Zoli points me to this post Resumes are Dead - your blog is your new resume.
Neat idea. Think of the possibilities:
1) We could tell Tom Friedman he is wrong. Not Green, the paperless, ecologically correct blog is the new Red, White and Blue. (Actually, a number of folks just want to tell Tom he is wrong. No explanation needed.)
2) Since we know NOBODY pads his blog, Michael Brown would have an easier time finding his post-FEMA job.
3) Since most employers are Luddites and will continue to use their old resume scanning software, all our blogs will be in ASCII and Courier 12 font
4) The most popular Technorati tags will be "action verbs" - see page 6 of this resume writing guide from Smith College
5) Anonymous
bloggers will lobby to change employment laws to not allow
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin or nom de plume;
6) Scoble will be told that the recruiting company dress code specifically precludes Naked Conversations.
7) Gabe will become a much sought after headbloghunter
8) Nicholas will argue on his blog and with the interviewer that IT doesn't matter - so outsource the job, not hire anyone
9) Guy will post on his blog on
10 ways to suck up to potential employers. Probably not a good idea to
cut and paste his blog tag line to yours "Blogger: Someone with nothing
to say writing for someone with nothing to do".
10) I win most vacuous post of the month and be promised a preferred parking spot. But I fail the aptitude test and have to keep my darn day job - and blog.
Haha, I love it:-)
Posted by: Zoli Erdos | March 13, 2006 at 09:29 AM
ha ha ha... indeed.
Posted by: james governor | March 13, 2006 at 10:31 AM
Next time you look, job offers are going to start coming in as comments on your blog, too. :)
Once I've seen one of those, I've seen it all - including job lobbying.
Posted by: Juliao Duartenn | March 27, 2006 at 08:38 PM