Tips on how to Career-blog

by Roger Kondrat on October 26, 2006

Recently I ran across an article from Fast Company that gave some tips on how to Career-blog.  Have you heard of Career-blogging?

Chances are whether you have heard of it or not you may be doing it, its just a question of whether you are doing it right; is it helping your career or hurting it.

I personally think blogging is an excellent way to move up the social, political, and economic ladder and if you are not ‘into’ blogging but read books on climbing the employment ladder and network all the time then maybe you should consider blogging as part of your toolkit for making your way to the top.

Ultimately I wouldn’t use my blog as an example of what to do as my blog tends to piss off people more that it makes friends, so maybe I am what not to do? :)

Below are the headers of what is discussed in the article.

How are blogs being used in the hunt for talent?

So should we all run home and start our own blogs?

What about the employee-blogging horror stories, like the Google employee who got fired?

Should the rule be not to write anything in a blog that you wouldn’t want to reveal in a job interview?

What are some good examples of professional blogs to emulate?

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Alex Halavais makes some really good points but I would like to dispute his feeling that Anonymous blogging doesn’t help your career.

Yes anonymous blogging isn’t as good  blogging with full disclosure because your readers can then connect your blog to your non-blog reputation, and that just can’t be done for obvious reasons if you are anonymous.

However, your readers like your blog, think you show intelligence, insight, etc for the skills you appear to have they will contact you and ask for your CV.  Its at that time that you can choose to disclose who you are to the requesting company and apply for possibly a great job opportunity.

Before you leave don’t forget being anonymous makes your efforts at self-promotion harder so don’t do it unless its absolutely necessary.

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    Good point. Do you know of folks who have been approached that way? I'm sure it happens, but I wonder how much someone in a position to hire would be put off by the anonymous nature of the blog.
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    It has happened to me, but like anything else paper (websites) only take you so far when building a relationship, in the end you have to meet for a coffee and chat.

    When I read a blogger regularly I develop a sense (I feel as though I do) of who they are and I tend to have some confidence in the quality of their skills, and most of them I don't even know their names, but when I need someone, I find out who the man behind the brand is and meet face to face to see if there is a fit.

    I don't think this is any different from LinkedIn, because lots of times you get referrals through linked in that you don't know and just hear they are good.

    On a blog you don't know them but their product (content) tells you there is something behind the blog other than a pair of hands that are idle.

    One last thought, bloggers tend to be good communicators and everywhere I have worked the number 1 problem always seems to be communication, so in the end, being a blogger to me, should leave a good impression of your communication skills especially if you work in IT.

    What do you think?

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