Job Blog

Would you believe that the Boston Globe has a job blog?  Well it does and it's pretty good.  Part of Bostonworks - "jobs, events and information from the Boston Globe, the job blog pulls together good information from around the Globe - inside too - all in all, a welcome respite for those seeking jobs on its online listings.

It's a very good example of how a mainline media company can use blogs to its advantage, providing information to the HR people who list the jobs.  Information I haven't found anywhere else includes:

A new group plan that offers 'free agent' workers affordable health benefits.  The National Health Access plan also covers part-time, temporary, seasonal and contract workers and is the brainchild of 60 Fortune 500 companies that joined forces to attract insurers.   

Come Again? The AARP has launched an online job bank designed to link workers 50 and older with a group of pre-selected employers.

Work spouses.  a new phenomenon that makes a lot of sense.

But in our own casual, platonic way, we became a couple: I didn’t have to love, honor, or obey—I merely vowed to hang out with her at ?re drills. We ate lunch together, mocked coworkers together, and shared the few genuine feelings that didn’t get soaked with cynicism and sink to the bottom of our souls forever. She kept me from sending hotheaded e-mails I might later regret. “Step away from the keyboard!” she would tell me. I kept her entertained. For ten, twelve, fourteen hours a day, Amy was my work wife. I was her day husband.