Thanks for writing this! Iâm on the other side (wanting to hire generalists) and I share your skepticism about the âwrite publiclyâ advice. I think the actual advice should be more like âclearly demonstrate success in the thing you are trying to get hired for,â which usually doesnât involve writing.
(Although I do think that generalist roles can be particularly hard to demonstrate success in. For example, I expect that writing about recruiting might actually be one of the better ways to clearly demonstrate your skill in recruiting, even though recruiting per se doesnât usually involve much writing.)
Thanks for writing this! Iâm on the other side (wanting to hire generalists) and I share your skepticism about the âwrite publiclyâ advice. I think the actual advice should be more like âclearly demonstrate success in the thing you are trying to get hired for,â which usually doesnât involve writing.
(Although I do think that generalist roles can be particularly hard to demonstrate success in. For example, I expect that writing about recruiting might actually be one of the better ways to clearly demonstrate your skill in recruiting, even though recruiting per se doesnât usually involve much writing.)
Yes, I think youâre rightâitâs not bad advice for many people.