Via Boing Boing comes ten reasons why blogging is good for your career.
The most convincing ones are numbers 3-5…
- It really impresses people when you say “Oh, I’ve written about that, just google for XXX and I’m on the top page” or “Oh, just google my name.”
- No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is by practicing. Blogging is good practice.
- Bloggers are better-informed than non-bloggers. Knowing more is a career advantage.
I’d feel like a right Nathan Barley if I asked people to “Google my name” though. It wouldn’t work anyway — there are too many people in this world called Stephen Duncan.
Number 10 —
- It’s a lot harder to fire someone who has a public voice, because it will be noticed.
— is also a great way not to get fired, as shown by the bad publicity Waterstone’s received after sacking Joe Gordon. But it’s also sure to be the number one way not to get employed in the first place.
I would be very reluctant to mention the fact that I was a blogger on a CV or at a job interview.