Working World

As your go-to source for career advice and job opportunities in Southern California, our goal at Working World is to hook you up with all things “career.” Whether you’re reading the hard copy ‘zine or browsing the online version, we wade through the cyber-junk for you so that you can focus your limited time on building your career. Here are our top picks, in no particular order, for career advice sites and directories:

BEYOND GRADUATION BLOG This is an excellent portal to articles  such as “Top 10 Career Advice Tweeple You Need To Be Following” and others on their blogroll. A big plus to any blog is you can leave your feedback comments, too.

FEED YOUR FUTURE PricewaterhouseCoopers has its own online TV broadcasting network designed for those looking to recession-proof their job search and those new to the job market. PWC has tips on how to streamline your personal branding and online image, and you can submit questions to their career guru.

CAREER ADVICE BLOGS This blog has a handle on top career advice posts from all over the blogosphere such as “What Would Dad Say?” or “The Career Goddess,” along with many others listed on their RSS feed selector. Who knows? You may be inspired to start your own career advice blog.

CHIMBY Chimby is a free career advice vertical search engine that truly is the gateway to all things career-related. Topics such as “Moms,” “Career Podcasts,” “Body Language,” and  “Military to Civilian” are listed under six headers that quickly help you find what you’re looking for. Crawling all the blogs and media sources for up-to-the-minute career topics, this site could keep you online when you should be out looking for that dream job!

WORKING WORLD Southern California’s premier employment website, Working World offers job seekers free access to hundreds of career-related articles such as “Is There a Green Collar Job in Your Future?” and “Laid Off? Network at a Pink Slip Party,” along with up-to-date job listings, which are also tweeted.   


Katy Allgeyer is an artist and freelance writer. She is a columnist for Working World and Working Nurse magazines and her features have appeared there and in Feng Shui Times, The Art of WellBeing, You & Me Magazine and others.