Your Blog Is Your Resume

Mike Scott says on July 9th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

I try to be pretty careful about what I post online, keeping this very thought in mind.

Of course, my name is so common, that my blog is the 26th result when I search for “Mike Scott”. So I’m hoping that there isn’t some other Mike Scott out there making me look bad. :-)

Joe says on July 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm

I think you mean “wary”, not “weary”. Weary means tired.

Chris Owens says on July 9th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

I have the same problem… my name is so common that I feel like I don’t have as much control over my online image as I’d like. Thankfully, my websites have slowly been making their way up in Google results.

It’d be better if the other people with my name didn’t also do many of the things I do, design and photography. I guess when you have a common name, location becomes your other identifier.

Mike Scott says on July 9th, 2007 at 3:26 pm

Luckily for me, the other more famous Mike Scotts are mostly outside of IT, they are singers, baseball players, and producers of one of a kind wooden vessels from burrs of Welsh wood (I’m not joking).

I’m not even going to talk about Michael Scott, since the fictional character on the Office has dwarfed all of the others.

I guess you could always buy a Google bomb from John Chow.

Frédéric de Villamil says on July 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pm

What you say is just true.

A few weeks ago, I was talking with the CEO of a French company I was about to apply for who’s also one of my readers.

As I told him I was going to send him my resume, he stopped me with: no need for a resume, your blog is your resume.

William Profet from OneJobTwoSalaries.com says on July 9th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

I agree. If you have your personal blog, it is your face, your brand your image online.

AnitoKid says on July 10th, 2007 at 3:17 am

I wonder what others would say about me – with their decisions based on my blog….Just a thought.

Great post! Mabuhay!

AnitoKid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com

jos says on July 10th, 2007 at 2:32 pm

very true… some people are so unaware that they can easily be looked up online and their pictures of them doing drugs, hardcore or extreme views or their posts about going for drinks on their lunch hours will effect them… i know a few recruiters and hiring managers, the first thing they do after they browse a resume is google/myspace/facebook applicants, some companies even have a special department just to handle this… i try to be careful just not overly crazed, i feel that i dont do anything so “wrong” that if it was seen it would make someone not want to interview me or give me a chance…

Mike scott says on August 20th, 2007 at 11:45 pm

heh.. better hope they don’t find “deadguy’s dementia” by mike “deadguy” scott.. because then they’ll start googling “deadguy” and get all the band info.

(It happened to me! lol)

“death of a co-worker” is one of their song titles.

Mike Scott says on August 21st, 2007 at 11:24 am

Thank Mike, that adds to my worries. Maybe we should include a list of “Persons other than myself with the name Mike Scott” when we give out our resume. :-)

Larry says on April 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Take good care of the image you portray with your blog. How many times have we seen someones MySpace or whatever blasted on the news when they get a few moments of fame. Don’t let become your skeleton in the closet.

Larry
DamnIneedAjob.com

Resume says on February 18th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

Definitely a blog is a resume but it is a social resume which is not considered by many recruiters. Visit Effective Resume for more details on how to make a resume and what are the factors considered by recruiters. The site has been developed by Nidhi Jain of HR Practice, who has long experience in recruitment Industry.

Resume Guy says on May 11th, 2009 at 4:15 am

Yes a blog says a lot about you. Do you think including a video resume can help a candidate?

Christine says on July 8th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Having an online presence is a must in today’s job search. Yes you must be careful what is online which is why you should make sure you do a background check on yourself and make sure everything found is correct. But having a blog, video resume, social website presence. One place that ties all these together in one location is http://www.pzhone.com are there others?

Resume Samples says on July 10th, 2009 at 5:38 am

Yes, I agree blog of any person will be the advertisement or the face for him.

Mike Scott says on September 4th, 2009 at 9:56 am

heh.. I’m Mike “Deadguy” Scott, those are my “Deadguy Dementia” articles. Sorry if it screwed-up a job op for you. I dunno’, I used to get a lot of good publicity from those. Including folks asking if I’ve formally published any of my articles so they can reference it in their term papers on similar subjects.

I hate sharing this name with all the other Mike Scotts.. there’s like 37 in my county alone. Going to blockbuster without my card, or going to Amscot is a real treat.

I even share the same middle name with an author and two local guys. I keep hoping for bank screw-ups in my favor, but no luck so far. :)

I usually just write off any of my online stuff as being a different “Mike Scott” if I don’t want the attachment made.