Give Your Career Search a Boost With Blogging

Author: Allen Voivod

Article:
Even if you're not looking for a job right now, it might be time
to consider starting your own blog.

I've been reading Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel
Israel, and it's got advice that's helpful not just to
businesses, but to professionals as well. Specifically:

* C-level executives

* Senior managers

* Mid-career professionals, and

* Anyone business person with lots of experience to draw from
and share with an online audience

If Google is not just a search engine, but a "reputation
management system," as you'll read in the book, then using a
blog is vital to you as an expert and executive in your field.

When a headhunter or recruiter gets your resume and Googles you
- and more and more of them will as time goes on - what will
they find?

If you're blogging, they'll find someone who's intensely
passionate about their industry, their vocation, their business
savvy. And wouldn't that be a great thing for a recruiter to
find? Especially in the midst of hundreds of other candidates
for a position? Wouldn't a recruiter be able to do wonders for
you with that kind of information to share with a target company?

Not to mention how good it's going to make the recruiter look in
front of their client on the employer side of things. So you
land a great job, the employer gets a great addition to their
team, and the recruiter looks great in the process. It's one of
those rare situations where everyone wins.

In addition, a blog is a great networking tool, "a way to
connect with other like-minded professionals," as Lani Voivod at
"The 'A-Ha!' Blog" puts it. It's just one more way of extending
your network, and well beyond the local business groups you may
already frequent.

Need more convincing? GoDaddy's CEO Bob Parsons blogs. So does
Bill Marriott - yes, he of the hotel chain. The GM FastLane Blog
is a team effort which includes Vice Chairman Bob Lutz and other
GM VPs, executives, and general managers. And those are just
three of the bigwig blogs. You could be in there, too.

To learn more about blogging as a business person, an executive
or manager, check out Naked Conversations, and also have a look
at "BlogWriteForCEOs," Debbie Weil's excellent website for
corporate blogging resources.

Then take a crack at your own blog - once a month to start, work
your way up to once a week, then maybe twice or three times, and
enjoy yourself while you blog your way to a new position.

About the author:
Allen Voivod is the Chief Blogger for ResumeMachine.com, the
leading resume distribution resource for managers, executives,
and professionals looking to accelerate their job search
results. Get the attention of thousands of hiring agents with
the largest and most frequently updated recruiter database on
the web, and dive into a wealth of immediately useful career
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