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This copywriting supervisor at an ad agency has some terrific insight into how to focus on the needs of the employer. After all when they are sorting out candidates for a job they ask, "what are we going to gain from this transaction?"

Askmen.com provides some tips on how to negotiate.

Peter Bowerman is a good guide in developing a commercial writing life. Read this feature/interview of him on ajcjobs. More than a few of Sunoasis readers will get some valuable knowlege about how to write for a living in the piece.

Colleen Eddy at Poynter.org has advice for college graduates about to embark on their job search. This is not the same job market as when you entered college and requires a fine-tuning of your strategy.

Some decent tips on how-not to mess up a query letter to a literary agent.

Mother Earth News carries an article about the "economics of self-publishing" for those who have the aspiration. Devotion is the key word.

Can Generation Y teach the boomers anything about the new workplace? Yes, they can.

Author John Shore shares tips on how to generate stories.

If you have access to the New York Times you might check out this advice to add social networking to your job search tool box.

In France, when there are layoffs, the journalists go on strike. At least that is the way they do it at the "most prestigious" daily.

According to the latest American Society of Newspapers Editors' annual census, professional news staffs fell by 4.4% last year. That adds up to 2,400 people. This is in a column by Rick Edmunds at the Poynter Institute.

Check out some books that could be helpful in your job search. The list is compiled by a reference librarian in Florida.

Blogging opportunities seem to proliferate these days. The New York Times has addressed some of the downsides to blogging. It is like panning for gold and creating health problems for some. If, that is, you are going after big money. As this writer points out, blogging is a devotion for most, 99.9% of whom have a job or other source of income.

My take on these articles is: Use blogging, don't let it use you. Blog because you are devoted to a subject of interest or use it to make a bit of money and have something for editors to look at. Don't let it drive you to an early grave.

Enjoy this freelance tip from Kimberly Ripley If you want more tips on how to deal with editors check out this from Sunoasis X 2006

Even though this article focuses on Helium it has a good overview of new freelance/blogging markets that readers, I know, will be interested in.

A journalist-turned-blogger tells his tale about going from print to digital.

The staff of Forbes.com has put together a nifty package of articles and resources on "Entering the Workforce" for graduates or graduates-to-be.

A new survey from PRWeek/PR Newswire says that journalists are working more than they did a few years ago. The creation of online versions of publications and blogging are the chief reason for this.

I'm fighting the flu so please forgive the lapses in entries here.

I did notice an informative column by Colleen Eddy on taking control of your career. All of her points are important but the one I would focus on would be "keep learning." The media is going through vast changes and requires people to go on a multitude of learning curves. "Learn how to learn." That might be the most employable skill to possess.

The old journalist gives his wry observations on how to keep your print journalism job.

If you're into an analysis of the "death of newspapers,"

"We've tried to hire people who thought of their jobs in a different way...People need information in a whole variety of different ways."

A good, cranky take on "Keeping your job in journalism." It makes points about what to keep in mind to survive the changing profession.

Whether we are in a recession or not, the job market is definitely tighter. Get informed about making your job recession-proof.

Is it true that news magazines like Time and Newsweek are becoming relics in this era of blogs? One politician says so but then old politicians are becoming relics. From a journalistic and writing point of view the old news magazines are superior to blogs but the old politician has a point: Habits are changing and if your ambition is to write or edit print magazines you might stay light on your feet.

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