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10 Resume Blogging Tips

Filed under: Blog Marketing, Social Media Marketing — Doug Williams @ 9:10 am

This blog entry was posted on February 10, 2008.

Once you have set-up your resume blog you will need to blog with purpose and focus. You will need to commit time and energy into writing content. There is no denying that writing blogs is time consuming, but writing great content will get you noticed.

  1. Branding: People want to hire the best they can find. If you are an expert in some area, make it known by talking about relevant developments in your industry.
  2. Omit personal info: Leave out personal information unless it is relevant to the job you want. This would include writing about family activities, your kids or your family pets.
  3. Quality: It is OK to write in an informal style but people will be gaging your ability to communicate. Remove foul language, misspellings and poor grammar before posting.
  4. Content: Be prepared to commit the time to produce great content. This communicates your knowledge, skills, standards and ability to communicate. Post at least one posting each week.
  5. Newsworthy: Talk to industry experts and blog about your interviews with them. This will get the attention your industry and is an excellent networking tool.
  6. Networking: Tell everyone about your blog. Comment on other blogs with a link back to your blog. Include links to your profile on networking sites such as LinkedIn.com.
  7. Availability: Let everyone know you are available for hire by letting it slip as part of your posting. Let it become part of the conversation.
  8. SEO Friendly: Make it easy for the search engines to pickup your information. Use keywords that are industry specific. Link out to well known websites, this invites the search engine spiders to your site. Insert links between your postings to produce inbound links.
  9. Restraint: Refrain from writing about proprietary information concerning current or former employers. This will make potential employers uneasy about your judgment.
  10. Contact: Include your contact information not only in your blog, but your blog URL on your resume and business cards. Include your contact info in all your emails.
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2 Comments »

  1. Great post! I never even thought about doing a resume blog. Interesting idea.

    Comment by Barry O — February 10, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

  2. Wow, what a fantastic resume post. These are great tips. Thanks very much for 10 Resume Blogging Tips. :)

    Comment by Kimberly Cook — September 7, 2009 @ 11:37 pm

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