Top 10 Career Hacks Blogs
It's not enough to have a job, you've got to manage a career. These blogs have useful tips and other information on the psychology, politics and timing--not to mention care and feeding--of your journey through the world of work.
Advice about job-switching while minimizing the accompanying roller-coaster ride of emotion and change. Gives reasons for switching from your current less-than-stellar situation to something newer if riskier, plus tools for making that change more successful.
Career management for those in the financial-services industry whose lessons have much broader applicability: get away from a toxic employer, don't slack off in work or job searches around holidays, find ways to get interviews even without the relevant experience.
Career management tips for the cube warrior. Topics include the five mistakes guaranteed to derail your job, how to do a performance review of your manager, and finding passion about your work.
Tim Ferriss: Experiments in Lifestyle Design
The author of The 4-Hour Workweek continues the conversation he started about changing your lifestyle and above all, stopping unnecessary uses of your time. Sometimes overbearing, but any irritation you experience while reading Ferriss comes with the realization that you can make your career and life better.
The basics of acquiring and advancing in the job of your choice. Covers important skills, workplace politics, romance and bullies, life/work balance, and many other topics.
Career coach Randall Hansen answers readers' questions about career advancement and job-switching. Advice on topics such as goal-setting, flexible work arrangements, and moving with vs. without a job waiting at the other end.
Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist
Unusually personal blog dissects the intersection of work and life. Trunk navigates making business travel manageable, the affect of Asperger syndrome on her work life, what makes for successful bloggers or salespeople, and how to deal with doubt (her prescription: take a leap).
Douglas Welch's regular features remind readers to keep taking stock of where they are and where their goals lie. Topics include job searches, goal-setting, how friends can help boost your career and more. Reminds readers to not just get angry about a work situation, but to do something about it.
Wide-ranging, voluminous advice on job-seeking and career management by Louise Fletcher and a team of regular contributors. Diagnoses problems and offers concrete, step-by-step advice for solving them and reaching the goals beyond.
Advice from the author of the eponymously named book, for those wanting to leave the corporate world for the life of an entrepreneur. Important information on what to expect, how to psyche yourself up and how to succeed in changing ... everything.
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