Over at Avalonstar, Bryan Veloso asks if we are condemning ourselves with what we write on our blogs.
He related the story of “Kristine”, who was terminated from her college internship because of some posts that she had written on her blog. In other words, she was Dooced…
I can honestly say as a manager, that I’ve rarely Googled someone to see what they are writing on their blogs – or to see what is linked or said about them out in the blogosphere. However, many companies are doing exactly that in order to learn more about their prospective hires. As a blog network owner, however, I always Google prospective bloggers and skim their writings.. more for their writing skills however, rather than their opinions…
While I applaud the courage of someone who chooses to “live their life out loud”, by writing about their passions in a public place, such as on their blogs.. I also believe that there can be a price to pay for what we choose to write publicly.. and that price could be the job or gig that we so desparately may want..
Then again, is that really the place that we want to work?
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