The Blog is the New Resume

As an avid reader of blogs and follower of young people doing great things in the online space, I have seen the rise of blogs that also act as resumes. What a great way to show future employers who they can hire. Unlike a resume, which lists current and prior positions held and schools attended, a blog shows the reader a complete picture of who someone is, what their interests are, and what assets they can provide for you. It's truly a piece of work, whereas a resume is a list of work. A blog is a picture, while a resume makes you uniform like everyone else.

A great thing that a lot of bloggers are doing is adding a tab or linkable section to their blog that features a traditional resume in the form of a blog post, so that those who are looking can see experience intermixed with current ideas and thoughts. Someone who is doing this well is Joe Coscarelli, a recent NYU grad and aspiring cultural writer. He includes a resume with experiences and training along with blog postings about pop culture, which is what he would like to be hired to do.

In this day and age, you have to be willing to give some of yourself, your content away for free in order for people to get a taste of who you are and what you are all about. If they see that you are being extremely successful and crushing it on your blog for no cost, they are going to be compelled to want your talents to be a part of what they are doing.

I need to finally get on this. New blog, tomorrow.