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What up. Here are a few other blogs I find interesting:

I really enjoy the Freakanomics blog hosted by the New York Times website. The posts generally discuss the hidden economics behind random and unrelated topics. This recent post is more straightforward than others, nonetheless very interesting. The post discusses President Obama’s proposed 650 billion dollar stimulus package and where exactly that money will be allocated. A good number of the posts are job market related, especially in these recent months.

http://selectism.com/columns/kylehackett/ is a personal column written by Kyle Hackett and hosted by selectism.com(an alternative fashion blog, you will find no mention of Gucci here.) Selectism.com is one of a few fashion/art/culture blogs powered by Titel Media Sites. I like to check them all on weekly basis. If it is your scene, your bound to get addicted to one of their blogs. Selectism.com isn’t exactly related to my blog, the career niche. We blog about different stuff. However, Kyle Hackett’s career is pretty cool, he gets to do cool stuff all the time. He’s found a good little niche, and career niches are my blog. I plan on writing more him and his column.

From what I’ve seen its got potential. Insourced is a job market blog in its infant stage. Posts, all of which are by 35-year-old entrepreneur Michael Wist, are becoming more frequent and stay true to theme. Post titles range from “Maryland cuts 700 state government jobs,” to “Northrop Gunman bringing new aerospace jobs to Florida.” Michael, known as Mick, brings an insightful perspective to his posts via a solid background in economics, law, and business.
I like what I have read so far and am a subscriber to their RSS http://blog.insourced.com/feed/.

Terry Richardson is a badass. The guy does whatever he wants and to a 20 year old like me its pretty appealing. The culture icon is a commercial and fashion photographer who prides himself in using low quality equipment. His style is innovative and original. Terry’s career is one of the few high profile careers I will blog about. His career benefits him in more than fiscal terms. It encourages his unique lifestyle and shapes his social network. He spends his days blowing minds with risqué imagery and telling women like Natasha Poly how to pose. To see some of his work I recommend the Terry World blog.

Jobmonkey.com

jobmonkey.com is in my opinion the best career and job market oriented site out there, it is organized well and has something to offer everyone, the CEO and the highschooler looking for his first summer job. On Jobmonkey internet users can find out about interesting summer jobs and all sorts of careers around the world. A component of the site is its blog, which is a random digression of job market related information. For example the most recent blog post, posted 8:17 pm on January 26, 2009, revealed that America’s job market lost 71,400 jobs yesterday primarily due to Caterpillar and Pfizer.

The Author of the Blog is Mara Strom; and despite my browsing, I was unable to find information about Mara and her relation to the field. Mara posts frequently, sometimes she takes a couple days off, but in general she posts daily.

January 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pm, Mara posted “Work at home? Beware of Scammers!” I found this post to be pretty interesting in light of the work-at-home ads that seem to pop up all over the Internet. Mara describes a study CNN did that revealed an astonishing ratio of 54 scam ads to 1 genuine ad. Some of these scam ads manage to convince internet users to pay a fee via credit card to get more information about their stay at home job. They pay the fee and because they didn’t read the fine print somewhere on the page they get nothing in return.

Another one of Mara’s posts I find interesting is from September 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 am, its called “Monday Markets: Green Collar Jobs.” This post discussed the emerging need for green-collar jobs and workers. The post defines green-collar workers as blue-collar workers who somehow help other people or the environment via their work without polluting. In her post Mara quotes Carl Pope, the executive director of the sierra club (one of the countries oldest grassroots environmental organizations), who said

“A green job has to do something useful for people, and it has to be helpful to, or at least not damaging to, the environment.”

Mara also discusses a 2007 study by the American Solar Energy Society that cites interesting statistics. According to the study,

“renewable energy and energy efficient industries currently account for 8.5 million jobs in the United States. With federal policy to support green industries, that number could grow to as many as 40 million jobs, which is equivalent to 1 out of 4 workers, by 2030.”

Mara’s blog is very academic, she supports everything she says with factual information and she often quotes specific statistics. Her post vary, some are longer then others and some are more thorough then others; on average Mara’s post are about three quarters of a page long. Jobmonkey.com is a website and a blog for everyone and anyone looking for a job. The site gives detailed information about how to pursue currently available jobs and the blog keeps its readers current with changing job markets. I really like the way Mara writes and the structure of her blog; those two things will definitely influence my blog. Unlike jobmonkey.com, my blog is concerned with actual careers and the types of lifestyles those careers foster; whereas Mara’s blog is concerned changing job markets and what job opportunities are out there due to the change.

Hello

Hello. This blog, the best jobs blog, discusses intriguing characters and their careers in a time where the job market is drastically changing. Every day white collar, and blue-collar jobs disappear. American men and women are being laid off left and right. To often Americans think about jobs in socio-economic terms, basically what are the financial implications of having a certain job. This line of thinking is not an effective one any more given the current state of the American economy, and more importantly the world’s economy.

The financial and economic success we experienced from about 1998 to 2003 fooled the country into thinking it was possible for us all to get really rich. It could be fifty years before we experience another period like that, or it might never happen again due to regulation in financial markets. Americans are still stuck in the “get rich” mindset characterized by those five years, and if perspectives fail to change many Americans will spend their lives reaching for something that no longer exists.

Yet there are still many people who have found their niche in the work world, ranging from artists to shop workers. These people have found jobs that suite their needs and wants in a deeper way than having a big salary. The people we explore via this blog are satisfied with their work and enjoy their jobs because of the lifestyles they cater to. This blog is about jobs that have made people rich in terms of happiness and content with their lives. In this blog we will define the parameters for a good job. We will define and explore many different lifestyles that different jobs cater to. We will explore the different ways one can think about and pursue their own careers.

I am a 20 year old Economics major and Business minor at the university of Southern California. Like many college students, I have no Idea what I want to do when I graduate. I don’t know if I want to work or go back to school, and if I were to work, I don’t know what exactly I would do. I have been exposed to the arts through my parents, my father was a music video director, my mother a producer, and my stepfather is a novelist. Through previous work experience I have also been exposed to the corporate world. There has always been a battle in my head pulling me both ways. For most of my life I have always thought I would have to make a choice between one or the other when I enter the work force. I am starting realize that things are not so black and white. Through this blog I hope to continue this battle in my head. I will consider careers both corporate and art oriented and the lifestyles they foster. I hope you enjoy.