atw: Re: Blogging and employers
- From: "Christine Kent" <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:51:39 +1000
Yes, you did miss a big culture change here. Life marches on, but corporate
seems not to have woken up to this particular march yet. There is pre Web
2.0 and post Web 2.0. Most TWs are pre Web 2.0, as are most corporate IT
environments. Professional IT people will resist this change because Web
2.0 has changed the world of work, and they will have to retrain and
re-organise, or retrench. It is also a mindset change, as it is empowering
to the less competent whose priority is that things work and how they look
rather than how or why they work.
I'm curious - who is this forward thinking employer? I am looking for a bit
more work currently, and I do have a blog which I use to good effect for my
personal marketing.
Christine
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Hunt
Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 10:53 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Blogging and employers
There is an interesting current job ad on a Web site, for a technical
editor. There is no need for a link - the latest version of the ad leads off
with:
"UPDATE: THIS IS NOT A TECHNICAL WRITER POSITION. please read the entire
advertisment clearly and in full before applying."
- and that takes care of most of us, even those who can read clearly.
This paragraph in the ad is the interesting one:
"A tip for potential candidates, only those who have blogs and relevant
memberships will be taken seriously as this is a key indicator to passion
for the web. Of course those blogs will be well written and predominantly
free from errors."
Did I miss the revolution here? When did blogging change from an unpaid
hobby to a mandatory job qualification? How common is it for potential
employers of editors or writers to make demands like this? And how long
before we are judged on our Twittering?
JH
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