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I recently read an article “How Blogging Can Help You Get a New Job?” by Sarah E. Needleman which was published in Wall Street Journal in April, 2007. This article states how an online collaborating and sharing tool ‘BLOG’ will help people get a new job in this hi-tech world.

Today, corporate recruiters read and write blogs on the internet to find the right candidate for their companies and test their extensive knowledge in the field which they don’t get from resumes and interviews. The recruiters search for the blog topic that focuses their field of industry. Many big companies spent few hours a week to find out additional information about the candidates it interviews. Recruiters also go to read the writings posted on the topics that are not related to job to find the writing excellence and the area of knowledge he/she has. People who actively participate in blogging give an impression of committed personality. Companies which are technology focused are the ones to go to the blog in search of employees because the employees in these companies require good knowledge of blogging.

People who are involved in blogs are more likely to be exposed to people and companies. They have a great opportunity to be interviewed for jobs by many companies. Writing about yourself, your skills and knowledge in online blogs will help professional recruiters know about you and if your knowledge and skills matches their needs, you can be one of the employees that will be working with them in future.

Blog can be made recruiter friendly in many ways such as including a tagline in blog’s banner so that it is distinct. You can write something about yourself and upload your resume so the recruiters can download your resume if your description about yourself interests them. Post current news about a topic and talk about the projects you have done related to that topic. Provide a link to the project you have done to support the evidence. Make comments on others blog and post your entries quite often. You can also attract more viewers by providing a link to your blog in other’s blog. Companies use their employers to recruit others by encouraging them to blog and find the right candidate. For many companies, blogging has become a good way of finding out the right candidate from whom they can benefit from.

This article states a story when people are fired because they don’t realize that their blog entries are also viewed by the people from the companies where they are currently working. They use bad language in blogs and make annoying remarks about the people they are working with or dealt with which is against professionalism. In other words, bloggers reflect their character in writing. So, one should consider all these things that might ruin a career while blogging.