Are e-jobs helpful?

[Mr.Panos]

I have recently interviewed a person who had added in his CV some of his e-jobs. For example, participating in popular communities and creating interesting articles.*
Do you think that our e-jobs can be helpful? Would you ever use them for an official and professional application?

* Of course, we were not hiring a PR Expert or a Reporter. Otherwise, working in some famous blogs would be a great advantage.

 

[Deleted member 7467]

I think anything you commit time to can be an asset to resumes. Whether it be community management or blogging, you are still using your skills in a constructive way.

 

[Nebulous]

Hmm, thats a tough one. I doubt many employers would consider being a moderator/admin on a forum or a blogger as valid, legitimate employment experience.

 

[Mr.Panos]

I totally agree with you, Theezy. 🙂

 

[CM30]

They can certainly be helpful if you're applying for a job in say, website design/development or content writing. Because your forum/blog experience is pretty much the same kind of thing as the job you're applying for.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Well actually, any dedicated time you put into something as a volunteer or paid, regardless of it being online, is something that you can use, to show that you can be dedicated to working.

 

[Mr.Panos]

They can certainly be helpful if you're applying for a job in say, website design/development or content writing. Because your forum/blog experience is pretty much the same kind of thing as the job you're applying for.

Well actually, any dedicated time you put into something as a volunteer or paid, regardless of it being online, is something that you can use, to show that you can be dedicated to working.

Of course. I was not interviewing a person who would be in charge of Graphics or PR. I was trying to find a Sales Representative. If you were an employer would you take into consideration their e-jobs? :great:

 

[Joshua Farrell]

I would take into consideration if they actually included it in their application. A job is a job, regardless of it being online, offline, being a farmer, or a technician. Though if the person put on the application that they didn't really spend much time doing that per week, then I would probably disregard it.

 

[Nebulous]

Well actually, any dedicated time you put into something as a volunteer or paid, regardless of it being online, is something that you can use, to show that you can be dedicated to working.

If I was going to hire someone and I saw that they put forum/blog "experience" on their resume, the first thing that would come into MY mind is that its just pointless filler to make the page look less empty.

 

[McConnaughay]

I think anything you commit time to can be an asset to resumes. Whether it be community management or blogging, you are still using your skills in a constructive way.

I agree with this entirely.

 

[Cat]

For me, it would depend entirely on the job they're applying for in relation to what they list on their resume. For example, if I'm looking for a sales assistant, the fact they write for a blog has absolutely no bearing on whether they can work in the sales job. It doesn't really have any translatable skills.

However, if I'm looking to hire a journalist, and they list experience writing for a blog, as long as it's professional experience that could be enough to tip the scales in their favour.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

If I was going to hire someone and I saw that they put forum/blog "experience" on their resume, the first thing that would come into MY mind is that its just pointless filler to make the page look less empty.

It is like saying that someone was working for a plastics factory, and then decided to quit and work at a call center. The plastics factory has no relations to call centers, so why then put it on an application? You put it on an application if it was one of your most recent jobs. You do not fill out an application to make you look like you are overqualified for a job, by not filling in your current or last job, you fill it out by adding the actual jobs you either are currently employed as, or previously had.

 

[Cat]

If I was going to hire someone and I saw that they put forum/blog "experience" on their resume, the first thing that would come into MY mind is that its just pointless filler to make the page look less empty.

It is like saying that someone was working for a plastics factory, and then decided to quit and work at a call center. The plastics factory has no relations to call centers, so why then put it on an application? You put it on an application if it was one of your most recent jobs. You do not fill out an application to make you look like you are overqualified for a job, by not filling in your current or last job, you fill it out by adding the actual jobs you either are currently employed as, or previously had.

I think that what Theezy means is that while actual job positions have a place on a resumé, things such as blogging or foruming, even if they're "professional", are not things potential employers would be looking for. They don't display any potentially useful workplace capabilities or skills.

Overall, I believe that online "jobs" should be kept separate from real-life ones, unless you put them in under the "hobbies" section.

 

[Nebulous]

If I was going to hire someone and I saw that they put forum/blog "experience" on their resume, the first thing that would come into MY mind is that its just pointless filler to make the page look less empty.

It is like saying that someone was working for a plastics factory, and then decided to quit and work at a call center. The plastics factory has no relations to call centers, so why then put it on an application? You put it on an application if it was one of your most recent jobs. You do not fill out an application to make you look like you are overqualified for a job, by not filling in your current or last job, you fill it out by adding the actual jobs you either are currently employed as, or previously had.

I think that what Theezy means is that while actual job positions have a place on a resumé, things such as blogging or foruming, even if they're "professional", are not things potential employers would be looking for. They don't display any potentially useful workplace capabilities or skills.

Overall, I believe that online "jobs" should be kept separate from real-life ones, unless you put them in under the "hobbies" section.

Indeed.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Hobbies can be jobs, and jobs can be hobbies. It is all about perspective. Basically, if you earn enough from it to supplement your income (like if you run a website, and you earn $450 from ads per month from it), it would then be a job, even if it is online.

 

[Nebulous]

I'm just telling you my opinion based on being part of the workforce for the last 13 years.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Yep, and what if you work for a company that requires you to work online from a distance, and not at the actual location? That is also a online job, and a offline job. Online in the fact that you have to work on the computer over the internet, and offline, in the fact that it is a actual company.

For example, news papers have online editions, and paper editions. People who work the online edition are just as important as those who do the print copy. Why so? It is because you can get news out far quicker online, than you can with a printed copy.

If you get paid for it, it is a job, regardless of whether or not it is online.

 

[emmiehunk]

E-jobs are there to support you in bad time but they are not your long term plan of getting proper employment unless you are very competent programmer as are Indians.They will provide you extra pocket money but it is not permanent. income source.

 

[IntoTheNight]

For me, it would depend entirely on the job they're applying for in relation to what they list on their resume. For example, if I'm looking for a sales assistant, the fact they write for a blog has absolutely no bearing on whether they can work in the sales job. It doesn't really have any translatable skills.

However, if I'm looking to hire a journalist, and they list experience writing for a blog, as long as it's professional experience that could be enough to tip the scales in their favour.

You're right. When I was studying Business Management I learned that you should put on your resume only the things that are relatable to the job you're applying for.