The Best Job Advice on the Web Today

December 17, 2008 02:44 PM ET | Liz Wolgemuth

If you've recently been laid off, or your hours have been cut, or your workload has tripled--you may be tempted to badmouth your company to friends, family, and new acquaintances with whom you're sharing your current plight. The Boston Herald says it's a bad idea to even show visible anger. If this upsets you further, take comfort that the reason is satisfyingly self-serving--the fact is that "the organization you are leaving may be your best source for new employment through referrals and references.

The two keys to success are people skills and self-management, says Tom Hoobyar. It's his first law of life. He has a dozen. "If you learn to manage yourself you can accomplish anything you can dream up," he writes. It's an empowerment boost for those losing sleep over the state of the job market. Other laws are also useful, particularly no. 9: "There is no 'happily ever after' in the real world." Instead, after every crisis, the sun rises again--that's the good news.

Anxiety is running high among the still-employed. Employees feel stressed when they don't feel in control--and who feels in control right now? Even executives are answering to Congress. The Work Buzz blog suggests three moves you can take to help with the anxiety. First, make sure you have copies of all the documents, contacts and whatnot you'd wish you'd made copies of if you were laid off. Second, take advantage of your healthcare coverage while you still have it. Third, start networking sooner rather than later.

Essential recession reading: 5 new articles for young job hunters

BY Lindsey Pollack

Yesterday I was a guest on NPR’s Talk of the Nation on the topic of “Where to Look for Jobs in the Recession.” Laurence Shatkin, author of 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs, and I shared our tips, and host Neal Conan took calls from listeners.

Many listeners shared upsetting stories of layoffs and difficulty landing new jobs, and many also offered suggestions on what companies and industries are still hiring. We discussed opportunities in healthcare, education, accounting, trucking, energy, defense and more.

We also talked about the fact that job hunters today have to cast a very wide net in their jobs searches. To that end, here are several recent articles that offer an abundance of suggestions, resources and opportunities:

1. General career and job hunting advice for young professionals, from U.S. News and World Report: 5 Things Every Young Worker Needs to Know

2. Tips to follow if you’ve just lost your job, from career coach Maggie Mistal:
What to Do When You’re Out of a Job

3. Tips for international job searches, from Entry-Level Careers Examiner:
Finding an Internship or Entry-Level Job Abroad

4. Advice on finding a job with a small business (this article provides recruiting advice to small business owners, so just flip it around to see where to position yourself to be recruited), from BusinessWeek:
Where to Find Top Talent

5. Suggestions for advertising industry job seekers, from Advertising Age:
Getting Ready to Graduate? Five Tips for Weathering the Ad Industry Storm

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