Blogging as Therapy or to Find Job Leads

Despite an M.B.A. and a decade of marketing experience, Rachel Levy was laid off in July. Rather than keep her feelings to herself, she did what thousands of others now do: she started a blog to chronicle her life post-layoff. Her first post was about her best new job opportunity: baby sitting. The Wall Street Journal reports that as layoffs increase, some job seekers are sharing their woes by blogging. For many, it's therapeutic. For some, it's turned into a way to garner job leads.