April 21, 2006

Blogging Improves Job Prospects

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:28 pm

The Boston Globe Says So

On Apri 16, boston.com, the blog of the Boston Globe, ran a story called Blogs ‘essential to a good career’. It’s a paid subscription to the old paper’s archives so I’m going to summarize the argument — use it when you need to explain blogging as more than an online diary.

The main points of the blog post are that

  • blogging gets folks visibility
  • blogs update more often and so rank higher in search engines when employers Google candidates, which employers are doing
  • blogging forms connection with other bloggers much like networking
  • blogging shows a blogger starting conversations and interacting with others, which are positive traits that employers look for
  • blogging is the consummate home page, resume, and interview put together
  • blogging is an education–in order to blog on any subject daily a blogger gets to know it well
  • blogging opens up opportunities–blogging IS walking the walk–a blogger can pretend to know and so opportunities start to show up.
  • blogging offers a chance to add content to the Internet rather than always taking it away.

But then, if you’re a blogger, you already knew that. In fact, you probably don’t need this list at all.

Here is the link to PAY FOR What’s Obvious.

Just kidding, Boston Globe. I’m the nice one. Really I am. I was also careful to have the article in the other room while I wrote this summary down.

[Hat tip to Kaps for helping me source link the article]
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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8 Comments to “Blogging Improves Job Prospects”

  1. April 21st, 2006 at 8:34 pm
    Kaps said

    The link is here:
    Blogs_essential to a good_career

  2. April 21st, 2006 at 8:38 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thanks for the link, Kaps.
    I appreciate it.

    I like to let readers get to the source whenever I can.

    Liz

  3. April 21st, 2006 at 10:39 pm
    Jack said

    Hi Liz,

    yes! as a blogger I already know this. But then I have bad habit of forgetting small but important things :-)
    I guess this successful blog is a nice place to refresh memory.
    btw thanks for all the tips ;-)

    Jack

  4. April 21st, 2006 at 10:41 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Jack,
    Thanks for the support and the kinds words. They make me smile at my computer tonight. The smile is for you, of course.

    Liz

  5. April 22nd, 2006 at 11:30 am
    Keith Dsouza said

    That’s a great oppurtunity, but do all people blog to find a job.

    I have read idiotic articles saying that how to earn $1700 a day though it may be true, I definitely blog to relieve my feelings and findings.

    Have you ever been happy and noticed that you don’t have no one around to share it with, well sort of but not full reason why i started blogging.

    Keith

  6. April 22nd, 2006 at 11:32 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Keith,
    Yeah, I know exactly what you are talking about. It’s a great part of blogging that there’s always someone somewhere that will be online to read what you have to say. Usualy me. :)

    liz

  7. April 22nd, 2006 at 11:38 am
    Keith Dsouza said

    Yea I wouldn’t mind if you were the only reader :), that’s worth a thousand.

    But I like reading what you write it refreshes and gets me thinking about things, and when i start thinking i start writing :).

    Keith

  8. April 22nd, 2006 at 12:56 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey, that’s really good news. If I get you thinking, then I’m doing a good job. I like that.
    Liz

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