Tuesday, August 25, 2009

JLogging: An art of Blogging to get a job.

Yes , Employers are smart, they are using Social networking sites to know more about prospective employees. They are using internet to find out about
1) Strengths and weakness of a particular person.
2) Backgroud of a particular person
3) Virtually screening each and every employee

Top areas for concern among hiring managers include the following Click here.
And according to this research One in five employers uses social networks in hiring process.
Thats pretty scary , I always that Blogging/Microblogging is just a liesure time activity and kind of personal. I wonder if my employer is reading this blog and trying to find more about me.

So whats the solution , Its something I call JLOGGING. A combination of "jobs and blogging". Its an art of blogging keeping your future/present job or career in mind.
Some tips about Jlogging are.
1) Always write good things about yourself.
2) According to your blogs only weakness you should have is that "you dont have any weakness"
3) Carefully study what job you are applying for and blog related topics
4) Keep track of who visited your blog.
5) Keep bloging only technical materials
6) Be sure to be politically correct in all your blogs.
7) No matter what your views are always be Deplomatic in your blogs.
8) Remember "Blog is not for you , its for others who matter to you"

Act fast , As you read this someone might already be reading your twitter /facebook updates.

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