Metablog: Can your blog find you a job?
Possibly.
That depends largely on the type of job you are on the look-out for and the tie it has with what you blog about and/or how you blog. A good example of a blogger who was contacted with a job offer is Dervala. Her distinctive writing style, highly-personal prose, and beautiful diction when handling technology landed her a job at Stone Yamashita. Surreal, isn’t it?
There are several businesses that would offer you a job writing a blog for them, although this can be limited to technical blogging. How this works is quite simple; your employers would first assign you an application to monitor and your task would be to stay absolutely up-to-date with anything related to it. Employing your unique blogging style, the one that got you the job in the first place, you compose blog entries that are attractive to readers and beneficial to the company in that they drive traffic back to base and could result in downloads/purchases, etc. -a win-win scenario if you will, and it’s becoming a trend faster than you think.
If your blog concentrates on certain fields of knowledge then that helps, in some cases, boost your chances of getting hired through blogging. Employers are often specifics-oriented, meaning they would hunt for someone they believe is an expert in his/her field and this expertise should be reflected in this person’s blog. But at other times, having a well-rounded personality and a myriad of interests present in one’s blog could speak up for a colourful and informed character, and they certainly do not dismiss specialization.
The most important factor of all is devotion to quality. If you are passionate about blogging, and you add a bit of your creative self to it then you will not only stand a chance at attracting the attention of potential employers, but will also bring your experience of blogging to a whole new level - something priceless.
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May 1st, 2006 at 7:19 pm
<p>Sure your blog can land you a job. Like you said, as long as your blog is related to the kind of job you’re looking for, and if it has decent content and is visible to the market you are targeting, then it is very likely to.</p>
<p>Good luck on your job hunt</p>
May 8th, 2006 at 12:31 am
Hi Tololy, this post (and the previous one) made me think. Maybe I’m currently in a similar (just similar) situation. I do have a job but I’m pretty unsatisfied of my line of work, so I’d really like to try something different. I’m a lazy, amateur blogger but this won’t help my find a better job, I bet. Surely this subject invites to deeper musings, but by now I just want to sincerely wish you good luck with your job search.