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“How Blogging Can Help You Get a New Job”

Filed under Job Search Process
Posted by Libraries, May 15, 2007
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Sarah E. Needleman, Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.), April 10, 2007, p. B1.

Are you a blogger? This may be your new way to get that job you have always wanted. According to this article, technology and media fields are using blogging as a way to find future employees. Employers have started to search potential employees’ blogs to look at their writing skills and to see how well rounded they are. Some recruitment managers even scan blogs regularly to look for new talent.

Greg Sterling, a strategy consultant for Internet companies, states that job offers are “a natural byproduct of the exposure you get from blogging.” To suggest that you are looking for a job, one career branding specialist recommends you note in the “About me” section of your blog that you are “interested in learning about opportunities in your field.”

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