Can Blogging Help You Get a Job?

Yes! According to the WSJ,

Corporate recruiters have long surfed the Web to vet potential hires, but now they are also surfing blogs to unearth job candidates, expanding their talent pool and gaining insights they say they can't get from résumés and interviews. . . .

[R]ecruiters say they check candidates' blogs about noncareer-related topics for evidence of writing skills and clues to how well rounded they are.