I often encourage JET alums to learn to use a blog, and I’ve even done some “Learn to Blog” workshops for JET alums (and lawyers too) where I walk people through the set-up, the basics and some of the quirks.<\/p>\n
Now there’s apparently a WordPress site that offers a tutorial for setting up a blog and using it.\u00a0 Just go to\u00a0 http:\/\/learn.wordpress.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Knowing how to use a blog is a great job\/communication skill to have in this era.\u00a0 It’s also a great platform for promoting yourself and your skills serving as a portfolio for your abilities and accomplishments if you’re trying to make your way in the freelance world, or trying to bootstrap yourself into a full-time job.<\/p>\n And of course, if you ever want to write for JetWit, it’s extremely helpful on my end if there’s less explaining for me to do in order to enable you to get started contributing to the site.<\/p>\n So take a look if interested and let me know whether it’s helpful.\u00a0 (I haven’t actually reviewed any of the tutorials.\u00a0 But WordPress generally has good quality stuff.)\u00a0 Also note the somewhat JET-relevant title on the main page. :-)<\/p>\n