Why send a resume? Just put a link to your blog.
The Career Services Office at my school just sent me a link to this article in the NY Times. The issue it addresses is potential employers looking first at your resume and then at your myspace, Facebook, etc. sites to get a more rounded picture of who you are before deciding if they want to hire you. Naturally, we all try to put our best foot forward in resumes and interviews and save our not-so-presentable sides for our friends and family (who are often the people we tailor our blogs and personal websites for). So employers can use these sites to see what we are like in real life before deciding if they want to interview/hire us. So take that as a word of caution if you are currently in the job hunt - you may want to spell check your blog and avoid posting pictures of yourself at last Friday's frat party.
The internet is this new and strange animal in the legal world that no one really wants to deal with (see this previous post). The problem is that we enjoy the fact that we can share the details of our lives with millions of people in a manner of seconds through blogs and personal websites. We also (or at least I do) like the fact that we can read the ideas and thoughts of random people all over the world, even though they have not been published or completed x number of degrees in x field.
On the flip side, there are things we want to share with our close friends and families, but not necessarily with potential employers, government officials (hope you're reading this, NSA), or the sexual predator who lives across town. This has perplexed many parents who are trying to decide if they like the fact that their child is on myspace and talks about what high school they go to or where they hang out. Now it is an issue for those of us who are in the job hunt, as well.
There are potentially privacy rights issues involved in this, but it will likely take years for the legal world to deal with the internet. And by the time they do, there will probably be some new technology that is dominating the landscape anyway. Never the less, we will have to watch and see how this issue is dealt with in the coming years.
By the way, if you are a potential employer and are reading this, one of my big strengths is my ability to discuss an issue quickly and thoroughly through use of the written word. My weaknesses include...
The internet is this new and strange animal in the legal world that no one really wants to deal with (see this previous post). The problem is that we enjoy the fact that we can share the details of our lives with millions of people in a manner of seconds through blogs and personal websites. We also (or at least I do) like the fact that we can read the ideas and thoughts of random people all over the world, even though they have not been published or completed x number of degrees in x field.
On the flip side, there are things we want to share with our close friends and families, but not necessarily with potential employers, government officials (hope you're reading this, NSA), or the sexual predator who lives across town. This has perplexed many parents who are trying to decide if they like the fact that their child is on myspace and talks about what high school they go to or where they hang out. Now it is an issue for those of us who are in the job hunt, as well.
There are potentially privacy rights issues involved in this, but it will likely take years for the legal world to deal with the internet. And by the time they do, there will probably be some new technology that is dominating the landscape anyway. Never the less, we will have to watch and see how this issue is dealt with in the coming years.
By the way, if you are a potential employer and are reading this, one of my big strengths is my ability to discuss an issue quickly and thoroughly through use of the written word. My weaknesses include...
posted by teirney at 12:44 PM
3 Comments:
this is really interesting; in fact i read an article a few months ago in an educational journal where they were discussing the issue of employers looking at blogs. the gist of it was they really didn't like the very opinioned blogs some of the candidates had up. but it didn't seem like they had any way of how it might help both employers and prospects. obviously it is something that will be incorporated into the process, but it's not all figured out yet. anyway, thanks for the post, interesting stuff.
by the way, how's the internship going? what are you up to?
internship is going well. working with contract management for the most part, but also doing some research into recent developments/changes in privacy law, which is interesting. i'll keep you posted when i can (have to keep in mind attorney-client privilege).
nice post. i saw a program a few months back that brought up this very issue. funny to think that we are essentially all writing emails we hope other will read. now about the high school i am currently attending...
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