Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.

I first learned about this week’s #BlogCrush when he commented on my post asking if we as a society have gotten too nice.  Not sure if he found his way over to the Webb from Brazen Careerist or a former #BlogCrush, but boy am I glad that he did.  Rich DeMatteo is a great HR/staffing blogger who has a website with a super fun name, Corn On The Job.  He is probably one of the most engaged people I’ve encountered on my Twitter feed as well, and we just “met up” less than a month ago.

The first thing you’ll notice when you get on to Rich’s blog is the awesome redesign by Matt Cheuvront.  I’m a girl who loves a clean, structured and still fun blog, so I was happy to see the new Corn on the Job when it came out a couple weeks ago.  Rich’s Twitter bio states that he is  “here to help you relax, smile, laugh, and possibly secure your next big job. Won’t you be my neighbor?”  And that’s exactly what Rich does, when he’s not finishing up grad school and coaching his collegiate roller hockey team.  Though I know he did not coin the term, he was one of the first to really make me aware of the phenomenon known as “FUNemployment” and what to do during it.  Of course I’m always a fan of anyone with some great goals and dreams for the future, especially when they involve both professional AND personal.

Corn On The Job is a great place to check in to for up to the minute realistic advice on your career and any job seeking.  With Rich’s expertise and experience, he’s seen just about every angle of the hiring process (from unemploment to interviews to social media job seeking to career paths to layoffs.)  Plus his background and degreework in Human Resources allow him the skills to cover some harder “conversation” topics like body odor and the kissyface email paradox, but in a very funny way.  He makes things accessible by giving them real life application and his ideas for how to network if you are shy are fantastic.  Though he’s only been blogging for less than half a year he is already building a loyal following of Corn Heads who turn to him for advice in helping them plan their professional future.  In other words by this time next year Corn On The Job will be one of those sites that you can say you knew when.

So if you are looking for a great site to turn to for some good career and HR advice with a lot of humor and realism thrown in, check out Corn On The Job.

Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.

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