Snubbed!

Well, Severance Nation Army just got cold snubbed by the Wall Street Journal (a pinko commie rag on par with the Boca Breeze) in today’s article about blogs by persons of a certain employment status, “Windows Into Lives After a Layoff.”

This glaring omission aside, the article is not completely terrible. Most importantly, it contains some very pertinent points for those of you who complain that we do not post enough.

Even a mostly upbeat blog can have dangerous slipups, say recruiters. And one wrong post can hurt a candidate’s chance of getting a valuable interview.

Berkeley professor Ms. Chatman warns that having too many personal details available online can be “easily misinterpreted by a potential employer who is interested in hiring the professional you.” Employers might use the information to weed out applicants before conducting an interview.

What’s more, Susan Strayer, a career counselor based in Washington, D.C., warns that keeping a blog can turn into a significant time commitment with unknown rewards. “Blogging is addictive,” she says. If you spend too much time writing entries, “it takes away from the search,” says Ms. Strayer, who is also a human-resources executive for a major hotel company.

Did we mention that we are posting this when we should be working on a cover letter? Also, thus our decision not to link directly to the article because we were afraid our personal WSJ subscriber info would show up somehow.