ThinkTalk traffics in advice. That's pretty much why we exist. To bring you advice from the successful to help your career. Seth Menachem's Life Advice From Old People has a similar theme. Seth travels around the country gathering advice from the people he meets. I think this is a pretty cool idea and suggest you take a look. Below is a clip from his interview with Farmer Tom Tom went back to his roots as a farmer after living another life for 50 years! Some great advice in this clip. (via Kottke)

On to the Links ...

Keppie Careers Looks At The Cost of Unemployment: Like you didn't have enough to worry about when searching for a job: "If you expect a $20,000 salary, your weekly salary is $384.61 and an 18 week job hunt will cost you $6,992.98." Time is money, folks.

ABC News Reports On The Reference Black Market: "Schmidt, 46, is the founder of CareerExcuse.com, a Web site that says it can fill in gaps on your resume by pledging to "act as your past employer" and provide job references, complete with working phone numbers and people on the other end of each line ready to answer questions posed by prospective employers." Dangerous stuff here. Perhaps it's unnecessary to ad, but, I disprove.

Career Alley Examines Company Career Sites: They can be an excellent source for job openings and an indication of corporate culture. Alley Osmar looks at some company career sites and highlights the positives.

College Humor Wants Credit For Their Internship: "Several unforeseeable contingencies have caused the permanent closure of the Jurassic Park facility and the bankruptcy of its holding company. AS sad as I am to leave, I learned a great deal in my time at Jurassic Park. I hope that, with the following summary of my internship experience, I can convince you that my unpaid work was worth the full three credits."