Jeremy Zawodny has posted an interesting item on how blogs might be the new “professional lubricant” (aka network). He is right on the money, unfortunately still only in some job markets. Blogs are the new networking device for many people, mostly technical in nature at this stage, however this will change over time.
Many bloggers are finding that their blog acts like a viral marketing program of themselves, in a similar way as Phil Wolff wrote about a couple of months ago with regard to an ideal employee referral programs.
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1 My blog of HR, and technology stuff » Blog Archive » A $5,000 bounty, but does it work? // Sep 18, 2005 at 9:07 am
[...] y other form of professional activity, this is not a new idea it has been happening in the IT industry for a while now. The questions are: Has it extended bey [...]
2 Can your blog be your resume?? at Michael Specht - discussions on HR and technology // Apr 20, 2007 at 2:48 pm
[...] Remember your blog is about participating in the community, this will expand your professional network, which helps you land a job. I wrote about this a long time ago after Jeremy Zawodny called blogs “professional lubricant”. [...]
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