5 Reasons Every Job Seeker Should Blog - CareerEnlightenment.com

You demonstrate that you are motivated: Everyone goes into a job interview promising high performance and passion. But when that flame burns out after three months on the job, that new hire becomes a liability â€" a very costly hiring mistake. Alleviate your hiring managers anxiety by showing that you are who you say you are that you care about this work enough to research and write about it at least twice a week.You have something to say: Very few hiring managers want to hire “yes” men. They are looking for co-pilots, for creative tension, for dynamics in the office. Even if a hiring manager doesn’t agree with your opinion, at least you had one and had the courage to voice it. Not only does this demonstrate self-confidence, you also differentiate yourself from other candidates in a non-competitive way.You are a leader in a community: When you blog consistently, obtain some Google page rank and spark discussions in your comments, you begin to look like an expert. In marketing, there is no force more powerful than social proof. Comments on your blog make you look like that charismatic kid in high school who always had people buzzing around him. Invariably, the thought will cross the hiring managers mind, “Well, if other people listen to this guy, then he must be legit.”If you blog and would like to get more comments and credibility, consider joining the Comment Co-op where bloggers support each other by giving out comments and links: https://careerenlightenment.com/blogger-co-op