So Why A Blog?

As stated in my previous blog post, I found out that blogging could be a way to help me find people to connect with who need my skills.

I want a new job. 

One of the websites that I subscribe to, is called BrazenCareerist.com.  Information from the website is mainly for recent graduates to help them find jobs.  I found a lot of really good ideas for those of us who are other types of job seekers.  This is where I found the idea to blog about my job search.

One of the ideas from a blog post called, "What to blog about when you're looking for job," by Marian Schembari.  She writes about two ideas to write about in one spot.  One idea is to write about the industry which you are working.  She suggest to write about your skills, your knowledge, and your experiences.  You can write about your opinions and thoughts about an industry.

The second idea is to write about your job search.  One thing the writer mentions is to write about why someone should hire you.  That's a really good idea.  As many resumes and cover letters as I've written in the last few months, I should know myself pretty well.  Or at least I should know what I want other people to know about me. 

My next post will be about my thoughts about the industry that I work in.  Unfortunately I cannot write about the customers that we have nor specifics about the company.  I cannot post pictures from our company either.  As a hiring manager and part of the human resources department, one of our policies is not posting work pictures on line without previous consent.  I have no intention of posting things like that.

I can describe some the situations that happened or what my workday was like.  I can describe the problems and how I was able to answer problems.  I can talk about general policies that everybody else has. 

Tomorrow I will be spending the day in the office.  In fact, for most of this month my job will be in the office as a recruiter and hiring manager.  I will also be training a backup to help me achieve the goals before Christmas.

I look forward to readers contacting me for recruiters looking for more information about my experience.