Three Ways to Demonstrate Your Value in a Job Search - CareerEnlightenment.com

You might follow a topic.Here are some examples of some great job seekers who found work from their blogs:Karen Bolipata (Writer)Danny Cox (PR)Jenny Blake (HR)Terry Shultz (Engineering Design)Norm Elrod (Marketing)3. Be a Leader, Start a CommunityThe majority of blogs are dead within three months. Most never get more than 50 people to read them. The comments section develops cobwebs.When you pass two restaurants, and one is full with a line, and the other is empty, which one are you going to assume is the better place to eat?When an employer is checking you out online, if youve linked to your blog from LinkedIn and from your email signature, and the employer sees you ranting and raving online with nobody giving a crap, you might not get the result you hoped for.A blog is a community. Having comments shows that you, as a thought leader, are provoking discussion and that people care about what you have to say.Apart from begging your friends to comment, this can be one of the most disap pointing parts of starting a blog. And, I suspect, a major reason that they dont last long. No one likes the feeling of talking to a wall.Having comments also tells Google that you are special. And with your name on the blog, your smart articles will soon begin to dominate Google search results for your name.To solve the comment problem, Ive started a Comment Co-Op for career-minded bloggers.A Comment Co-Op (noun): A Comment Co-Op is a group of people who support each other by commenting on each other’s blog posts in order to improve ranking and traffic.Basically, members can ask other members for comments, tweets, and links at any time. In return, members can respond back with comments, tweets, and links to other members.If you would like to learn more about this Blogger Co-Op, click here.And of course, your comments are welcome. If you dont comment, Ill just be a total loser.