"It's a great experience," says Christopher Salazar, an intern
with a Global 1000 Technology Company, working with both
marketing and the Web, and a 3rd year marketing major at Santa
Clara University, referring to both his internship and his
blogging. Christopher started blogging shortly after starting at
Hitachi, encouraged by his manager and mentor, and has seen
multiple benefits.
Christopher posts three times a week minimum at his blog e-Bizz
by Christopher Salazar,
http://ebizz.wordpress.com/ (now moved to
http://ebiz-tomorrow.com/blog/
). He spends about 3-4 hours a day, including time spent reading
blogs and leaving comments. Christopher uses blogging to keep up
with current events in business and technology. He even wakes up
early to see what's new.
"My school says network, network, network, but doesn't say how,"
says Christopher. One of the advantages to blogging is social –
the networking. Through blogging, he's met lots of people in the
business world, both online and in person at local blogger's
dinners. Blogging is an ongoing networking tool.
Christopher's confidence has increased significantly. "The fact
that I'm thinking 'business' more often is a big help," he says.
"Blogging makes you look at things in a more analytical light."
He's learned the importance of critically analyzing things,
which is what he does at work all the time. He says in school
they primarily do non-real world "word problems," while blogging
and business is "real life analysis." "It's also amazing how my
writing skills have improved since I started blogging,"
Christopher adds.
Christopher has a lot of intern friends and many are having a
difficult time with the transition from business to school. He
feels that blogging has been an enormous help with his
transition. Unfortunately, not many interns seem interested in
blogging according to Christopher. None of the interns he knows
locally have any interest, and he has been trying to reach out
to interns over the Internet. He has found a few other blogging
interns and they share experiences.
Christopher is looking forward to his transition in a few months
to the fulltime business world. He's built confidence, skills,
and a network through blogging. He actually wants potential
employers to Google him and see what he's been doing! Along with
his MySpace and Facebook information, almost a given for
students, they'll see all his critical thoughts, analysis, and
opinions from his blog.
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