Most Popular & Important BLOGS for Job Seekers — All You Need to Know
If you are looking for a job or looking into specific criteria for jobs, I have collected some of the most used sites for you to explore.
I have looked into the top 6 blogs, then gotten into the specific blog post formats, where the attention is and what topics are searched and read.
Most popular sites featuring job seekers. NOTE: Apart from Reddit (mentioned), Medium (unmentioned), Tumblr (unmentioned), Linkendln (unmentioned), most of the top read blogs are ones where you can’t personally add posts, apart from feedback underneath articles.
1. Reddit | Career Guidance
San Francisco, CA
About Blog A place to discuss career options, to ask questions and give advice! Are you struggling to figure out what you want to do with your life? This is the feed you should be following.
Frequency about 168 posts per week.
Website reddit.com/r/careerguidance
Facebook fans 1,186,502. Twitter followers 543,828.
Reddit is a service that is open to anyone. Anyone can publish articles, which makes it one of the fastest growing platforms to reach a vast audience of like-minded individuals. Articles are straight-forward and spike conversations that people are actually interested in. Titles range from “Job ask me to bring money to an interview, should I go?” to “Active careers for introverts?” “How to pick a career when you have no specific interests?”
2. Dan Schawbel
Facebook fans 4,552. Twitter followers 210,858
Frequency: About 7 Posts a Week
Schawbel’s website includes a wide range of topics, stemming from Skill Development, Networking, Job Searching, Workplace Success, Entrepreneurship, to Career Resources.
His website does not allow publishing articles directly. They do have a comment area, which does allow feedback to the website, potentially some spots to leave personal info and further reading. I have reached out to Dan and will see if that is something he wishes to provide. It seems to however be a personal website. It does have a large following, however.
He provides advice on “Why Are Your Employees Quitting,” “5 Strategies to Cultivate a Culture of Continuous Improvement,” “4 Ways to Win at Salary Negotiation.”
His website is strong due to the clarity of content and the appealing content of the articles.
3. Undercover Recruiter — Career & Recruitment Blog
London, UK
About Blog
We aim to inform, inspire and entertain recruiters, HR, jobseekers and anyone with an interest in the workplace. The blog is run by Link Humans, a social and digital marketing agency in London, UK.
Frequency about 7 posts per week.
Website theundercoverrecruiter.com
Facebook fans 22,544. Twitter followers 133,206.
I wanted to get into specific blog posts here, because the format is almost as important as the content of the posts.
The article: “How Craig Fisher Helps Businesses Build Human Connections”
They provide helpful advice: “referrals are still the best source of hire.” They also provide advice on success, which is a common recurring theme for articles along these lines:
- Providing individuals with life skills to reach their full potential.
- Strengthening the Workforce through career development and access to employment for undeserved adults.
- Employee Engagement by supporting causes that our employees are passionate about.
They also invest into people by:
- Extensive training courses, employee awards, and recognition programs.
- Actionable employee engagement programs.
- Diversity and Inclusion Employee Resource Groups and Diversity Councils.
- Volunteer days to support local charities that are important to our employees.
4. Career Enlightenment | Best Job Search Blog
Portland Metro
About Blog
A must-read job seeking websites, Career Enlightenment was voted the best job search blog by About.com
Frequency about 2 posts per week.
Website careerenlightenment.com/blog
Facebook fans 1,529. Twitter followers 15,011.
This is also a very helpful blog with many interesting blog posts.
Blog posts that I was interested in were:
7 Smart Ways Social Media Can Boost Career Success
https://careerenlightenment.com/7-smart-ways-social-media-can-boost-career-success
With tips like “Take Part In Online Job Platforms”:
Taking part in online career platforms is a significant way to build and grow your career. Online platforms are rich in career-related discussions, which focus on the trending topics in the corporate world. In most of the cases, you might find such communities influential and useful in building your career. Taking part in online communities on career and job search can offer you valuable information on growing your own career. In addition, with such groups, you can come across recruiters and other like-minded individuals who can be of significant help in your career advancement.
Or other interesting posts such as: “10 Habits Essential for Becoming a Most Valuable Hire”:
1. A positive attitude with positive energy. People are always attracted to positive people, folks with a smile on their face and always something positive to say. No negatives, complaining, or whining; just a “can do” attitude.
2. A positive work ethic. It means arriving early, staying late, minimizing break times, and focusing on doing whatever is assigned, to the absolute best of your ability, regardless of who, if anyone, is watching.
3. Getting to know the players. Who are the people you need to know, what do they do, and how can you build a positive relationship with them? Learn their names, remember their names, and greet them by name with a genuine smile and positive eye contact.
4. Minimize the social chatter. To the inevitable, “How was your day/night/ weekend?,” resist the urge to chatter and simply respond, “Great, and yours?” And never gossip, because gossip means that no one will ever trust you.
5. Observe how things are done. Every organization has its own way of doing things, and the quicker you can learn this, the better. Do this before you offer opinions!
6. Leave every bad habit behind. You know what things hold you back from being an A-player in your last job and an A-player at school. The only person who can repeat or reject those bad habits is you.
7. Model integrity. Always DWYSYWD — do what you said you would d People who do this build trust and trust is at the foundation of every successful career.
8. Keep your boss informed. Ask him/her how and when he/she would like to be updated, then do it. Volunteer for assignments you can do or that will stretch you.
9. Think in terms of company goals. Find out what the goals are, and figure out how what you do can move the company towards those goals.
10. Make no excuses. You will make mistakes, but you should NEVER make an excuse. Your boss will appreciate that you don’t make excuses or the same mistake twice.
NOTE: Many of these articles are in bullet-form. It is an easy way to process information and puts things in order to make it easier to comprehend. I have been noticing on Medium however that this form is getting less & less popular with viewers. In books it is mostly different. Chapters are basically the bullet-form in most books.
5. Career Pivot — Repurpose your career. Pivot now.
Austin, Texas USA
About Blog A career design firm for Baby Boomers like you who want a change, but know you can’t just leap from one life to another.
Frequency about 4 posts per week.
Since Aug 2011
Website careerpivot.com/blog
Facebook fans 1,164. Twitter followers 36,821.
6. Work it Daily — Blog
Frequency: 10 posts a week
Website: https://www.workitdaily.com/blog/
Followers: 78,000 daily subscribers (mainly to “Careerealism”, which is the website connected to the blog)
I hope this helped someone!
I like researching various different topics. I don’t tend to stick to a niche, because that is what boring folks do. I am not that. I think(?). I’d hope so. I hope that someone benefited from this.
Let me leave you with this:
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