据说我又上了回21世纪报,跑去一看才想起上次的事情,纯属帮朋友忙,惭愧惭愧;我看到他们也采访了“danwei”,有趣的荷兰朋友。
Blogging can help you pay your bills
(21ST 时间:2007-06-13 期号:709)
RUN a search for "blog" on the Chinahr.com recruitment site and you'll get about 200 results.
Click one of them. "Be familiar with the Internet and blogs, and good at writing," says an ad by a Nanjing-based technology company. Other companies have published similar requirements.
Since the Internet has become one of the most important forums for communication, more employers are seeking people with blogging experience – especially for some marketing and e-commerce positions.
At the end of 2004, Topku Chan (his blog name) landed a job at Baidu thanks to his blog. The blog, which focuses on online marketing, branding and the Internet, was quite popular on the Web and many people got to know Chan through it.
One of his blogger friends forwarded Chan's CV to Baidu's recruiter and he soon received a job offer.
Now more people like Chan are getting jobs because of their blogging history – in China, and around the world.
For example, a posting by the San Francisco (US) headhunting firm S4 Partners recently sought someone with an understanding of blogs and the software used to support them, says a New York Times story.
Good money
The firm's client, a well-known company in the high-tech sector in the US, wanted to find a blog administrator to establish a blog and run it. The person they ultimately found was blogger and former programmer, Bill Lazar.
Until now in China, no average salary statistics exist for a blogging-related job. In the US, according to information provided by Indeed, a job search engine with postings from more than 5,000 sources, the average salary for jobs with some version of blog in the job title averages $53,000. For most Americans, that'd be a pretty good salary.
For many bloggers or people who administrate blogs, the real money can come from bonuses that are tied to the traffic the blogs receive. In China, entertainment news blogs attract the most clicks.
Now some blogs are also providing job information for netizens and other bloggers. Danwei.org, a popular English-language blog in China, often lists job-wanted ads on its site. One titled "Shanghai: Edelman China Calls for Interns" was posted this Monday.
The blogging "industry" is creating lots of jobs. And more people are blogging as a part of their job. If you're a passionate blogger, maybe an interesting job is just around the corner.