I wish I had found this while single and without responsibilities, I would be the first in line to try to get the job. How about a blogging job in paradise and get paid a decent wage to do it? That is what the folks at the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef are doing. The job appears to be closing in February so now is the time to get your resume into them and application. So blogging about what is happening sounds like the job for me when they describe it:

The Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef is a newly created position. There are a few minor tasks that need to be taken care of, but the most important duty is to report back to Tourism Queensland (and the world) and let us know what’s taking place on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.

That is a classic blog job it sounds like to me.

[HT: Welikely]

No, I am not hiring this person but I am seeing this as a new classified advertisement all over the web. I am seeing it on many new marketing company pages in their “We Are Hiring” page and I am seeing it come up in RSS feeds in my aggregator for hiring bloggers. Hiring of this position is the new black and a very sought after position in many companies. Personally I love it and want to tell all of the naysayers that “I told you so!”

There is a very large demand for this new position because it is a new commodity to know how to handle all of the media platforms, all of the applications and the many networks out there as well we being a “blogger”. I have said it many times before, as a professional blogger I have to wear many hats. These hats include all of the job descriptions as described in these jobs. The fine folks over at 6s Marketing have listed just this position and describe the duties as:

Responsibilities May Include:

* develop social media marketing strategies

* develop corporate blog strategies

* work on website content

* write blog posts

* develop legitimate inbound links

* social bookmarking with DIGG, del.icio.us, stumpleupon etc.

* Twitter for business including creating daily Twitter posts aka “tweets”

* maintain Facebook business pages

* locate and become active in social media groups

* stay current with new social media sites and platforms

* constant mindset of leveraging and branding in social networks

* Youtube channel setup

* social Bookmarking

* flickr account creation, description optimization, tagging, geotagging

* outsource and manage custom application development

* blog post moderation

* forum moderation

* attending Vancouver social media events

Requirements

* a passion for social media marketing and other inbound marketing strategies

* excellent written and communication skills

Desired Experience

* experience with social media, SEM and SEO

* maintaining a blog

* familiarity with WordPress or other blog tools

* developing web site and/or press release content

* minor graphic design and Photoshop experience

* 2 years experience in; marketing, communications, public relations, journalism or related field

* participation in the Vancouver social media scene

Now that I think about it I may put in for the position as I appeared to be qualified. Many bloggers a=out there are the perfect fit for this job. If interested contact the company at 6s Marketing.
Obviously, all of the above are things that we as bloggers do on a daily basis. This is typical of what companies are looking for as they call me when they want this person in their seat of their office computer. I spoke about blogging for a living in Vegas, I am speaking about it in Miami next month and in Denver the week after. Many bloggers want to do it and many companies need the help. My business is doing well!!

I will be living it up in Vegas but at the same time talking about companies hiring bloggers and how blogger can earn money while using their skills as bloggers.
Of course the idea of living it up in Vegas is relative as I am actually working. At the same time I am also revamping the site a little at One By One Media, as we are trying out some new look and feel and upgrading the WordPress application to the new version of 2.7.
I attended the event today and listened to some real rock stars. I have some celebrities I have to follow tomorrow as well that will make me have to bring my A game. I am really looking forward to it. You can even watch the event tomorrow live on their live feed using the Ustream application for their event. You might say I’m in my church away from church.

Some of the things that is an important part of being a professional blogger or being a blogger that companies want to hire is your online portfolio or what they can find of your work. You need to build your online presence that can be found by potential employers or companies looking to hire your services. I ran across that very chance to increase your resume. My friend Peter is calling for articles for Website Magazine:

“If you are a Web professional who has mastered SEO, SEM, analytics, Web design, Web development, e-commerce or affiliate marketing, and are interested in being published in the most widely distributed print publication on Web success, send an email with a brief descirption of your idea(s) for an article to editors@websitemagazine.com or contact WM online now.”

Get yourself published in some of these places and you might get that job over someone that is not as “experienced”.