Wall Street Journal just ran an article on how executive recruiters are now reading blogs to find potential employees. Check out the article by clicking here.
According to the article executives not only search blogs to find candidates but also to find out more information about candidates they are interviewing. A word of advice to Gen Y employees: Do yourself a favor and make sure you set your MySpace profile to PRIVATE! Managers do search MySpace and Friendster. Also, be careful what you post on your blogs. I know companies who decided to not hire a candidate because of inappropriate posts they found on blogs.
As employees the biggest asset you can have is your curiosity. So keep reading and keep blogging about the things that interest you- your opinion matters more than you know! It just might get you a job you never even applied for!
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