Well sort of.
According to Adam Darowski in his article, The Blog is The New Resume and Joshua Porter in his article that is a response to Darowski's entitled The Blog is The New Resume, a blog can be more important to a person's potential career than a resume.
Darowski says in his article, "I can’t think of a reason for any serious tech professional to not have a blog." This is important to bloggers as each post can be reflective of how a person acts as a professional.
Instead of blogging your resume to different companies and potential employers, they are going to just read your blog to find out what insights you are making and how they can be incorporated in their career.
Its important to develop your blog so that it can speak for you, instead of you speaking to others through your blog with a resume.
Would you ever use a blog as your primary source of getting a job?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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I don't know that I would set out to create a blog for it to act as my resume. But I also agree that blogs (and all other readily accessible content that we leave on the web) can make it or break it for an employer. It's like a cover letter on steroids and shows our personality more than the traditional materials we send it. I think it's great that employers put in the effort to read up on candidates and if they find something you've intended for them to see, all the better.
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