Why Blogging Is GOOD For Your Career (Unless You Are Fired!)
What do you think — is blogging good or bad for your career? I have read a number of postings about how blogging can help a business make more money.
One blogger provides 10 reasons why it is GOOD for your career; of course, one can think of reasons it may be bad for your career, too.
His 10 reasons include:
No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is by practicing. Blogging is good practice.
Bloggers are better-informed than non-bloggers. Knowing more is a career advantage.
Knowing more also means you’re more likely to hear about interesting jobs coming open.
Networking is good for your career. Blogging is a good way to meet people
Of course, blogging can be bad for your career, too, I think. Especially if you are fired for it. Hmmm…then again, that could be good, too.
Read more about why blogging is good for your career here.
I love this from the blog Michael refers to:
“Uh, why is the mainstream press so incredibly interested in this people-fired-for-blogging story? Is this happening to a lot of people? No. Are a lot of people blogging? Yes. Has it happened to anyone senior enough to impact the company involved? No. Are senior people blogging? Yes.
If I were cynical and paranoid, I’d suspect that the media running these stories were frightened of something.”
Hopefully, the fired-blogger stories have usefully raised the consciousness of bloggers and their employers alike.
Clearly, employers that adapt effectively to the threats and opportunities of the new environment — one that inevitably includes the possibility of employee (and customer) blogging — will have a leg up in the Darwinian business survival struggle.