The Workosaur Blog

Keep yourself updated to keep your career on the right track, yet another Workosaur Linkfest bring you the best career advice from around the world.

1. Hate social networks? Sick of people poking you on Facebook and asking for recommendations on LinkedIn. Suck it up! Your network will soon be your be a Job Qualification.
2. Marshal Goldsmith answers 2 relevant career questions on the Harvard Blog.
a. Do you have any advice for someone who is just getting started in the stressful workforce?
b. How to Overcome Discrimination and Get the Promotion You Want? The question was asked by an Afrian American woman in the workforce, but the response is just as relevant for anyway facing discrimination.
3. Anne Holland on how to survive and flourish despite marketing layoffs?
4. Sylvia Ann Hewlett on how the financial sector is maintaining gender diversity in tough times?
5. Too much competition among workers causes jealousy/envy among employees and reduces workplace productivity - University of Notre Dame Study.

Another feast of links for those in the career fast lane:
1. Simply Superb advice from Robert Scoble on how to get attention when applying for a job. A great list of do’s and don’ts.
2. Mukul Kumar has 5 hacks for startup hiring in India. Must read for startups who are looking to hire and those looking to join startups.
3. How to tackle troublesome team members – from Harvard Business Reviews Ask the Coach Blog
4. Seth Godin has great advice for those who only focus on 1 single aspect of their career. He says don’t! Break it up into 16 boxes… (works equally well when marketing a product)
5. Maybe you can’t make money doing what you love – its worth a shot, Seth Godin (again) tells you how.
6. Mark Drapeau over at Mashabale tells us how to execute AGAINST your resume. And why everyone should and will use social tools to help their career.
7. This one is for the ladies, actually its for Opportunistic Businesswomen. The very appropriately titled SNOBS – an Australian Social Network for Opportunistic Businesswomen. Men everywhere, be afraid, be very afraid!

Yash scours the web for some really interesting stuff for workosaurs.
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Recession and Job-loss related Articles:
Robert Scoble on what to do if you lose your job during this recession
Web Worker daily on how to recession-proof your career

Using the web in your efforts to get a Job:
Read Write Web on web-enabled job hunting
Marketing Pilgrim on Why your Google reputation hurt your career?
Web Strategist on How Andrew got a job at Forrester by reading a blog
Web Worker Daily on the social media resume
Importance of a simple online resume
How the Infosys blog is a recruitment channel