Yesterday, we talked about your blog being your resume. People use your blog to judge you and your work. What you put out there reflects who you are.
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Today we talk about what your blog says about you. Does your blog help you or hurt you in your search for work?
I was just visiting over at Darowski.com and found this post about blogs being the new resume. There is plenty of discussion through the comments on his post. I’ve read articles in which people are advised NOT to write blogs because it makes it easier to find the dirt on you. Of course, if you write embarrassing things, embarrassing things will come up when a potential employer Googles you. In Darowski’s post, he argues the opposite. Having a blog gives potential employers a way of learning more about you that a job application or resume can’t convey. Presumably, you have not written anything stupid that will tell your prospective employer that you are stupid (I passed that bridge a while back).
I find myself in a position where I know that blogging will limit my options at landing certain kinds of jobs. I know I’ll never be a super-spy at the CIA anymore. I don’t mean that I’d be blogging all kinds of secrets. Rather, I couldn’t do any covert ops. That’s one dead dream. I’m being silly. Seriously, I worry that blogging might limit my options, though I have not yet suffered such a result. I don’t rule it out. At this point, the dice are cast and there is no turning back.
Of course, there is always the possibility of what Darowski writes, which is that blogging will be an enhancement to my resume. If this is the case, I look forward to the doors that will open for me. In the meantime, I will be working on a backup plan in case I can’t land a job due to blogging. I imagine that whatever offers I get would be related to blogging, podcasting, or even marketing to some extent. My name is unique enough that it would be a waste not to brand it to some extent. With the knowledge that future employers would probably Google me, I’d rather control what comes up on the searches by creating the content.
I’m interested in hearing what you think about your blog being your resume. Feel free to post a comment.
UPDATE
Connie Reece is also joining the discussion in her post Hiring Is a Conversation. Feel free to chime in on the conversation.
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