Convergence or Separation?
I’ve reached a new point in my life, looking for a full-time job. I’m going to be graduating in June and I am now putting out resume’s, receiving interview requests, and networking for referrals. I have been wondering about the proper use of this blog/website. If you haven’t noticed, I now have a Code Examples page and an About Me page up on the sidebar alongside my blog(which is semi-personal). Is this unprofessional?
Should I make a separate page for these work related things and keep the personal blog somewhere else? Another thing, is the actual address(www.padfoot240.com) unprofessional to be on a resume telling people to check out what I am working on?
Tell me people in the workforce, because I don’t know. I haven’t been there before.
January 10th, 2011 at 11:20 am
One thing that career services here always says is that, if you are worried about it, its better to be safe than sorry. If your blog was titled “Kevinwilkinson.com” you wouldn’t be worried, so maybe thats a better option. Because there is no penalty in being too professional.
However, you’re applying for computer stuff. If you weren’t a little nerdy (as demonstrated by a love for Harry Potter) you probably wouldn’t be a very good programmer. I think you’re fine personally, and as long as you are fine with your boss reading anything you have posted (not something I could say for my blog) then I think its fine.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Personal and public emails. Personal and public websites.
I would say this site isn’t for the eyes of potential employers. Neither is Facebook or Twitter. Build something that compliments your resume and comes up when your name is googled. Pointing employers here isn’t necessarily bad, but you risk oversharing and you reveal your online pseudonym for further probing. Something simpler and more targeted would be more effective.
Keep “padfoot240″ as anonymous as possible since there’s nothing that easily connects it to your real name right now.
January 10th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Agree with Andrew. You could have a potential employee who comes on here, see’s some personal blogpost about how you’re a Christian, and just dump your resume right there (or one of many reasons, who knows).
New site, put your name on it, and make it all about your awesome coding skills!
And by the way, you’re a senior?! Holy cow that went fast.
January 10th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Oh, and for some reason the feed for you blog posts started working again, but not comments.