Personal Websites

[Anonymous]

I am seeing more and more of these from people that I know and they are trivially easy to set up. Historically, it was something I only really saw from people in academia. They will usually include a picture, their biography and stuff like their hobbies, interests, somewhere to contact them and a blog, if they have time. The URL will typically just be their name.

Does anyone have a personal/professional website now? If so, how has it been useful to you?

If you see this from a project manager or policy analyst type, does this sort of mark them as a self-important dbag?

[Anonymous]

A new colleague sent a link to her "lifestyle" blog and it was definitely in the realm of clueless, un-self-aware, navel gazing, and not professional.

A simple professional page is fine. Are people veering away from Linked In then? Even those who don't post- just have the same info you listed in the OP (except hobbies--who. cares.)

[Anonymous]

My website is for my resume, talks I've given, articles I've written. It exists because people were asking me for this. I'm able to personalize it a lot more than I can with my LinkedIn profile.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have a personal site focusing on my career development. I love it because I own it and control my brand and get to market my skills for future opportunities. I also monitor site visits. It's always interesting to see when managers search me after interviews. Lol

[Anonymous]

Yes I have one. Similar to above, it’s a more narrative version of my resume, digs into my niche area more, and links to portfolio type stuff.

I don’t expect organic traffic on it, but it works well as “social proof” of authority in my field when asked.

[Anonymous]

I had one that included a blog of quasi-professional advise and thoughts. Our legal counsel advised me to take it down. In the event of something happening at our company, if there was a gap between what I was advising and what we were practicing, it could open us/me up to liability. This probably isn't true for most personal sites, but it's something to consider.