Top 200+ Blog Articles on Career / Job Advice

Compiled by spotlightideas.co.uk – 2011

Here are a sample of some of the best career advice articles / advice on looking for jobs on the net. The list includes contributions from CEOs, department heads, industry experts. Although most of the entries are for a general audience, the list does have an advertising / marketing / media / digital / pr slant to it, in particular category 5 (Career / Job-Hunting – Advertising, Marketing, Digital & PR).

CATEGORIES

• Top Blog Posts on Career / Job Advice
• Looking for a Job
• CV / Interviews etc – The Right Way to Apply for a Job
• Career / Job-hunting and Social Media (general)
•  Career / Job-Hunting – Advertising, Marketing, Media, Digital & PR
• Career – General
• Recruiters / HR

1 – TOP  BLOG POSTS ON CAREER / JOB ADVICE

• Daring to Stumble on the Road to Discovery – the danger of perfection in the work place - New York Times. Aug ’11
  
• Top 9 Job Sites to Bookmark for Your Career Search. Mashable. Jan ’11
• 55 Hidden Job Finding Tips WITHOUT Using Social Media. JobMob. Jan ’11
• 25 Things to Watch in 2011 For Job Search. JobMob. Jan ’11
• How Do You Get Hired? First, Don’t Lose! Personal Branding Blog. Mar ’11
• How to know if you’re an entrepreneur.Penelope Trunk. Apr ’11
• How to Bounce Back. Penelope Trunk.Jan ’11
• Career Truth #1: Brand or Be Branded. Careeralism. Feb ’11
• How do you research a company before you apply? Microsoft Jobsblog. Mar ’11
• Career Gaps: 5 Steps To Turning Them Into An Advantage. Career Hub. Apr ’11
• HOW TO: Score a Job at a Creative Agency. Mashable. Apr ’11
• FACT: Great Talent Runs Freaking Hot – Deal With It… HR Capitalist. Mar ’11
• How to Turn an Internship into a Job: A Q&A with Nate Whitson of Intern Match. Lindsey Pollack. Mar ’11
• 10 Things Recruiters Won’t Tell You (But I Will!)Careeralism. Aug ’10
• Looking for Work – Chris Brogan - Sep ’10
• Crap jobs are created by other people, dream jobs you make yourself - Gapingvoid. 2010
• Your Greatest Weakness is Your Strength. Tim’s Strategy. Oct ’10
• 30 Dangerous Personal Branding Habits. JobMob. Mar ’11
• How to manage a college education.Penelope Trunk. Jan ’11
• The 4 Year College Degree: Unaffordable And Still Required? Tim’s Strategy. Mar ’11
•  The hierarchy of success – Seth Godin – Sep ‘09
• Managing Your Career as a Business – New York Times – Oct ‘09
• How to Write a Great Individual Development Plan (IDP). Great Leadership. Nov ’08
• 200+ Resources and Tips To Help Manage Your Reputation Online. JobMob. Oct ’08
• Free eBook- Using the Social Web to Find Work- Chris Brogan - Dec ‘08
• What To Do When You Lose Your Job- Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ’09
• Helping college grads get a job – FREE e-book- Drew’s Marketing Blog - May ’0
• Now’s the time, the time is now- Being Peter Kim – Jul ’08 – career transition
• So, you need a job? Man, do resumes suck - Scobleizer – Oct ’08

2 – LOOKING FOR A JOB – GENERAL

(This section is for jobs in general – if you’re looking for jobs in advertising, marketing, media, digital, PR, in particular, please go to section 7)

 Looking for a job – general

• I need a new job. Now what? 97 Job Search Tips Career Advice for Desperate Job Seekers- 97 Job Search Tips
• The Top Ten Scary Things Job Seekers Do. Career Solvers. Oct ’10
• Job Seeking 2.0– Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ‘09
• Downsized? Fired? Here are the new rules of finding a job – Web Ink Now - Nov ‘08
• Don’t be the hardest worker in your job or in your job hunt. Penelope Trunk. Apr ’06
• Warren Buffett on “Which candidate has the most potential? - Marketing HeadHunter - 2006

Looking for a job – after losing one

• What To Do When You Lose Your Job – Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ‘09
• The best way to deal with getting fired. Penelope Trunk. Apr ’11

Looking for jobs – using social media (general)

• Social Media Jobs Are a Bright Spot for Recent Grads - Read Write Web - Sep ’10
• Cunning ways to find work via search and social media- Econsultancy - Jun ’10
• 3 Ways to Ace Your Job Interview with Social Media- Mashable - Jun ’10
• 12 Ways to Use Quora For Your Job Search. Mashable. Feb ’11
• 7 Tips for How and Why to Use Quora. Brand Yourself. Apr ’11
• 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube.Mashable. Oct ’11
• 10 Tips for Finding a Jobs Using Facebook and LinkedIn - Social Media Examiner - Sep ’10
• Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job- Time - Jun 09
• Looking for a job? Try LinkedIn or Twitter - Reuters - Aug ’09
• Using Social Media To Find A Job- Ogilvy PR - Aug ’09
• Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job- Mashable - Feb ’09
• Six Ways Social Media Can Help You Land The Job- Twist Image - May ‘08
• The Real Way to Get a Job Using Social Media Revealed – The Personal Branding Blog - Dec ‘08
• Senior execs turn to social networks for job hunting- ZDNet - Aug ‘08
•  Success Story: Accept a Facebook Friend Request and a New Job- Personal Branding Blog – Oct ‘08

Job Search using Twitter

• The Twitter Job Hustle Experiment - Digital Buzz Blog – Jul ’11
  
• Most Creative Way To Find A Job Using Twitter - Bit Rebels – Jul ’11
  
• HOW TO: Use Advanced Twitter Search To Find a Job [VIDEO]. Mashable. Jan ’11
• 6 Ways to Score a Job Through Twitter.Mashable. Nov ’10
• HOW TO: Use Twitter Hashtags to Boost Your Job Search. Mashable. Oct ’10
• Guest Post: ‘How I Got My Job Through Twitter’ - Marketing Profs Daily Fix – Mar ’09
• 11 Twitter Tips – Job Search in 140 Characters- ZDnet - Dec ’09 
• Twitter To Find A Job – Forbes – Apr ’09
• The Beginner’s Guide To Finding A Job With Twitter - JobMob - Nov ’08
• How David Murray found a new job via Twitter- Web Ink Now - Nov ‘08
• Success Story: One Brand One Tweet One Job- Personal Branding Blog – Sep ‘08
• How to use Twitter to find your next jobLitmanLive - Jan ’09
•  Find Your Next Job Using Twitter- BNet – May ’10

Job search using LinkedIn

• Top 50 LinkedIn Subgroups for Job Seekers and Recruiters. JobMob. Mar ’11
• HOW TO: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile’s New Skills Section - Mashable. Mar ’11
• How to Write LinkedIn Headlines That Work. Blue Sky. Jan ’11
• LinkedIn Job Hunting: What if a Potential Employer Views Your Profile? Jobacle. Mar ’11
• 10 Ways To Use LinkedIn To Find A Job - Guy Kawasaki - Feb ’09
• Leveraging Facebook to Find a Job - New York Times - May ’10
• Gigantic Tips Guide for Finding Jobs With LinkedIn. JobMob. Nov ’08

Job search using  Facebook

• Facebook for jobsearch?Brand Yourself. Apr ’11
• HOW TO: Score a Job Through Facebook.Mashable. Oct ’10

Job search – graduates

• 5 Secrets To Securing A Job After Graduation. Brand Yourself. Apr ’11
• Guide to Getting Any Job Within a Year of Finishing College – Charlie Hoehn – Sep ‘09
• Top 5 Personal Branding Tips for Recent Graduates- Personal Branding Blog – Dec ‘08
• 7 Personal Branding Tips for College Graduates- Personal Branding Blog - Oct ‘08
• Advice to Graduates: Network!- MarCom Blog - Apr ‘08

3 - CVs, INTERVIEWS ETC – THE RIGHT WAY TO APPLY FOR JOBS

General

• Personality Tests: How to Choose the Right Answers. Careeralism. Mar ’11
• 4 Web Apps For Managing Job Applications. Mashable. Dec ’10

CV / Resume

• 9 Dynamic Digital Resumes That Stand Out From the Crowd. Mashable. Feb ’11
• Top 5 Tips for Creating Impressive Video Resumes.Mashable. Jan ’11
• Should Your Resume Have a QR Code? Lindsey Pollack. Mar ’11
• Keywords: The Good, The Bad, And The Overused. MnHeadhunter. Mar ’11
• Key Words to Use in a Resume. Employment Digest. Nov ’10
• What Employers Want to See on your Resume – Guy Kasawaki – Feb ’09.
• How to edit your resume like a professional resume writer. Penelope Trunk. Mar ’08
• CV Clinic – The Guardian- Mar ’08
• 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work. JobMob. ’08
• The Key Components of a Resume – Brand Yourself - Jun ’08
• A Brief Overview of The 5 Types of a Resume - Brand Yourself - Oct ‘08
• How to Write a Resume - Marketing Head Hunter - Jul ‘08

Cover Letters

• 5 Parts to a Cover Letter (a.k.a. How to Write a Good One!). Careeralism. Dec ’10
• Cover Letters That WOW Employers.Employment Digest. Feb ’11
• Cover Letters – Personal Branding Blog - Sep ’08
• 3 Things You Need To Know About Writing the Perfect Cover Letter - Brand Yourself - Jul ‘08
• A Simpler Cover Letter is a Better Cover Letter. Employment Digest. Mar ’11
• Are Cover Letters Still Relevant For Social Media and Tech Jobs? Mashable. Feb ’11

Emailing (career / looking for jobs)

• 8 Things Employers Want to See in An Email Signature- Brand Yourself - Oct ‘08
• A Single Email Can Make or Bread Your Personal Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Oct ’08

Interview

• Be your real self in an interview. Penelope Trunk. Apr ’11
• Five Typical Questions That Rattle Your Nerves During an Interview. Employment Digest. Jan ’11
• 10 Common Questions and How to Answer Them. Employment Digest. Mar ’11
• Top 5 ways to make a lasting impression in interviews. Microsoft JobsBlog. Apr ’11
• 8 Questions For You to Ask the Interviewer. Employment Digest. Mar ’11
• How to Quickly Recover From Bad Job Interviews. JobMob. Mar ’11
• Interview Question: What did you like least about your last job? Cube Rules. Feb ’10
• Interview Question: What questions do you have for me? Cube Rules. Mar ’10
• How to answer the weakness interview question. Cube Rules. Jul ’09
• Interview Question: Where do you see yourself five years from now? Cube Rules. Aug ’09
• How To Answer The “Why Do You Want To Work For Our Company?” Interview Question. Cube Rules. Dec ’09
• How To Rock An Interview– Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ‘09
• The answer to the toughest interview question. Penelope Trunk. Feb ’08
• How to Ace Any Type of Interview - Brand Yourself - Jul ’08
• 43 Tips Before, During and After the Interview- Brand Yourself - Jun ’08
• Five ways to do better in phone interviews - Penelope Trunk. Apr ’07

Employment References

• Employment References - About.com
• How to Request a Letter of Recommendation. Jobacle. Apr ’11
• How to Get References After you Have Been Fired - Ehow

4 - CAREER – AND SOCIAL MEDIA (General)

(For finding jobs using social media in general, Twitter and more, please go to section 2)

• 5 Online Communities to Help With Your Career. Mashable. Mar ’11
• 40 Ways to Build Trust in Your Personal Brand on Social Media - Personal Branding Blog – Feb ’11
• Can Sites Like Quora Really Help Your Personal Brand? Personal Branding Blog – Apr ’11
• Bloggers: Are PR People Ruining Your Personal Brand? Personal Branding Blog – Apr ’11
• Using Social Media To Keep Your Job – Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ‘09
• Facebook for suits- The Economist - Sep ‘08
• Success Story: Build Your Dream One LinkedIn Contact at a Time – Personal Branding Blog - Nov ‘08
• It’s Time For You to Become a Master Brand Using LinkedIn – Personal Branding Blog- Nov ‘08
• Your Network Will Soon be a Job Qualification- Personal Branding Blog - Oct ‘08
• Reading Blogs at Work: Why You Should Do It & How You Can Make it Worthwhile - Read Write Web - Sep ‘08
• Is Social Media Becoming The New MBA? - Influential Marketing - Nov ‘08
• Blog Your Way to a New Career- PROBlogger – Jul ‘08
• Top Social Media Tools For Turning Your eBrand Into a Powerhouse - Personal Branding Blog - May ‘08

5 – CAREER / JOB-HUNTING – ADVERTISING, MARKETING, DIGITAL, and PR

Getting into Marketing / Digital Marketing

• Advice for finding that first marketing job. Drew’s Marketing Minute. Apr ’11
• On self determination - Seth Godin - Mar ’10 - Seth gives advice to students looking for marketing jobs
• 10 Tips for Aspiring Digital Marketers. Mashable. Oct ’10
• 28 top tips for wannabe internet professionals. Econsultancy. Nov ’10

Web Design / Graphic Design (career)

• HOW TO: Score a Web Design Job. Mashable. Jul ’10
• 10 Essential Skills Every Graphic Designer Should Have - Design Reviver – Oct ’09
• Three Big Mistakes that Can Make or Break Your Design Career - Fuel Your Interface – Nov ’09
• 16 Places to Build Your Brand for Graphic Designers- Brand Yourself - Sep ‘08

Web / Digital Development

• 5 Tips for Aspiring Web App Developers. Mashable. Aug ’10
• 6 Job Search Tips for Aspiring Programmers. Mashable. Aug ’10

SEO / Search Marketing (career / recruitment)

• So you want to work in SEO? - econsultancy - Jan ’10
• Is There Such a Thing as the Perfect SEO?- Search Engine Watch – Mar ’09
• Building A Career In Search Marketing- Search Engine Land - Jan ‘08
• Search Marketing: A Rewarding Career Path - Search Engine Watch - Jan ‘08
• Finding Recession-Proof SEM Jobs - Search Engine Watch - Mar ‘08
• Bigmouthmedia promotes search marketing as career option- Econsultancy

Advertising (career / recruitment) – general

• Diagonal Thinking is a vital tool for a career in advertising- Media Week - Oct ‘08

Copywriting / Art Director (career / recruitment)

• 5 Tips for Aspiring Copywriters and Art Directors. Mashable. Aug ’10
• 5 Tips for Aspiring Digital Copywriters. Mashable. Sep ’10

PR (career / recruitment)

• HOW TO: Land a Career in Digital Public Relations. Mashable. Sep ’10
• Getting ahead and getting hired in social media and digital PR - Wadd’s PR and Marketing Blog – Aug ’10
• What Makes a “Rockstar? PR Squared. Jul’ 10. PR
• 14 Key Skills & Attributes For New Public Relations Professionals – Dave Fleet – Aug ‘09
• Public Relations Specialists- US Department of Labor - “Employment of public relations specialists is expected to grow by 18 percent from 2006 to 2016″
• So You Want to Meet a Senior Executive? - PR Squared - Sep ‘08
• What is PR’s Elevator Pitch? - PR Squared - Sep ’08 – being able to describe what you do in PR as a living
• Get Into Twitter or Get Outta Public Relations? - PR Squared - Apr ‘08
• GUEST POST: Voice of the Intern - PR Squared - Jul ‘08

Social Media – general (career)

• Find a Job in Social Media, Development or Design. Mashable. Apr ’11
• Career path of the social business professional. Peter Kim. Feb ’11
• Social Media Jobs Outlook. Chris Brogan. Mar ’11
• 5 Tips for Aspiring Social Media Marketers. Mashable. Jul ’10
• Altimeter Report: The Two Career Paths of the Corporate Social Strategist. Be Proactive or Become ‘Social Media Help Desk’ - Jeremiah Owyang - Nov ’10
• Want A Corporate Social Media Job? Demonstrate These Three Essential Qualities– Jeremiah Owyang – Sep ‘09
• Adding a Chief Conversation Officer – Duct Tape Marketing - ’09

Blogging (career)

• How to Write a Brilliant Application for a Blogging Job – DailyBlogTips – Oct ‘09
• Blogging as a Job – The Perceptions of Others – Convincing Those You Love that You Can Be a ProBlogger- PROBlogger - Feb ‘08
• Applying for a Blogger Job? Treat it Seriously - PROBlogger - Aug ‘08

Web Analytics (career)

• Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World!– Occam’s Razor – Aug ‘09

Journalism (career)

• The worst jobs for the 21st Century - Forbes - Oct ’07 “Need for programmers, journalists, federal government workers is waning”
• My ideal journalism job - journalism.co.uk – Oct ‘08

Freelance Writing (career)

• Where Have All the Freelance Writing Jobs Gone? - Copyblogger - Oct ’08 – using economic downturn to your advantage, spotting and capitalizing on trends, jobs report
• Five Tips for a Successful Freelance Writing Career - Copyblogger – Apr ‘08

Marketing – general (career / recruitment)

• An amazing job application – Andy Sernovitz – Oct ‘09 – for marketing/advertising type of jobs
• Do you know this person? Is it you? - Web Ink Now – Feb ’08 – “create a sort of new rules of marketing & pr job description”
• The Evolution Of The Chief Marketing Officer - Twist Image - Nov ‘08

Online / Digital Marketing (career / recruitment)

• Get Paid To Watch YouTube, Play on Facebook And Follow Twitter. Twist Image. Jan ’11
• List of Social Computing Strategists and Community Managers for Enterprise Corporations 2008 - Social Media Jobs and Professionals – Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Jun ’08
• List of Full Time Social Media Professionals Grows – Web Strategy by Jeremiah – July ‘08
• How I spend my time as an Industry Analyst - Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Mar ‘08
• The Challenge of the Social Media Executive Recruiter - Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Jun ‘08
• Managing Your Marketing Career in a Web 2.0 World – Marketing Profs - May ’07

New types of job roles – Online / Digital Marketing (career / recruitment)

• Three Emerging Digital Careers to Watch – Micro Persuasion – Apr ’08 – The Chief Customer Experience Office, Digital Storytellers, Super Crunchers
• The Geek Marketer - Micro Persuasion - Sep ’07 – “who act as translators between the ultra geeks and the marketers”
• Three new jobs you might want to consider – Seth Godin – Nov ’08 – Community Organizer, Stats Fiend, Manager of Freelancers
• Jobs of the future, #1: Online Community Organizer - Seth Godin

Types of job roles that are going out – marketing (career / recruitment)

• Three Internet Careers That Soon Won’t Exist - Micro Persuasion – Mar ’08 – Social Media Consultant, Social Media Manager, etc., Internet Advertising Sales, Online Advertising Sales, etc., Digital Talent Agents

6 – CAREER – General

• The Future of Work. Chris Brogan. Feb ’11
• 7 Offline Ways to Build Your Personal Brand- Personal Branding Blog – Feb ‘ 11
• Brand Yourself an Entrepreneur – Personal Branding Blog - Jan ’11
• The Future of Work. Chris Brogan. Feb ’11
• HOW TO: Land a Job at Facebook. Mashable. Apr ’11
• HOW TO: Land a Job at Amazon. Mashable. Mar ’11
• HOW TO: Land a Job at 9 Hot Startups. Mashable.Jan ’11
• Hit the Ground Running: A New Career Strategy. Adweek. Mar ’11
• How to Clean Up Your Digital Dirt Before It Trashes Your Job Search. Adweek. Mar ’11
• HOW TO: Land a Job at Microsoft. Mashable. Dec ’10
• First Impressions – Tom Peters. How the first 7 seconds really account.
• More on Brand You - Tom Peters. May ’10
• The three elements of full employment – Seth Godin – Oct ‘09
• What are you good at– Seth Godin – Jan ‘09
• You are the president of your career – Chris Brogan – Jan ‘09
• The five-tool employee - Being Peter Kim – Jul ’08 – 5 essential attributes for employees (in startup / Fortune 50)
• Why bother having a resume? - Seth Godin - Mar ’08 – Controversial post on why you don’t need a resume (“I think if you’re remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn’t have a resume at all”)
• Career Management as Personal Marketing and Business Development - ZDNet
• It’s a Long Career and a Small Corporate Community – Personal Branding Blog – Dec ’08 – Various issues about: how work place has changed in last 10 years, office politics, and more.
• Find Your Inner Entrepreneur – Influential Marketing Blog – Mar ‘09
• 10 Employer Branding Strategies to Become the Employer of Choice - Personal Branding Blog - Nov ‘08
• Pay Attention: The No Asshole and No Complaining Rules - Personal Branding Blog - Jul ‘08
• Potential Employers Are Watching You - Social Media Explorer - Jun ’08

7 – RECRUITERS / HR

• 50 Most Creative Recruitment Ads in the World. JobMob. Apr ’11
• The World of Recruiters – About The Staffing Industry. Employment Digest. Apr ’11
• Asking about your Facebook profile is a big no no. Mircrosoft JobsBlog. Apr ’11
• Two Ways To Hire (and a Wrong Way) - Seth Godin - Sep ’09
• The 10 Worst Job Interview Questions Ever – Business Pundit - Apr ’08
• Should You Recruit on Social-Networking Sites? - HR World - Jan ‘08
• Don’t Run From Career Conversations – Fast Company - May ‘06
• Millennials Are Taking Over the Workplace - Is HR Prepared? – Personal Branding Blog- Aug ’08
• Unemployment, redundancy and Christmas jobs – Hitwise - Nov ’08 – general state of employment

Top 200+ Blog Articles on Career / Job Search and Advice  - Compiled by Spotlight Ideas.