?? How To Start Massively Crowdsourcing Your Job Search Today

?? How To Start Massively Crowdsourcing Your Job Search Today 572 You'd be surprised how much help you can get if you just ask. Photo by John Ashley Did you know that online community crowdsourcing can help you on your job search? I mean, why not? People like to help people. That was one of the reasons I started JobMob back in 2006, that's one of the reasons you find it hard to ignore questions when asked, and that's why so many people volunteer.eval Let's see how crowdsourcing can work for your job search. Have you told your social networks about your job search? Yes No View Results Free bonus: The One Resume Resource You’ll Ever Need is a handy reference to make your resume get you more job interviews. Download it free noweval 5 ways to get free job search help from the online masses 1) Get job search feedback There are many places you can go to ask job search questions, but you want to go somewhere where people will actually respond and hopefully often, people in the know. Even if you're a new visitor. One good place is the social network Reddit. Head over to Reddit Jobs to ask any job search question and people will respond. I will respond there too, sometimes. Or, if you want feedback about your resume, work portfolio, personal website or any job search-related creation of yours, just ask for it on Reddit Design_Critiques. Another option is to upload to YouTube a video of yourself being interviewed (e.g. by a friend) or of you giving your elevator pitch, and then sharing the clip to get feedback. 2) Compile job search research Researching a list of companies to target? Trying to decide which skills you should improve to meet industry demand? Or maybe you're just trying to gauge that same industry demand? Go to where other professionals hang out on popular question answers sites such as Quora, Yahoo Answers or Ask Metafilter. But don't just post ‘can someone help me?' Be as specific as possible about what you want to know: “What do you think will be the hottest skills this coming year in [industry X]?” “Can you recommend a company in Y city/area that has had a lot of success hiring new grads who majored in Z?” (Or if that's not you- “pros with more than 20 years of experience?”) Another tack is to get inspired by asking people to tell how they found their job in a specific industry. 3) Have job leads found for you In 2002, I finally ended my almost year-long job search by creating a contest. Here's how CNNMoney reported my story in 2009: