk Rock HR
- Career Advice: Arrive Early, Stay Late from Common Sense at Work
- I am getting pushed out! Help! from Rehaul
General
- The Future of Job Search: 2009 and Beyond? from Career Solvers Blog
- What Was Your Worst Summer Job? from Monster Blog
- Do I need to learn Microsoft technologies? from The Working Geek
- How Absolutely Definitely NOT To Build Networking Relationships – The 20 Worst Tips Ever! from Adventures of the Job Search Ninja
- 6 Principles of the Free Agent Worker from Career Key Blog
- Green Career Tip - The American Clean Energy & Security Act – The Good, Bad and Ugly from Green Career Central
- Intl. development volunteering: dispelling the rosy view from Working World
- Generation We Is Coming from One Week Job
The idea for this article came from my blogger friend Jacob Cass, with his The Most Linked to Pages of Top Design Blogs, in which he explains how to make a list like this one using Yahoo! Site Explorer.
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-- Jacob Share, Job Search Expert and Professional Blogging Consultant
