atw: Re: Blogging and employers
- From: "Christine Kent" <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:45:14 +1000
Not all blogs are rants.
As with all the Web2.0 tools, they started off in the hands of the kids, and
so their use reflected this. However, once the grown-ups get hold of them a
whole new world opens up.
One example is using blogs to create websites. Blogger and WordPress are
easy ways for novices to put up relatively effective websites. When you do
this you are then free to update your site/s as and when you see fit - a
huge advantage over getting a geek to put up a website for you, or finding
the whole process so tedious yourself that you are reluctant to change your
site in case you break something.
This is one rather boring use I have put Blogger to - as a blog rather than
as a website. This one is useful as a marketing tool.
http://christinekent.blogspot.com/
This is another example of a web 2.0 tool, used for self-publishing and also
used in my case as a marketing tool. http://issuu.com/christinekent
I must admit that, at this stage, I am not sure about Twitter or Facebook.
I am on both, but have become pretty bored with them. I get a little value
with new ideas coming to me, but I get much more from Linked-In which is
also a Web 2.0 networking tool. I have joined lots of groups and have been
inspired a few time with things I have read, so definite value.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemkent
Christine
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Catania
Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 4:23 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Blogging and employers
Absolutely crazy! I'm one of the few supposedly 'Gen Y' people (born in
1981) who are expected to worship at the alter of Facebook, Blogger, Twitter
et.al; but I don't particularly feel any affinity to those types of digital
confessional diaries (let's face it, that's all they are). Maybe I'm too
'old school' for my age'; I'm really a member of what I call Generation Sigh
- stuck in no-man's land between Gen X and Y; young enough to be
indoctrinated in the digital revolution, but old enough to know better.
Seriously, how discriminatory is it for employers to judge perfectly
intelligent, competent people, on their passion to write grammatically
correct, though hideously self-indulgent, rants about their lives? It's
ludicrous!
So, is this rant considered a suitable blog? If so, where do I sign up for
the job?
John Catania
----- Original Message -----
From: James <mailto:jameshunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hunt
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:53 AM
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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