100 BEST BLOGS FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH

The economic crisis of recent times has left many out of work and having a hard time finding a new job, even with the skills and experience to make them desirable employees. If you're struggling in your job search, you can get some advice, information and leads on potential jobs through some of the great career-focused blogs out there. Here are a few helpful places to get a leg up on finding a new job and getting back on your feet.

General Job Blogs

These blogs address a number of job-related issues, including improving your resume, networking and finding a new job.

1. Monster Blog: Through this blog you'll get a number of job search tools and loads of advice to help you find the kind of work you're looking for and ease the process.
2. Applicant: This blog offers readers job-related news as well as tips for marketing yourself and links to some of the best resources on the web for workers.
3. BostonGlobe Job Blog: Check out this newspaper-based blog to read the latest updates on finding jobs, in the local area and around the world.
4. Job Hacking: Blogger Dave Hardwick offers his insights into the recruiting process in this blog.
5. Jibber Jobber Blog: Read articles about what the recession may mean for your job search, tips on using LinkedIn and more on this blog.
6. Alison Doyle: Visit this blog to read advice and commentary on jobs, careers, work and life.
7. jobology: This blog, all about jobs, offers inspiration, personal stories and informative articles about searching for jobs and life in the working world.
8. Here We Are. Now What?: Readers of this blog will find everything from advice for management to personal stories of job hunting.
9. Employment Blawg: Share your job search experiences and read about the latest work related news with accompanying commentary on this blog.
10. Insourced: From commentary on current work policies to tips on finding a new job, this blog can be a great resource.
11. Job Mob: Written by a number of bloggers, this site has loads of advice, tips and articles to offer to readers searching for jobs.

Job Hunting

Check out these blogs for some assistance during your job search.

12. Career and Job-Hunting Blog: This Quint Careers blog will keep you up-to-date on job search news and provide professional advice that can help make you more successful.
13. About.com Job Searching: From hunting for jobs on the international scale to tips on making the perfect resume, you'll find it all on this About.com blog.
14. lachmaba: Check out this video blog to learn more about a variety of job search-related topics.
15. Job Search Secrets: This blog will help you tweak your cover letter, prep for interviews and hone your job search process.
16. Adventures of the Job Search Ninja: Blogger Todd Bavol shares his thoughts on job searching in this blog.
17. Job Openings Blog: Here you'll find all kinds of articles, helping you to find greener work, create a great resume and get the job you want.
18. Work Bloom: With tips that range from helping workers get ahead in their current positions to helping the unemployed find a suitable job, this blog has a lot to offer.
19. The Simple Job Search: Learn about the importance of networking, job fairs, how to choose between job offers and more on this blog.
20. Personal Branding Blog: Part of selling yourself to potential employers is creating a personal brand. Learn how to do so on this blog.
21. Secrets of the Job Hunt: This blog contains loads of news blurbs from around the nation that can help you determine where the kind of jobs you want may be located.
22. Finding a Job Soon: Visit this blog to get tips, ideas and resources on the whole job search process.
23. Jobless and Less: This blogger has experience with layoffs having gone through 4 in only 8 years. Get some advice from the trenches from this blog.
24. The "MAN" Experience: While this blog touches on a number of topics it does offer a number of tips to help you build your career and find work.
25. Unemploymentality: The unemployed can commiserate and gain valuable ideas and a few laughs on this blog.

Career Advice

These blogs can help give you a little advice on your career, even if you're in the market for a new one.

26. Careerealism: This blog comes with the slogan that "every job is temporary," and offers insights into how to change careers and get back into the working world.
27. Career Renegade: Focused on working happy, this blog offers tips to help you not only find a job but to find one that you actually want.
28. Jobacle: Here you'll find career advice, employment news and links to web resources.
29. Career Slave: This blog is home to posts that can help you prepare for interviews, how to approach salary negotiations and more.
30. The Career Doctor Blog: Get answers and advice on your career-related issues from this blogger.
31. Career Key Blog: Explore the posts on this blog to get some advice on what might be the best career path for you to take.
32. Career Hub: Offering advice from career experts, this blog can help you learn to deal with the stress of job loss and get on your feet again.
33. Career Tips Blog: This blog contains short tips on ways you can advance your career and get hired.
34. Keppie Careers: Here you'll get advice on career planning, interviewing, job hunting and much more.
35. Career Marketing Strategies: Read this blog about how to grow and advance in your career even in hard times.
36. Career Rocketeer: From personal branding to dealing with depression, this blog is full of advice for job hunters.

Resume Help

Make sure your resume is representing the best of you it can by using the tips and advice provided by these blogs.

37. ResumeBear: Through this blog you'll learn how to do everything from avoiding faux pas on Twitter to building a killer resume.
38. Career Resumes: Learn how to get your resume out there, network better and even make the most of web tools through this blog.
39. VisualCV Blog: Get some tips on building a great resume, as well as a number of other topics, on this blog.
40. Career Pier: Focusing on the troubled economy, this blog offers a range of resume and job search advice.
41. Resume Help Blog: Visit this blog for quick tips on creating a winning resume.
42. blueskysresumes: Read this blog to get advice on getting and keeping the job you want-- starting with your resume.
43. Resume Edge Blog: Learn how to create a resume that conveys exactly why you should get the job from the experts on this site.
44. Pongo Resume Blog: On this blog you can get advice on dealing with recruiters, avoiding resume mistakes and staying cool in an interview.
45. Optimal Blog: This blog offers advice on making the optimal first impression.
46. Resume Boutique: Get tips on looking great on paper and in person from this blog.
47. CV Resume Blog: You'll learn great ways to make your cover letter and resume stand out from the crowd with this blog.

Freelancing

Those looking for freelance work can make the most of these blogs that are full of information, job leads and help for freelancers of all kinds.

48. Freelance Folder: This blog is an essential resource for freelancers, offering tons of articles about getting clients, organizing your work and a whole lot more.
49. Freelance Switch: No matter what kind of freelancing you do you'll find helpful articles, links and tips here.
50. All Freelance Work: Learn some ways that you can make yourself more successful in the freelancing field through this blog.
51. Wake Up Later: Those looking to work in the online world will appreciate the postings from this blog on a variety of tech topics.
52. Freelance Zone: This blog focuses on issues specific to freelance writers and bloggers.
53. Freelance Venue: Read this blog to learn how to create business plans, use Twitter and more.
54. WebWorkerDaily: If you design, program or write freelance, you'll find helpful articles for web workers here.
55. ProFreelancing: If you want to go professional as a freelancer or if you already are, check out this blog for some killer tips on finding work and marketing yourself.
56. Guerilla Freelancing: This blog contains loads of posts that are helpful to freelancers trying to get clients, manage their lives or get their business together.
57. Anywired: Online work is becoming ever more common and you can learn how to market and work in this web world from this blog.
58. Seth Godin's Blog: While it deals with more than freelancing, this blog offers quite a few articles that pertain to marketing, client relations and blogging.

Business News and Information

Help keep yourself abreast of the latest trends, news and issues in the business world through these blogs.

59. Business Pundit: This blog provides commentary and advice on the working world.
60. The Career News: Get tips, tools and news to help you build a better career here.
61. Talking Biz News: Pay this blog a visit to learn where to go to get the best and most useful business reporting.
62. Business News Blog: With updates on banking, startups, economics and much more this site offers a great collection of business news.
63. News and Economics Blog: Like the name implies, this blog focuses on providing stories about the financial markets and the latest news.
64. The Job Market Blog: This blog will keep you posted on the job market and how it changes everywhere in the world.
65. BusinessWorks: Check out this blog for posts on a wide range of business topics, from staying healthy to the latest news.
66. Fresh Inc: This business news blog focuses on entrepreneurship, marketing and much more.
67. All Business Blog Center: From the impact of Twitter on business to the new rules of PR, you'll get tons of business reading from this site.
68. Business 360: This CNN blog will keep you in the loop about all things business.

Entrepreneurship

For some, the loss of a job can be the push needed to start a business. These blogs can help explain how to get yours off the ground.

69. Entrepreneur: Get advice on great startup industries, risk management and tips for first time small business owners on this site.
70. SmallBizTrends: Those looking to start their own business will appreciate the advice on everything from customer loyalty to getting health insurance.
71. SpringWise: This blog offers a collection of entrepreneurial ideas to spark your interest.
72. Venture Hacks: If you're planning on starting a business you'll need some funding and this blog can explain how venture capital works.
73. Just for Small Business: Keep up with trends and information in small business through this blog.
74. The Entrepreneurial Mind: Read this blog to learn about small business and startup news and commentary.
75. Startup Spark: This blog is home to all kinds of startup news.
76. Duct Tape Marketing: Learn some of the most cost-friendly ways to market your small business through this blog.
77. Young Entrepreneur: Check out this blog if you're fresh out of college or even younger to get advice on starting and running a business.
78. Work Happy.net: Here you'll find some great resources and information on running your business.

New Graduates

Many graduates fresh out of college are having a hard time finding work in an already over-saturated market. Give these blogs a read for advice catered towards new grads.

79. The Big Time: Here you'll find real-world advice and insight on finding and keeping a job.
80. One Day, One Job: This blog focuses on posting interesting and challenging entry-level job opportunities.
81. Grad to Great: Whether you're still in school or just graduated this blog hopes to give you a few tips to get the job you worked so hard for.
82. BeyondGraduation: Gain some insights into networking and working after college from this blog.
83. Water Cooler Wisdom: Get some job and career advice from someone who's been there and done that.
84. Gradspot: This blog is all about life after college, including the post-graduation job search process.
85. GrouperEye Blog: This recruiting blog will help you learn some of the ways recruiters may be able to help you find a job.
86. Employee Evolution: Check out this blog, geared towards Gen Y workers, to find tips on making the most of your college resources, starting your own business and much more.
87. RiseSmart Blog: Get some tips on a smarter job search and how to more quickly rise through the ranks here.
88. CollegeRecruiter: Learn more about the recruiting process through this blog.
89. Lindsay Pollack: From recruiting to making the most of the time you're spending unemployed, this blog aims to help fresh college grads figure out the real world.
90. Brazen Careerist: Written by the founder of three startups, this blog offers advice to young people just starting out in their careers.

Field Specific

These blogs offer advice focused on a specific field or type of job.

91. Green Career Central: This blog will give you updates on finding work in green fields.
92. Science Career Blog: Learn about the latest research developments and funding opportunities in science through this site.
93. Nursing Jobs: Nurses are in high demand across the nation but many hospitals don't have the money to hire. Learn where you can maximize your career options here.
94. SalesForce Search: Check out this blog to get some advice on finding a job in the sales field.
95. Graphic Design Blog: Designers who are looking for work, freelance or full time, will find inspiration and assistance on this blog.
96. The Working Geek: This blog offers work-related tips for workers in a range of tech fields.
97. Beyond the Job: Librarians struggling to make a career with their degrees will find some helpful advice through this blog.
98. Teacher Job Blog: Teachers of all kinds can find work and advice through this blog.
99. Problogger: Bloggers and online writers can find job leads and advice on finding more success in the blogging world from this site.
100. Working World: If you work on a global scale you'll appreciate this blog focused on international education, development and exchange.