Resources for writers
The following resources are especially recommended to potential contributors to this blog by students in Ryan Jerving’s Spring 2010 Writing for the Professions course at Marquette University. See our class wiki for a fuller list of featured links to materials on workplace communication, the current business and employment climate, and career managements.
GENERAL RESOURCES
News organizations and jobs sites
Good general resources for issues in the current business and employment climate
- New York Times, “Jobs” section
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Business section
- Job Noggin. This site provides many articles in a variety of different categories related to job hunting strategies, job preparation strategies, and career advice.
- CNN Living — includes an “On the Job” category
- MSN Careers — similar to the New York Times job site
- CareerBuilder.com, “CareerBuilder Advice & Resources”.
Blogs
Good for up-to-the-minute and first-person reactions to current events and developments in the job market and in professional communication
- Anthony Balderrama, “9 Job Blogs You Should Be Reading,” CareerBuilder.com, April 12, 2009.
- CareerDiva blog by MSNBC’s Eve Tahmincioglu
- The Work Buzz: The CareerBuilder.com Job Seeker Blog
MARQUETTE RESOURCES
Resources made available through our Library and Career Services Center
- Raynor Memorial Libraries, Research Guides, Career Research. Guide to government, scholarly, and trade association resources put together especially for our course by Instruction Librarian Sue Peacock.
- Marquette University Career Services Center, resources for students
TOPICAL PIECES
Specific articles that students in Spring 2010 found especially interesting or useful
General job scene and outlook
- Anthony Balderamma, “Job Market For Graduates,” in The Work Buzz: The CareerBuilder.com Job Seeker Blog, April 15, 2010
- Wyman Winter, “10 Job Search Tips for 2010” MSN CareerBuilder, January 7, 2010
Job search
- Rachel Zupek, “Do Out-of-the-Box Job Seeking Tactics Really Work?” CNN Living, October 5, 2009
- Phyllis Korkki, “Writing a Resume that Shouts ‘Hire Me’” New York Times “Jobs,” February 28, 2010.
- Rachel Zupek, “Worst Interview questions to Answer” CNN Living, March 4, 2009.
Career building
- Sara Eckel, “Find a Mentor to Improve your Career Outlook” Yahoo HotJobs, undated.
Blogs and regular columns
Resources specifically focused on career management issues
- “Career Couch,” New York Times.
- Joel Dresang, “Work in Progress,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
- Anthony Balderrama, “9 Job Blogs You Should Be Reading,” CareerBuilder.com, April 12, 2009.
Job search sites
Not only job databases, but also a source for a good deal of job search and career management advice
- Job Noggin. This site provides many articles in a variety of different categories related to job hunting strategies, job preparation strategies, and career advice.
- CareerBuilder.com, “CareerBuilder Advice & Resources”.
Marquette resources
Resources made available through our Library and Career Services Center
- Raynor Memorial Libraries, Research Guides, Career Research. Guide to government, scholarly, and trade association resources put together especially for our course by Instruction Librarian Sue Peacock.
- Marquette University Career Services Center, resources for students
EXAMPLES OF ARTICLES THAT FALL 2009 STUDENTS FOUND INTERESTING
Workplace communication
- Eileen Zimmerman, “When a Colleague Doesn’t Pull His Weight,” New York Times, Jobs section, August 29, 2009.
- Anthony Balderrama, “Know This before Your Performance Review,” CNN.Com, Living section, November 30, 2009.
- A Research Guide for Students, “Presentation Tips for Public Speaking.”
- Inc., “Better Communication with Employees and Peers. Web page with lots of links to writing-related job articles.
Job search
- Jessica Dickler, “Great Job Openings, No Candidates,” CNNMoney.com, November 3, 2009.
- Rachel Zupek, “Do Out-of-the-box Job Seeking Tactics Really Work?,” CNN.Com, Living section, October 5, 2009.
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Employee Privacy:
I thought this article would be interesting to read about because it talks about limiting the use of facebook and other socially interactive sites and hiring of employees. Almost everyone is an “employee” and we want all rights entitled to us but when does it cross the line when employers are “checking up” on who you are, what you do, and what you’ve done? Personal life is one thing and job life is another, how we act in the two can but are not always exclusively related and therefore should not be combined together when applying for a job. This article also talks about privacy while actually in the work place. This I think is slightly less of a contradictory point because I believe that an employer has every right to monitor what happens at all times in their own business [with the exception of bathrooms/changing facilities]. I guess what I’d like to say most about this article is that every person applying for a job or for a raise etc… should be considered because of their previous work history and not their personal life. And in relation to the being monitored in the workplace, I think an employer has every right to see what is going on in their own establishment at any place or time.
Matthew Zuknik