Comments on: Blogging, Twitter & More http://blog.whyhire.me/2009/03/blogging-twitter-more/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:59:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JonathanDuarte http://blog.whyhire.me/2009/03/blogging-twitter-more/comment-page-1/#comment-69 JonathanDuarte Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:25:45 +0000 http://blog.whyhire.me/?p=353#comment-69 Great Idea. I completely agree. A blog is really one of the best ways to control your personal brand and resume. It ads incredible depth to who you are and what you think about. The only drawback to a blog is the amount of time it could consume. Because of this, I suggest job seekers continue with a blog, but and maybe limit their posts to a couple per week. Then, focus most of your efforts on Twitter. Your blog can pull in your tweets, its easier to network on twitter, with only 140 characters, its much faster and efficient to ping contacts and grow your network. Most importantly, Twitter is the easiest and quickest way to grow your brand as a niche subject matter expert. Great Idea. I completely agree. A blog is really one of the best ways to control your personal brand and resume. It ads incredible depth to who you are and what you think about.
The only drawback to a blog is the amount of time it could consume. Because of this, I suggest job seekers continue with a blog, but and maybe limit their posts to a couple per week. Then, focus most of your efforts on Twitter. Your blog can pull in your tweets, its easier to network on twitter, with only 140 characters, its much faster and efficient to ping contacts and grow your network. Most importantly, Twitter is the easiest and quickest way to grow your brand as a niche subject matter expert.

]]> By: Patti Church http://blog.whyhire.me/2009/03/blogging-twitter-more/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Patti Church Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:05:07 +0000 http://blog.whyhire.me/?p=353#comment-30 I think that your blog speaks volumes to your ability to connect with people and isn't that what good writers are suppose to do. Thanks for sharing! I think that your blog speaks volumes to your ability to connect with people and isn’t that what good writers are suppose to do.

Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: andrea from the fishbowl http://blog.whyhire.me/2009/03/blogging-twitter-more/comment-page-1/#comment-26 andrea from the fishbowl Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:49:18 +0000 http://blog.whyhire.me/?p=353#comment-26 I think positioning oneself as an expert in a particular field via blogging is a great way to get a name out there and begin cultivating a network, but it's extremely important to continually consider the blog as an extension of the resume. For this reason I think it's worth going the extra mile re: design, obtaining a domain name too. I was being interviewed for a writing gig last year and we got to talking about blogging. He asked me if I had a blog, I said I did, and then he asked me if I had listed it on my resume. I told him I didn't because it wasn't exactly relevant to the kind of job I was applying for. I'm still thinking about that one. Maybe he was right? I think positioning oneself as an expert in a particular field via blogging is a great way to get a name out there and begin cultivating a network, but it’s extremely important to continually consider the blog as an extension of the resume. For this reason I think it’s worth going the extra mile re: design, obtaining a domain name too.

I was being interviewed for a writing gig last year and we got to talking about blogging. He asked me if I had a blog, I said I did, and then he asked me if I had listed it on my resume. I told him I didn’t because it wasn’t exactly relevant to the kind of job I was applying for.

I’m still thinking about that one. Maybe he was right?

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