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Housekeeping:

Thanks to everyone who continues to make this list possible every other month. There were over 35 of you that submitted ballots this time around, and I’m confident everyone will find someone new to add to their readers.
It could stop there if you want, but I urge you to get to know one another (and introduce yourself to me if we haven’t met), collaborate on projects, explore commonalities, challenge one another, and make some new friends.
After you digest the list I’d love for you to stop by the comments section and have a dialogue with me (and others) on blogs you’d like us to consider for December’s list (and why), some of the blogs you’re glad to see make this list, who surprised you, what you think of the newcomers to the list, etc.
Feel free to grab the Gen Y Top Blog Badge from Flickr and add it to your blog (with or without a link back to here.

AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO …

Also Receiving Votes:

The Writer Babe Series, Free Pursuits, Apocalypstick, I Will Teach You To Be Rich, The Curbside Marketer, Slacker Reform, Life Excursion, Just a Generalist, Entry Level Living, Valentina C, Sydney Owen, McKinney Oates Cereal, Life in Translation, Alex J Mann, Communications Catalyst, The Spinks Blog, More is Better, Politicoholic, Feverbee, Twenty Or Something, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

The Next Tier:

Justice For All, Jun Loayza, The Dating Jungle, The Rest is Still Unwritten, Work Love Life, Ben Casnocha, Greg Rollett, Twenty Set, Live Uncomfortably, The 9 to 5 Alternative, Under 30 CEO, LAF

On the Bubble:

The Lost Jacket – A blog based out of Boston, MA (authored by Stuart Foster & Carla Blumenthal) focused on social media, public relations, marketing and brand management for businesses.

Modite – This blog gives career advice for a new generation of workers.

Wage Slave Rebel – Advice and insight for aspiring Wage Slave Rebels who desire to make a break from the 9-to-5 rat race and start taking control of their own lives.

Epic Self – Advice on how to live long, awesome lives. Awaken Your Mind. Strengthen Your Body. Refresh Your Spirit.

Brazen Careerist – Penelope’s blog is about career advice, and her of course.

Intersected – Jamie’s personal blog where she writes about everything and nothing at the same time; anything she finds interesting or worth talking about.

The Top 10 Gen Y Blogs for October 2009

10.) Ophelia’s Webb – Musings and Ramblings from a no-so-average girl next door bumbling around the gorgeous metropolis that is Portland, Maine.

9.) Small Hands, Big Ideas – Musings and Inspiration on Technology, Career and Generation Y

8.) OwlSparks – Daily short posts on philosophy, marketing, social media, personal branding, love, friendship, questions, discussions and all that stuff.

7.) Exile Lifestyle – Home of location independent sustainable designer and lifehacker, Colin Wright.

6.) Life’s Like a Box of Chocolates – Stories and advice from the variety of things Sam’s discovered in her box of chocolates.

5.) Thrilling Heroics – Blog that encourages young professionals and entrepreneurs to pursue an unorthodox, exciting lifestyle and career, strive for excellence, and make a positive difference in the world!

4.) Life After College – Jenny’s mission is to provide simple, practical tips that help you focus on the BIG picture of your life…not just the details. Find tips and resources for life, work, money, happiness, productivity, personal growth and more.

Did I Mention There Was a Three-Way Tie for First This Week?

1.) Ryan Stephens Marketing – With a primary focus on relationship marketing, RSM focuses on building intimate business relationships, particularly as it relates to components of online marketing.

1.) Location 180 – Most of the topics written here are about some combination of Sean’s passions: travel and entrepreneurship

1.) Life Without Pants – The blog about everything and nothing: Without restrictions, without cause. The latest on Gen-Y, technology, philosophy, and more!

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Since becoming a member of Brazen Careerist, I have witnessed first hand the emergence of a number of generation Y blogs. The thing about Millennials is that they want their voices heard and collectively they are a very savvy and ambitious group of bloggers. I am proud to be a member of Generation Y and in an effort to showcase some of the best blogs created by my peers, my latest project was the creation of The Top 10 Generation Y Blogs lens on Squidoo.

What does a top 10 blog entail?

It could be a 20-year old business whiz kid who has already written a book, and started two companies, including one at the age of fourteen. He must skip happy hour because I barely have enough time to attend class, much less maintain one of the most insightful and influential blogs in Silicon Valley. I think I should play him in a game of chess though.

Perhaps it could feature one of the foremost personal branding experts (particularly to Gen Y), whose long list of accomplishments speak for themselves. With our society shifting to a free agent workplace, it is imperative you check out one of the most prolific blogs for job-seekers. Go back and read it frequently because one day soon it should feature a special edition discussing how my personal brand is as the most charismatic person alive. It’s true, just ask me. I’ll tell you.

Maybe a top 10 blog is a collaborative effort written by various people all relatively new to the workforce. A blog for young professionals by young professionals. Simple enough.

A top 10 blog could just be one guy thinking some random thoughts, particularly if they’re insightful and about interesting topics that concern Generation Y. Maybe I’m just partial because he thinks college is overrated most of the time too.

“We have finely tuned bullshit detectors and detest PR speak.”

Generation Y is changing marketing. The Marketing Student provides his view from the inside as he engages in a conversation about how future marketers see the present. I just want to know if Axe will really help me get laid.

Other top 10 Gen Y blogs might provide financial advice for Millennials and be overly paranoid that I think his site is ugly; it’s not and my opinion shouldn’t matter. It could feature a CEO/Personal Trainer/Fitness Guru that’s a lot more than a muscle monkey meat head. Maybe you’re looking for a crazy woman who will let you know that plastic surgery might be the next must have career tool. What about the two guys who relocated to Madison, Wisconsin to work with the aforementioned crazy woman? One of them was even on 60 minutes. Finally, rounding out the most recent top 10 is an intelligent, and very new female PR professional who knows more about the PR industry than I do fantasy baseball.

What are you waiting for? Take some time and get acquainted with all of these talented Millennials and the Top 10 Generation Y blogs. Then come back here and let me know what you think either about the list, the respective blogs, or even if you just want a ziploc bag full of my charisma.