Want to Get Hired Unconventionally? Try Commenting Your Way Into a Gig

Okay, maybe you’ve tried everything to get hired like cold calling a hiring manager, tweeting your prospective employer and snail mailing your resume. When it comes to thinking outside the box, have you considered commenting on a site?

As per a post on paidContent, the new weekend editor at Gawker Media’s auto-focused site Jalopnik got hired because he was a regular commenter. Simply stated, Mike Ballaban apparently got his new job for being an active participant and engaging with the site.

The site’s editor launched a new comment system a few months ago which gives every commenter their very own blog! And in hindsight, the hiring move shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since the site’s editor Matt Hardigree hinted at it back in February, as pointed out in the paidContent piece:

“You’ll also be able to republish articles from our site (and eventually all Gawker sites) and we’ll be able to...

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