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Top 50 Job Hunting Blogs

Written by Dayna at 08:39 am on 21st December, 2010 Resources

Are you out of work? Are you in a dead-end job? The following top 50 job-hunting blogs can help you commiserate with others, learn from experts and hone your skills and resume to be the best you can be and to make as much money as possible in your career path. The list is broken down into categories that include job hunting, recruitment and human resources (HR), specialized perspectives, resume building and career search and advice.

Job Hunting Blogs

1. Adventures of the Job Search Ninja: Todd Bavol is committed to providing people quick access to job search and career information.
2. Applicant: This blog is geared to help anyone be a better applicant, whether it would be for a job promotion, interview, a mortgage filing, a bank loan and/or a credit card application.
3. Career and Job-Hunting Blog: Career and job-search news, trends and scoops for job-seekers compiled by the staff of Quintessential Careers.
4. Guerrilla Jobhunting: Co-author David Perry and contributing author Kevin Donlin talk about how to use creativity, chutzpa and guerrilla marketing techniques to land a great job.
5. Jibber Jobber: Frustrated by the lack of real tools for job seekers, Jason Alba decided to move forward on this tool that allows job seeker to manage and organize a job search.
6. Job Mob: Learn how to find a job from experts.
7. Job Searching: Alison Doyle is a job search expert with many years of experience in human resources, career development, and job searching.
8. Job-Hunt: Job-Hunt is dedicated to the millions of people who have had their personal lives disrupted by the loss of a job.
9. Monster Blog: Although the Monster Blog contains several individual voices, it is still part of Monster, and use of the blog is governed by Monster’s Terms of Use.
10. The Simple Job Search: Kevin Donlin is the creator of The Simple Job Search Institute, a division of Guaranteed Resumes LLC, located in Edina, Minnesota.

Recruiting & HR

11. Ask the Headhunter: This is your insider’s edge on job search and hiring, by Nick Corcodilos.
12. Career Horizons: The Blog: Matt Youngquist is a recognized expert in the field of career coaching, job hunting, and professional employment counseling.
13. Fistful of Talent: Learn more about recruiting, HR, consultants and corporate types as they write about “all things talent…”
14. Hire Ground: A career analyst and regular job hunter contribute to this blog, part of NWJobs.
15. Hire Wire Blog: Rebecca Warriner is a recruiter and a job search coach who owns an independent consulting business.
16. Job Hacking: Dave Hardwick opens up the mysteries behind the recruiting process.
17. Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist: Penelope is the founder of 3 startups — most recently, Brazen Careerist, a career management tool for next-generation professionals.
18. Punk Rock HR: The blog that believes “team building is for suckers.”
19. Rehaul: Rethinking how people and businesses interact. Plenty of links, resources and career advice.
20. The FENG Blog: The Financial Executives Networking Group blog, written by Matt Bud.
21. The HR Capitalist: Kris Dunn is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Kinetix, the RPO firm for growth companies.

Specialized Perspectives

22. Boston.com Job Blog: “Good stuff from inside the [Boston] Globe and around the globe.” Partnering with Monster.
23. George’s Employment Blawg: Find workplace news and perspectives, edited by St. Louis labor and employment lawyer, George Lenard.
24. Green Career Central: Discover powerful strategies to help you grow your green career through this blog.
25. Heather Krasna’s Public Service Career Blog: If you want a career in public service, follow this blog.
26. Jobless and Less: This unemployment blog talks about one person’s experiences with layoffs, unemployment and the job search.
27. Keppie Careers: This blog is a one-stop destination for top-notch job search and social media coaching, resume transformations, online profiles, networking advice and more.
28. Notes From The Job Search Seattle: Notes, resources and information from someone who is on the job search in Seattle.
29. Pomp & Surkanstance: Plenty of perspectives available in this blog, billed as “an intellectual and philosophical analysis of reality by Michael and Brian Surkan.”
30. Unemploymentality: This is your definitive unemployment blog. Use it as a baseline.

Resumes

31. Career-Resumes: This blog talks about various resume issues and answers.
32. CV Resume Blog: This website is to help you make and create the best possible first impression on a potential employer, in other words, how to write a resume.
33. emurse: Emurse is a powerful tool that lets you create and host your resume online — for free.
34. Optimal Blog: Learn how to create an “optimal first impression” through this blog supported by Optimal Resume.
35. Pongo Resume: This blog outlines tips, answers to questions and updates on how to keep your resume current.
36. Resume Bear: This is the blog for one of the hottest resume tools online.
37. Resume Boutique Blog: This blog contains resume and interview tips for professionals and students by the founder of Resume Boutique, Randi Lewis, a recruitment professional and former practicing lawyer.
38. Resume Edge Blog: Darlene has a strong background in writing and marketing. She has authored 10,000+ resumes/cover letters/CVs for clients at every career stage, from entry-level to CEOs, and in every industry.
39. Resume Help Blog: Resume Help Blog is for people that need help finding professional resume writers, learning how to write their own resumes or looking for help finding their next job or career.
40. VisualCV Blog: The VisualCV reinvents the resume. Ultimately, it will reinvent the way the Internet is used for recruiting, to the benefit of professionals and employers alike.

Career Search and Advice

41. All Things Workplace: Steve Roesler teaches smart people practical ways to become extraordinary.
42. Career Rocketeer: Career Rocketeer is one of the industry’s leading career search and personal branding blogs.
43. Career Tips Blog: Stephanie “Stevie” Puckett is a career coach, writer, Web site developer and is well-recognized as a tech-savvy career coach.
44. Here We Are. Now What? Terrence Seamon is a facilitator, blogger, and transitionist, Terry is engaged, learning, and changing.
45. Jobacle: Get career advice, employment news and Web reviews to enhance your current career or to learn how to find a new one.
46. Jonathan Fields: Jonathan is an entrepreneur, small-biz and online marketing consultant and more, providing tips and hints on how to make a career work for you.
47. The Career Doctor Blog: This blog empowers job-seekers to conquer college, career, and job-search ailments.
48. The Career Key Blog: Making a lifetime of smart career decisions about career options, college major and education choices, being self-employed and the right career test.
49. The Occupational Adventure: Here you’ll find over 1,000 posts here on various topics related to finding passion in your career.
50. Tips & Stories to Improve Work & Life: This blog is primarily about soft skills and contains useful tips and stories for people to use as part of their continuous personal development.

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