Comments on: How to NOT get Hired for a Blogging Job

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:57:10 +0000

Yeah since reading through this site I now know the difference between a blog and a post ;- ) Thanks

By: Ronny

Ronny — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:29:51 +0000

I’m curious, how long should a writing sample be? Coz a blog post can be really long and short. Thanks.

By: Beautyshells

Beautyshells — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:20:00 +0000

LOVE your site, will visit again :) Submitted this post to Google News Reader.

By: desertdweller

desertdweller — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:15:29 +0000

I was pleased to find that while I don’t blog very often, I at least know the difference between a blog and a post. :) (which I almost always refer to as blog posts)

#5 bugs me so much when people don’t get it right. Ask if you have to, but that’s something you simply shouldn’t be messing up when applying.

By: Credit Reports

Credit Reports — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:20:34 +0000

I just wanted to leave a quick comment to thank you for your post! I really like your blog site!!! Would you mind terribly if I put up a backlink from my site to your site? Keep up the great work!

By: Formula-193

Formula-193 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:01:32 +0000

This mean good in English still the first priority for the good blog.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:58:12 +0000

Wow…I guess I just have to work a bit harder to be recognized. Thanks a lot for the tips!

By: Ambit Energy

Ambit Energy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:42:33 +0000

Great tips. The basic guidelines of a blog should always be met.

By: ZK@Internet Marketing Blog

ZK@Internet Marketing Blog — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:13:12 +0000

But will you please tell us … these are your main criteria to choose a blogger. I mean I saw so many bloggers who are weak in this kind of stuff but when they deliver they are really awesome.

So if you want to have a bigger portion than you will have to leave smaller one …

Any thought on this …

By: dgibson

dgibson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:33:20 +0000

Good points overall. The only one I disagree with is this:

“A blogger is so much more than a writer”

Perhaps it’s because I was advertising for writers. But those who wrote and said they were interested in the blogging job come across to me as more amateurish. The pro writers as well as journalism, communications, and English college students have all worked out great, whereas those who call themselves bloggers have been a mixed bag quality-wise in my experience.

By: earnword

earnword — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:25:27 +0000

haha. i agree with you.. :D

By: D. A. Shaver

D. A. Shaver — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:49:05 +0000

#8 I think a one-page article per day is a challenge. I can’t imagine 20

#1 My wife is an elementary school teacher, she hates it when signs and public documents purposely use lower case. How am I supposed to teach capitalization with examples like that?

By: Terry Heath

Terry Heath — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:53:50 +0000

Glad you said that about calling blog posts blogs. You’re so right but I’ve seen more and more people refer to posts as blogs.

No! You can write a post on your blog, but you can’t write a blog on your blog unless you’ve dedicated a blog to your blog. And that of course makes absolutely no sense if a blog is a blog post.

By: Robert Bravery

Robert Bravery — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:11:53 +0000

mmm Great, Now I know what to do and what not to do when applying for a Blog Job, if I ever do

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:34:09 +0000

Seems like all reasonable suggestions to me. Good post, for those that need it :)

By: Eddie Gear

Eddie Gear — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:24:41 +0000

Hi there,

This is something that I would try out implimenting.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear

By: Steve G

Steve G — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:12:01 +0000

In reference to #2 since blog is a shortening of web log, I believe a post can be referred to as a blog. A log can refer to a group of records (like a ship captain’s log) or any of the individual recordings. Thoughts?

By: Lynn Truong

Lynn Truong — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:09:58 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

I actually think that most of the candidates that make one or more of the mentioned mistakes are really qualified and have the potential to be a great hire.

I wrote this not to disparage applicants. Some of the bad things that applicants do weren’t mentioned because they’re done by bad applicants, plain and simple.

But these are mistakes sometimes made by good, qualified writers who are either lazy or have lost hope and confidence in themselves, so they half ass their application and ultimately creates a vicious cycle of being rejected and then losing more confidence.

At the very least, these tips should get your application past the first cut.

By: Vera Lang

Vera Lang — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:34:08 +0000

Do I sense a ‘tat’ of frustration through this article? Honestly, you made me smile, as anyone who has ever hired people realizes just how many people don’t follow basic instructions.

Choose your candidate intuitively and wisely.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:37:42 +0000

Proper application etiquette is not taught. Most people do not learn any etiquette at all. I don’t believe the web is lowering the level of people’s literary competence, just showing how low we have already sunk.

Ivan