Tell Your Students To Consider A Blog When Job Hunting

Sarah Needleman writes about how recent college grads can use a blog to attract employers in an article in the Wall Street Journal.  As she notes, corporate recruiters are surfing the internet to "unearth job candidates, expanding their talent pool and gaining insights they say they can't get from résumés and interviews."  Recruiters also check out candidates' blogs to determine their writing skills as well as additional information on education and experience that can't be determined from a one page resume.  In addition, putting on a blog that you are job hunting allows you to network with many more people than just telling your friends.  Many companies are now googling their job applicants and savvy students can use  the internet to "sell" themselves.

Comments

[James Mcnaulty]

Great advice. We use blogs to deliver curriculum and encourage good practice but this is a more pragmatic approach.

[Jim Richardson]

Yes! I totally agree, I’ve also read a similar article about this. Recruiters really do take advantage of the information internet can provide nowadays. I think I should make my own blog that really about me, for a change, I’m thinking of enrolling for an online MBA program and I think I could spare some time for a blog. It’s better to start now right? Thank you for sharing this information with us. This could be very helpful to get better chances on being hired. Applicants should be really aware of this. Hope to read more interesting post from you!