atw: Re: Blogging and employers
- From: "John Catania" <jcatania@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:39:13 +1000
Thanks Christine - that's a valuable perspective which hadn't occured to me.
I'll check out those blogs; maybe they'll inspire a new, useful way for me to
market my writing skills...if not my rants.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Kent
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:45 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Blogging and employers
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 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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