OK, last week I sounded off on the need for Fan/Geek/Otaku job seach support groups. So I wrote up a guide – and here's part 1!
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Go Farther: Geek Job Search Groups
I want to make a proposal to you, my fellow progeeks and hopeful progeeks who are looking for work.
I've known and been coaching many people who are doing job searches. They are inevitably doing it on their own, often feeling alone, or tired. Few have job search support for various reasons, from not thinking about it to having trouble finding people who understand their interests.
I think it's time for you to form fandom/geekdom/otakudom-oriented job search groups and help each other out.
Go Where The Geeks . . . Aren’t?
I often advise people to go where the geeks are career-wise because, let's face it – I speak to geeks. I'm about geeky people doing geeky things, fans doing fans doing fannish things, otaku doing . . . otakunoid things? Well, anyway, conjugation aside you know the drill – I'm about people going where they find likeminded folks and do professions that fit their interests.
But my recent columns on HR got me thinking. I've advised folks to deal with HR by upping their geek game and leveraging technology and knowledge to work around the flaws in the world of the job search. I'm thinking now I've thought too small.