Let’s face it. There are plenty of good career blogs and interview help blogs out there. And there are also plenty of stinkers. In no way is this meant to be a comprehensive list of all the good ones – just a list of a few of the best career sites I’ve found in my cyber-travels. Have fun browsing and please feel free to recommend your own favorites career and interview blogs or sites to my other readers:
- Alison Doyle- Allison writes for About.com and has lots of good, solid job search tips and career advice as well as oodles of tech savvy. Meaty browsing for anyone in job hunt mode!
- Recent post: Fake Employment References
- Ask Liz Ryan- Liz is a well-known career blogger. I sometimes find myself seeing things slightly differently (mostly when it comes to absolutes), but 99 out of 100 times she is spot on. (And the rest of the time she’s probably right too.
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- Recent post: Five Waste-of-Time Job Search Activities
- Brand-Yourself - A cool site that helps you look at your career from a different angle – namely your web presence and how you’re viewed by others.
- Brazen Careerist- According to Penelope’s site (like me) her “career never had a straight path, but (she’s) always learning and trying new things, and that’s what makes (her) career fun. And sometimes scary.” Brazen and fun. What could be bad?
- Recent post: How to find work with a flexible schedule
- Career Advice Blogs- Posts from over 40 blogs in one place. A really nice place to browse.
- Recent post: The clear and present danger of internal transfer
- Career Diva- Journalist, author and MSNBC.com columnist Eve Tahmincioglu’s scintillating site shares her personal thought clouds about career, work, and life.
- Recent post: Who’s to blame for my failures?
- Career Hub- A really fascinating collection of posts from a variety of talented career experts/writers.
- Recent post: 13 Ways To Stay Positive During An Economic Downturn
- Clue Wagon – A fun romp through some of the dos and don’ts of job interviews, hosted by a former HR person with a refreshing sense of humor.
- Recent post: I Hate Spunk (old Mary Tyler Moore interview I love)
- Guerilla Job Hunting – Canadian enterpreneur David Perry hosts a blog that offers creative take-no-prisoners (but keep your sense of humor) job hunting tips.
- Recent post: Guerrillas in the Midst (of effective job hunting)
- Jibber Jobber- A terrific all-purpose career blog with lots of interesting tidbits about jobs, the job market, and careers in general.
- Recent post: Gen Y Grad Sues College Because She Can’t Get Job
- Life@Work -Heather Mundell is a career coach with lots of practical real-life experience. Her delightful blog focuses on career happiness, career transition, change, and motivation.
- Pongo Resume- This is part of the Pongo Resume website, but the blog itself offers great job hunting advice. Topics include: resumes, cover letters, interviews, job seeker tips, work/life, and the workplace.
- Recent post: Interview Question: Tell Me about a Time You Failed
- Punk Rock Human Resources - Laurie Ruettimann, a former HR pro, gives short but not exactly sweet between-the-eyes advice. Lots of good stuff.
- Recent post: Why Some People Get Hired
- Water Cooler Wisdom – Wall Street Journal writer and HuffingtonPost.com blogger Alexandra Levit offers career advice tuned into today’s job marketplace.
- The Wise Job Search- Recruiter Harry Urschel has been on both sides of the table and offers practical, first-hand advice to job-seekers everywhere.
- Recent post: How To Write a ‘Hard-Working and Strategic’ Resume!
- Work/Life Fusion - Paul is a truly caring career coach whose unique blog is filled with career advice and inspiration. One of my favorite dropping-by places.
- Recent post: “You’re younger than me so you wouldn’t understand.”
- Working Girl- Karen Burns, recent book author and blogger extraordinaire for USNews.com, offers lively advice based on MUCH real world experience.
- Recent post: Tell A Story, Get A Job
Well that’s all I have for now. Hope you enjoy!
So what about you? Do you have any career sites or interview help sites you’d like to share?
Thank you for including work/life fusion on this list Ronnie Ann!
There are some great blogs in that group. Some I know, some I am looking forward to getting to know, now you have shared them here
I’m not just saying it but work coach cafe really is one of my favourite blogs on the net, career or otherwise. It is welcoming, thoughtful, funny, informative, accessible and much more besides.
You are a wonderful host Ronnie Ann and you know how to make your readers feel at home, which is a rare gift.
Thanks again and all my very best to you and all of your readers!
Paul
^^ I agree. WCC is included everyday in my morning reading activity.
Thanks for the list as well. I will check those out too!
Thanks for including The Job Lounge among your favorites. I’m honored!
Awww! Thanks Paul and Mr. X! Whatever I pay you to say nice things about me, I’m doubling it.
Susan…you have a great blog, website and book and have helped many people. Plus I know you care deeply about really helping, which is huge in my book. Best of luck with your exciting new plans to help many many more!
Wow, thank you.
I don’t think Clue Wagon has ever been on any Top 20 list before. I think I’m going to need to buy myself a tiara now.
Hahahaha! You crack me up Kerry. It’s what makes your blog such fun. Your real world HR experience doesn’t hurt either. And remember…tiara shopping helps stimulate the economy.
A nice collection of useful career blogs. There seem to be so many of those around right now that it must have been hard to narrow it to 20.
Thanks
Hi R.A.!
On behalf of Team Pongo, thanks very much for including us among a list of blogs that we also admire. It’s nice to know we’re in such great company!
Best,
Rick
Thank you Ronnie for including us in this great list. We have personally worked with some of these great individuals and it has been an amazing experience so far. There are also a few people on the list who I am not familiar with but that will change soon!
Great list here. I will be following it.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving bread crumbs Survival Insight, Rick , Trace and AJ. Yumm…how I love those! I’m just amazed by how many good blogs are out there.
check this one out thats not on your list:
jobsearchjungle.com
Thanks Carol! Some interesting posts and I haven’t even gotten past the first page. Added it to my Twitter “following” list. Much appreciated.
Please feel free to add your own suggestions. Always looking to discover new career & job interview blogs to browse.
- Ronnie Ann
As career counselor, I just wanted to say you have a great list here. You did a really wonderful job at picking through all of the career blogs out there and putting some of the best on your list.
I was looking through your links and I noticed a few broken ones. Your links to The Wise Job Search and I’m Unemployed seem to not be working anymore. Other than that, you’ve got an excellent list here!
I have two more suggestions for sites that would be extremely helpful to your readers – Ms. Career Girl (mscareergirl.com) and Campuses to Careers (campusestocareers.info). Both websites have great information for younger job seekers who are being challenged by today’s tough economy. Young people are having such a hard time getting their careers started, and I believe both of these website give practical, useful information while also encouraging young job seekers.
Anyways, just wanted to let you know about that broken links and to say thanks!