Blogging and the Career Development Professional

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Blogging and the Career Development Professional
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Information Distribution Progression
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What is a Blog?

• Web Logs Blogs
• Blogs are a tool in the tool kit. Wal-Mart
  Recruiter
• Design Web Pages
• Automated updates
• Chronological postings
• May/not not accommodate responses
• Internet-specific phenomenon
• Popular blogs
• http//technorati.com/pop/blogs/

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RSS Feeds

• Interfaces to email programs like Outlook,
  Groupwise, Mozilla Mail
• RSS Aggregators
• Aggregators
• RSS Readers
• RSS Aggregators
• Feed Readers
• News Readers

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Site Meter
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Blogs About Blogging

• Blogger Herald General Information
• http//www.blogherald.com/
• Blog Tutorials How to
• http//www.blog-tutorials.com/
• http//www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer
  /blog-templates.htmlfree_blog_resources
• Pew / Internet Reports Articles
• http//www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r11
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• Technorati Currently tracking 93.8 million
  blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged
  social media.
• http//www.technorati.com/

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Blog Platforms

• Many different types of blog software are
  available. Some require a subscription and some
  are free.
• Moveable Type (http//www.movabletype.org/) (U of
  M uses this one)
• Typepad (http//www.typepad.com/ (not free)
• Blogger (http//www.blogger.com) (free)
• LiveJournal (http//www.livejournal.com/)(free
  version available)
• WordPress (http//wordpress.org/)(free)

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Blog Management
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On My Blog Radar

• Career Development/Recruiting Related Blogs
• The CHAD - thechad.jobcentral.com
• Cheezhead-http//www.cheezhead.com
• George's Employment Blawg -www.employmentblawg.com
  
• Brazen Careerist blog.penelopetrunk.com
• College Recruiter - http//www.collegerecruiter.co
  m/weblog/

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On My Blog Radar

• Career Development/Recruiting Related Blogs
  Continued
• Resume Hell Dumb Stuff I Read on Resumes
  resumehell.blogspot.com
• Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters The Blog
  -www.guerrillajobhunting.typepad.com
• http//www.susanstrayer.com/kaleidoblog/
• YourHRGuy.com http//www.yourhrguy.com

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On My Blog Radar

• Legal Related Blogs
• http//www.blawg.com/
• http//www.autoadmit.com/
• http//blogs.wsj.com/law/
• http//www.legalunderground.com/
• Law School Research Article http//www.collegejour
  nal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20070627-efrati.h
  tml

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On My Blog Radar

• Education Blogs
• http//chronicle.com/news/
• http//www.educatednation.com/
• http//insidehighered.com/news
• http//www.diverseeducation.com/
• For Fun
• http//blogs.nbc.com/office/
• http//anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com/
• http//susan-cooks.blogspot.com/
• http//bookclubv.blogspot.com/
• http//15thyearcelebration.blogspot.com/

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Blogging Topics

• Resumés and cover letters
• References
• Transcripts
• Writing Samples Writing Competitions
• Paths to Professionalism
• Bar Exams Tips and Info
• Communication etiquette
• Ethics
• Legal Writing
• Office culture
• Professional development
• Work w/ support staff

• CPDC Programs
• Career Exploration
• Alternative careers
• Judicial Clerkships
• Private practice
• Public interest/public sector
• Self-assessment
• Especially for Alumni
• International Students
• Legal developments
• Nuts Bolts
• Applying by email
• Email communication
• Interviewing
• Job search strategies
• Networking

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Legal CSO Blogs

• U of Minnesota http//blog.lib.umn.edu/lawcso/voc
  are/
• Touro Law Center http//tourolawcso.blogspot.com/
• University of Michigan Law School
  http//mblog.lib.umich.edu/OCSlawcareers
• Case http//uvalaw.typepad.com/caseload/

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Legal CSO Blogs

• U of Wisconsin Law School Newsletter
  http//www.law.wisc.edu/newsletter/career_services
  /
• U of Washington http//depts.washington.edu/career
  s/blog/?p170
• Santa Clara U http//www.scu.edu/law/blog/lcs/inde
  x.cfm

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Legal CSO Blogs

• Willamette U http//blog.willamette.edu/wucl/caree
  r/news/
• Chapman U http//chapman-law.blogspot.com/
• Virginia U http//uvalaw.typepad.com/caseload
• Others?

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Are people blogging about you?

• Technorati - http//www.technorati.com/
• Ice Rocket - http//www.icerocket.com/
• Google Blog Search http//blogsearch.google.com/
• Google Alerts http//www.google.com/alerts
• Zuula http//www.zuula.com/blog_srch/blog_index.ht
  ml
• Blog Search Engine http//www.blogsearchengine.com
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Discussion/Questions
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Contact Information

• Victor C. Massaglia, M.A.Career
  Advisorvictorm_at_umu.edu
• Career Professional Development
  CenterUniversity of Minnesota Law SchoolMondale
  Hall - Room 96229 19th Avenue SouthMinneapolis,
  MN 55455P 612/626-8108 F 612/626-7720http//w
  ww.law.umn.edu/cpdc/ (website)https//law-umn-csm
  .symplicity.com/ (Link for students
  employers)http//blog.lib.umn.edu/lawcso/vocare/ 
  (blog)
• Thanks to Grier Martin (U of M 2L).