John.Sansom (7/19/2012)
That's an interesting question! Me personal preference is to not mention articles/blog posts on a resume because they can be found easily enough via a simple internet search on a given candidate. That said, if I felt that an article/published work was particularly relevant to a role and clearly demonstrated value, then I might consider mentioning it.
I would respectfully disagree a little bit here. As someone who reviews resumes, I like to see community involvement and I think a good writing sample which shows your ability to communicate, your community involvement, and technical knowledge all at once is worth highlighting. I personally mention a couple of my best articles published on my resume.
I would not rely on a prospective employer to find your publications on their own. For instance, if you search for "Timothy A Wiseman" the first result is a lawyer, and the 7th is a historian. My SQLServerCentral author page shows up at number 3, but my Simple-Talk author pageauthor page shows up much later and I can't even find my blog in that search at all. If you search for Timothy A Wiseman SQL, the entire first result page is either by or about me, but even employers that take the trouble to do a web search might not add qualifiers like that.
With that said, I understand that it can vary heavily by the employer. Some won't care and some will find it a negative thinking that it detracts from work time.
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Timothy A Wiseman
SQL Blog: http://timothyawiseman.wordpress.com/