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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Blogger Firings Down, Hirings Up?

Have you noticed that it's been awhile since we last heard about a company firing an employee blogger? The Technorati and Indeed.com data appears to back this hypothesis up.

My gut is that there has been a decrease in blogger firings because a) the ensuing publicity is terrible, b) more companies have a tolerance for bloggers and c) they may be hiring bloggers instead. I don't feel it necessarily reflects that more organizations have blog policies in place - although they should.

Further to this, note the two graphs below. The first charts mentions of "fired for blogging." The second tracks job postings on Indeed that express a desire for blog-related skills.



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