Comments on: Two weeks in a row!

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:35 +0000

Ken, that wasn’t really what I was going for with my post. I actually make the point in my post that a Facebook or a MySpace would be something that you should not put on your CV because of the negative stereotypes.

The point I was making was nothing to do with hobbies or how you can spin something bad so that it looks good on your CV. My point was that blogging is a good thing that sets you apart from others.

My point was not to say, “battle the negative stereotypes by being upfront about it.” My point was to say that the negative stereotypes are not justified because of X, Y and Z. Therefore it is worth putting on my CV for reasons X, Y and Z.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:33:57 +0000

The idea of including blogs on the CV was the thing that interested me most, as you might have guessed, because, as Calum says, it touches on all kinds of things. I’m fascinated on the implications for privacy in the new Internet age. But at the same time, the ‘skills’ question is one that is applicable to just about any hobby you care to mention. Part of the interview game is taking something that doesn’t necessarily help you to do a job and selling it in a way that does. Blogging, on the other hand, has a negative stereotype associated with it, and I’d have thought the question would be do you think you can beat the stereotype better by being upfront about it?

By: Calum Leslie

Calum Leslie — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:07:21 +0000

Honestly, the discussion on whether you should put blogs on your CV is far more interesting than a list of skills which you have gained from blogging. I’m sure that the latter is more important to you, but it’s really not significantly different than listing “skills” that one thinks they think they gain from any exercise. It’s predictable, and it’s not really applicable outside of yourself as a person.

The original post is an interesting topic which will spur discussion, even branching into other topics (whether our “virtual hobbies” become regarded as real hobbies at some point, for example). Regardless of which one of the posts was better upon the merits of its content, the subject matter is the element here.