60 Resources For Anyone Looking For a Job: ”

We have been covering resources for job hunters for quite sometime now. Since the launch of our blog in January 2009, we have come a long way, thanks to you. With unemployment rate still high it has become a challenge to find a job, however, with due effort and determination your dream job isn’t that far. We have compiled a list of sixty resources which includes resume articles, job interview articles, job search sites, career and job related blogs, LinkIn Groups and twitter accounts you should follow (10 each). We are continually trying to provide resources for our readers and job seekers, if you would like us to cover a specific topic please feel free to let us know through your comments. One more thing, before we get started we want to remind you that unless you put these resources and tips mentioned in these articles into action, the goal can never be achieved. Read and apply is the matra to land the job of your dreams.

A brief excerpt from the article is included for each link to give you an idea what you will be reading.

Articles Related To Resume

1. How To Write a Masterpiece of a Resume : This award-winning guide to resume writing will teach you to write a resume equal to one done by a top-notch professional writer. It offers examples, format choices, help writing the objective, the summary and other sections, as well as samples of excellent resume writing.
2. 6 Words That make your Resume Suck : So how do you write a wicked resume without the suck? How do you turn the wrong words into right? To help you land the job interview, here’s how to spin the 6 sucky resume words into skills that sizzle.
3. Rebuild Your Resume With Five Simple Fixes : Once you’ve spotted a great job anywhere online and figured out how much moolah to ask for, you need to get your foot in the door. In most cases, your foot is your resume, and every person you’ve ever met with a job has sincere, if contradictory, advice on making yours shinier than all the others.
4. How To Build The Ultimate Social Media Resume : Social media resumes are important for attracting hiring managers directly to you, without you having to submit your resume, blindly, to them. The problem with submitting your resume online to job postings is that most job postings aren’t even vacant, might not exist, and 80% of jobs offers are received through networking.
5. 9 Resume Tips That Should Be Screechingly Obvious (But Apparently Aren’t) : These are all basic rules, but they all seem to get broken constantly. All of these should be obvious to anyone who’s conscious (maybe even the lightly sleeping), but they must not be. On to the rules!
6. How To Edit your Resume Like a Professional resume Writer : Some of you will be able to do a decent job rewriting your resume on your own. The first thing you’ll have to do is make some mental shifts. You need to rethink the goals of a resume, and rethink the rules of a resume in order to approach the project like the best of the resume professionals.
7. 6 Action Words To Make Your Resume Suck : It’s time to activate your resume with some action words. Action words, or verbs, ignite an otherwise dull resume by setting your skills on fire – giving your credentials authority and power. Verbs are important to include on your resume since they show hiring managers what actions you’ve taken in previous jobs.
8. Avoid These Phrases To keep Your Resume Relevant : Resume writing is an infrequently used skill, and one with which most of us will take all the help we can get. Keep your resume from ending up in the bowels of a corporate shredder by avoiding these phrases.
9. How To Construct a Killer Resume, From Start To Finish : Last week, I wrote a controversial article about resume tips that got a lot of readers fired up. As a result, I thought it would be worthwhile to go through the entire process of creating a strong resume, step by step.
10. 30 Plus Brilliant and Creative Resumes : Times have changed. What worked in the past still works but if you want to stand out from the crowd sometimes the only thing that is needed is a little creativity. We all have the creative juice in us but only some of us dare to squeeze it out.

Articles Related To Job Interviews

1. How To Ace Your job Interview: 88 Surefire Tips and Tricks : So, you’re a recent graduate? Looking for work? You and thousands of others. What can you offer that they can’t? Well, hopefully you know that or will learn as you search. Your job search is a project in itself, with various stages. Here are some tips to get you to your goal of a great first job.
2. How To Answer 23 of The Most Common job Interview Question : Let’s face it; no one likes the interview process. Well, certainly not the people being interviewed anyway. You have to be on your best behavior, you only get one chance to get it right, and it’s like taking your driving test all over again. Over the years I’ve been to countless interviews.
3. 10 Questions You Should Know Before your Job Interview : Although no one can predict the questions your potential employer will ask, you can think about how you’d answer some of the commonly asked ones. Here are ten questions for you to consider and a few hints about how to answer them.
4. 50 Common Interview Q&A : Review these typical interview questions and think about how you would answer them. Read the questions listed; you will also find some strategy suggestions with it.
5. Seven Great Questions To Ask at a Job Interview : For the interview itself you should dress smartly and appropriately. It is important to have some questions prepared and here are a few that could really help.
6. The Guerrilla Guide To Interviewing : Learn what interviewers are looking for when it comes to answer from candidates by reading this article.
7. 10 Killer Job Interview Questions and Answers :Behind every interview question there is a concern or another question. Your job is to process the question thinking about what the interviewer’s concern might be. In other words, why is the interviewer asking you this question?
8. The 25 Most Difficult Job Interview Questions : If you are one of those executive types unhappy at your present post and embarking on a New Year’s resolution to find a new one, here’s a helping hand. The job interview is considered to be the most critical aspect of every expedition that brings you face-to- face with the future boss. One must prepare for it with the same tenacity and quickness as one does for a fencing tournament or a chess match.
9. Avoid These 10 Interview Bloopers : We’ve all heard stories of job candidates who looked great on paper but who were absolute disasters in person. With fewer and fewer interview opportunities available in this competitive market, it’s essential to make the best possible first impression. You can learn from the mistakes of others and avoid the top 10 worst interview blunders.
10. Make or Break Interview Mistakes : Some people go into human resources thinking that it’s like social work. Here’s a news flash for anyone who thinks in those terms: If you’re the kind of person who wants to adopt every stray kitten and advise every needy person you meet, you may want to find a different profession.

Online Job Search Websites

1. CareerBuilder : As the U.S.’s largest online job site, CareerBuilder.com puts over 1.6 million jobs in front of poised job seekers wherever they are – at home or work – in print and on the Internet. More than 49. 23 million unique visitors come to the site every month to check out opportunities in every industry, field and job type.
2. JobBankUSA : JobBankUSA has grown to be one of the Internet’s largest and best-known online recruiting sites. Since 1995 JobBankUSA.com has provided services to over 5 million job seekers, hiring managers, recruiters and human resource professionals.
3. Monster : The leading global online network for careers, connecting the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals. Monster is committed to leading the market by offering innovative technology and superior services that give consumers and businesses more control over the recruiting process.
4. Indeed : A search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.
5. JobBankUSA : JobBankUSA has grown to be one of the Internet’s largest and best-known online recruiting sites. Since 1995 JobBankUSA.com has provided services to over 5 million job seekers, hiring managers, recruiters and human resource professionals.
6. SimplyHired : Simply Hired is a vertical search engine company based in Silicon Valley, and we’re building the largest online database of jobs on the planet. Our goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey.
7. Execsearches : A job board that has been serving the nonprofit, government, education and health sectors since 1999.
8. CollegeRecruiter : Features include hundreds of thousands of entry level job posting ads (on-line help wanted ads), a School Finder feature which matches those interested in continuing their education with hundreds of traditional and on-line schools, and tens of thousands of pages of employment-related articles, blogs, and ask the experts questions and answers.
9. Snag a Job : SnagAJob.com has been hooking up America’s hourly workforce with great hourly jobs. Now, more than 10 million registered job seekers later, they’re the nation’s largest job site for part-time and full-time hourly jobs.
10. Hound : Hound shows its members jobs from every employer website it can find in the United States and throughout the world. It is the most powerful job-search engine in existence and powers several job boards.

Blogs For Job Seekers

1. Jobacle : Get useful 411, expert interviews and a forum to speak your mind on everything work related. The blog is updated daily and the Working Podcast is produced at least twice a month.
2. Careerealism : Blog offering you career tips and above all helping you deal with career realism.
3. Onedayonejob : A blog about entry level jobs.
4. 45Things : A blog by Anita Bruzzese. Her first book, ‘Take This Job and Thrive’ was critically acclaimed as ‘rendered with rousing spirit’ and ‘sound, commonsense ideas, couched in encouragement.’ (Booklist). She has been quoted in numerous publications, such as WashingtonPost.com, and a book on Fortune 500 hiring practices.
5. BrazenCareerist : Started out as a blog but now is a full fledged community site for Generation Y members.
6. CareerDiva : The thinking man’s and woman’s career and workplace blog.
7. Career News From Forbes : If you are looking for practical advice on career building, surviving a layoff and many more work related information and tips, this is a must follow.
8. Applicant : Our very own blog dedicated to helping job seekers get the most out of current economy.
9. JobMob : Learn how to find jobs like an expert. JobMob is one of the leading blogs for job seekers.
10. Monster Blog : Official blog of Monster.com which offers advice on job search and other related information.

LinkedIn Groups For Job Seekers

1. The Talent Buzz : The Talent Buzz group is for all Job Seekers, Candidates, Recruiting, HR, and Marketing professionals interested in networking, and being kept up to date with the latest trends in Human Resources, Recruitment, Social Media, and Social Networking. (7,176 members)
2. Executive Suit : Connect with over 100,000 US-based executive and recruiter members. Your email address will be used to send you our free, biweekly career trend newsletter, Executive Insider, and other relevant information. (141,016 members)
3. Linked:HR : If you are a manager, corporate recruiter, headhunter, trainer, HR service provider or consultant, join Linked:HR now! Linked:HR is the largest HR Group on LinkedIn. Job seekers should joing this group to see the internal discussion among recruiters and HR service providers. (146,782 members)
4. JobsDirectUS : JobsDirectUSA.com networking groups are ideal for every job seeker and hr recruiter on linkedin.Your linked source for jobs, job seekers, linked:hr recruiters, staffing executives, human resources, corporate recruiters, talent bar, seo experts, linkedin open networkers, consultants and every star:candidate. (4,388 members)
5. Star:Candidate For Hire : The Group works in tandem with Linked:HR, by far the largest Recruiters’ Group on LinkedIn. Linked:HR recruiters are regularly reminded to check Star:Candidate for top candidates. Also use this Group to discuss and network with other candidates, share tips, get news about the job market, and read the Jobs posted by many recruiters or available through job portals’ RSS Feed (i.e., Monster, Indeed, JobsDirectUSA). (14,902 members)
6. Indeed : This is the official linkedin group for the job search site indeed.com. If you are already using indeed (you should if you aren’t) join this group for discussion any events and jobs notification. (4,415 members)
7. Career Rocketeer : The fastest-growing professional networking group for career search, career development and personal branding. Career Rocketeer brings career and job seekers and employers, recruiters and career experts together for mutual success. (2,047 members)
8. Project:Get Hired : A motivational support group for job hunters to share creative strategies and stay motivated. Whether you are recently downsized or have been unemployed for awhile, join for valuable information and insight. (1,592 members)
9. MyCredentials : Career Presentation : This group helps candidates greatly extend their resume as well as career portfolio in just minutes with simple & easy solutions. Join to network with people, who seek resume & interview enhancement. (1,801 members)
10. Job Search Help : This group is for all Job Seekers. Share advice and leads. Network and help each other. Discuss Job Boards, job search engines, career sites, ways to write a good resume etc. (1,198 members)

Twitter Users Job Seekers Should Follow

1. @applicants : This account is the official twitter account for applicant.com blog. Join thousands others and get information and tips to help you land your dream job.
2. @careertips : Career Tips from Career Opportunities Podcast.
3. @jobnob : Official account for jobnob.com.
4. @jobacle : Twitter account for one of the most popular career site jobacle.com

5. @simplyhired : Find tweets related to job opening and job search tips.
6. @TwitJobSearch : Tweets from the first twitter based job search engine.
7. @JobHuntOrg : Tweets from the award winning site job-hunt.org.
8. @indeed : Find jobs and job related information from indeed.com by following them on twitter.
9. @snagajob : If you are looking for hourly jobs, make sure you follow snagajob on Twitter.
10. CareerBuilder : This page lists all CareeBuilder Twitter accounts.

If you would like us to compile resources on any other subject related to job search and career, let us know. Feel free to add any link and resources that you think might help others in the comments section.

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