More blogs for jobseekers – Career carnival Day 2

@Karlaporter  (team USA)

 

You may know Karla from her angry looking avatar from twitter. Despite her “no nonsense” picture, Karla has a warmth and passion to help others on the road to employment. Karla has written her own intro to explain the relevance of this blog. It is all about perception and presentation and gives good thought if you want to get hired by “The Suit.”

In Karla’s words:

 

Life is full of parallel subsets. Every generation creates norms for behaviors, attitudes, expectations, habits and motivational buttons. With as many as 5 generations from a world of cultures sharing the planet at the same time it’s amazing we arrive at societal norms for anything. Silent generation grandmothers who wouldn’t dare wear white shoes after the first Monday in September wince at Millenial’s “nothing is off limits” fashion sense. Introduce the dynamic of workplace dress codes and what does one do?

 

In her blog post, Workplace en Vogue, Karla Porter highlights the trials and tribulations of differing generational expectations for professional appearance. Here’s her story of how not meeting the expectations of the highest denominator could sabotage your next career opportunity.

 

Karla is the Director for Workforce Development at the greater Wilkes-Bar Chamber of Business and Industry (Hell of a big business card!)

 

http://karlaporter.com/cms/?p=7

 

@BillVick (USA)

 

Bill is no stranger to recruiters, and is someone I like to talk to often. He is well known as a much quoted veteran of the industry. When Bill is not advising recruiters on best practice at www.xtremerecruitmenttv.com , he is running EmploymentDigest.net, a video and blog site where he interviews some of the leading career advisors and adds his own opinion. There’s lots of good stuff here, but I’ve selected 5 things not to include in a resume as my own recent favorite. featuring an interview with Kay Stout. You can find EmploymentDigest.net at: http://www.employmentdigest.net/2009/06/5-things-not-to-include-in-a-resume/

 

@ShawnaArmstrong (USA)

 

Shawna is a relative beginner in the blogging world, but I love her style and content. I hope to see more of her wisdom in the coming months. She is also great to follow on twitter. I have chosen her blog Networking101 – A social media approach to the job search because it’s comprehensive but not full of technical jargon. If you like it please leave Shawna a message and encourage her to post more.

 

http://www.thinkrecovery.org/portal/Blogs/tabid/93/BlogID/7/Default.aspx

 

@TonyRestell (Team GB)

 

Tony is the founding partner of Top-Consultant.com, a career site for the consulting industry. Tonys collection of blogs are suitable for any executive looking for good advice. Being a recruiter/trainer I related well to the chosen blog, finding a consulting job in the downturn – the role of recruitment Agencies. If every candidate that approaches a recruiter reads this first and follows the sage words, the relationship will be a good one.

 

http://www.consultant-news.com/article_display.aspx?p=adp&id=5714

 

@DanNuroo (Team Aus)

 

Dan is a corporate recruiter now, having jumped out of the frying pan of third party recruiting. This gives him a great understanding of the job search, which he enjoys sharing with those who need it. www.jobseekr.com.aus is dedicated to job seekers, and contains a host of good advice, most written in no nonsense Aussie style. Following on from Tony’s piece, I’ve chosen How to build relationships with recruiters? As Dan’s featured piece, but there is lots more from Dan and others on this site.

 

http://jobseekr.com.au/2009/05/25/how-to-build-relationships-with-recruiters/

 

@careerealism (Team USA)

 

Julia Erickson bills herself as an on-line career transformation coach and a twitter career expert. From what I’ve seen of her blogging and tweeting that is no idle boast. I’ve chosen Julia’s piece on interviewing the employer to feature, as I think this covers a key area that many job seekers forget. Your going to be doing the job every day for a long time, it’s not just about you being right for them, but equally the employer being right for you.

 

http://julieannerickson.blogspot.com/

 

@dawnbungi (team USA)

 

Dawn is another seasoned career advisor dedicated to helping in the job search. I’ve chosen to feature seven observations from my day at the job fair, because Dawn has chosen to tell it how it is. If you’ve been to a similar event recently, ask yourself the same questions.

 

http://thewritesolution.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/seven-observations-from-my-day-at-the-job-fair/

 

@jacobshare (Team ?)

 

Many of us use twitter more or less every day. For this reason I’ve chosen a blog from www.jobmob.co.il which features advice on how to use twitter to find a job and advice on job seeking. I’ve chosen this entry because it simply lists 400+ job feeds on twitter broken down by country. Follow those relevant to your country and you can be first to be alerted to opportunities.

 

http://jobmob.co.il/blog/twitter-job-openings-postings-leads/