Print Out Your Articles!
I'm sure this is a no-brainer for most of you, but please print out your online articles. Your job may depend on it.
On occasion, I'll get an e-mail from a wandering author looking for his article on one of our sites that no longer exists. It's embarrassing to him when potential employers click on a link in his resume to view the article and are redirected to the home page of another site or a 404. Even if the content does exist somewhere else (either at another site or url), most employers probably won't search for it.
It's even more embarrassing when the employer gives the candidate a second chance by asking for a printed version, and the potential employee shows he didn't have the foresight to print it out.
Why would an employer still want to see an article from a defunct publication? Defunct or not, the article still may help show the employer whether or not the candidate knows his stuff, or at the very least, that he is telling the truth.
So, remember to print out your articles, and even more important, remember to check the links in your resume.