Josh Porter at Bokardo and Adam Darowski at Traces of Inspi­ra­tion are putting forth the notion that the blog is the new résumé. I couldn’t agree more. Today, if you are blog­ging any­thing at all to do with your work, pro­fes­sion or your skills it’s all dis­cov­er­able online. And eas­ily so.

Your blog, your LinkedIn Pro­file, del​.icio​.us links, etc. all form a pretty com­plete pic­ture of who you are, how you think and what you have to say. It’s crit­i­cal that you behave respon­si­bly and pro­fes­sion­ally online. That you vet your online, pub­lic mate­r­ial for stu­pid mis­takes, whether those mis­takes are spelling errors, fac­tual issues, or that pic­ture of you on Face­book at the fra­ter­nity kegger.

Any smart prospec­tive employer is going to look you up online before they inter­view you. And if you’ve left ammu­ni­tion or com­pro­mis­ing mate­r­ial lying about on the Web, they should be seek­ing to call you out on it at interview.

So watch your­self and be smart. Make sure your blog post­ings, where pro­fes­sion­ally rel­e­vant, are smart, orig­i­nal and add value.