Top Five Websites for Job Seekers #3 is Idealist

Top Five Websites for Job Seekers #3 is Idealist This is a week-long series going deeper into the Top Five Websites for Job Seekers (The JibberJobber List).  In this series Ill explain WHAT TO DO with each website/tool.  The list: #1: LinkedIn (Monday) #2 Indeed (Tuesday) #3 Idealist (today) #4 Google (Thursday) #5 JibberJobber (Friday) On this post you can see ALTERNATIVES for each of these tools, as well as why I chose these 5 tools. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. How do you pronounce this: idea list or ideal-ist?  I dont know. Im sure they get it both ways. Before I go on, when I say Idealist is #3, I dont mean it HAS TO BE  Idealist.  That is perfect for a certain demographic.  You should find the idealist in your own industry once you do, here are the five things you would do to get value for your job search from a site like idealist: Meet people. Very similar to LinkedIn Groups (which are also niche-oriented), you should easily find people who you have a lot in common with.  Find them, and start a relationship!  Dont just list them somewhere (best place to list them: JibberJobber).  List them, and then start a conversation, and maintain and nurture a relationship during your career. Learn about your industry. Where else will you learn about industry-related current events than a site like this?  Certainly not mainstream media.  A couple of industry-related examples: RecruitingBlogs.com. If you are a recruiter, go there and learn and participate.  YoungPRPros mailing list.  If you are in PR, go there and learn and participate.  The depth of current-events learning, and peer-to-peer idea sharing, is very powerful. Share your brand. You can participate in many ways to share your brand on Idealist, by posting various things to the entire network.  This can be a powerful branding tool/strategy. Get inspired. Its easy to feel like the sky is falling when you are in a lonely job search at your house, in your basement, on the computer (especially if you have been sucked into the resume black hole).  By learning and reading and networking with your peers you should be able to feel like you are connected, plugged in, and still worth something. Its easy to get discouraged in a job search and staying plugged into your industry can be invaluable. Remember, if your morale goes in the toilet, so do your job search results. Find hidden opportunities. In these tighter communities Ive seen  opportunities  for contract positions, volunteer roles, and full-time gigs.  This is one of the elements of the hidden job market.  Ive really been amazed at what Ive seen shared in these forums, but people feel like it is a group of peers and colleagues and opportunities can be posted here before they are made known to the world through job postings. Again, maybe idealist isnt for you, but if you can find something like it (at the worst, it might be a LinkedIn Group, even if you have to start your own), it can be the most powerful networking environment you find online. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. Top Five Websites for Job Seekers #3 is Idealist This is a week-long series going deeper into the Top Five Websites for Job Seekers (The JibberJobber List).  In this series Ill explain WHAT TO DO with each website/tool.  The list: #1: LinkedIn (Monday) #2 Indeed (Tuesday) #3 Idealist (today) #4 Google (Thursday) #5 JibberJobber (Friday) On this post you can see ALTERNATIVES for each of these tools, as well as why I chose these 5 tools. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. How do you pronounce this: idea list or ideal-ist?  I dont know. Im sure they get it both ways. Before I go on, when I say Idealist is #3, I dont mean it HAS TO BE  Idealist.  That is perfect for a certain demographic.  You should find the idealist in your own industry once you do, here are the five things you would do to get value for your job search from a site like idealist: Meet people. Very similar to LinkedIn Groups (which are also niche-oriented), you should easily find people who you have a lot in common with.  Find them, and start a relationship!  Dont just list them somewhere (best place to list them: JibberJobber).  List them, and then start a conversation, and maintain and nurture a relationship during your career. Learn about your industry. Where else will you learn about industry-related current events than a site like this?  Certainly not mainstream media.  A couple of industry-related examples: RecruitingBlogs.com. If you are a recruiter, go there and learn and participate.  YoungPRPros mailing list.  If you are in PR, go there and learn and participate.  The depth of current-events learning, and peer-to-peer idea sharing, is very powerful. Share your brand. You can participate in many ways to share your brand on Idealist, by posting various things to the entire network.  This can be a powerful branding tool/strategy. Get inspired. Its easy to feel like the sky is falling when you are in a lonely job search at your house, in your basement, on the computer (especially if you have been sucked into the resume black hole).  By learning and reading and networking with your peers you should be able to feel like you are connected, plugged in, and still worth something. Its easy to get discouraged in a job search and staying plugged into your industry can be invaluable. Remember, if your morale goes in the toilet, so do your job search results. Find hidden opportunities. In these tighter communities Ive seen  opportunities  for contract positions, volunteer roles, and full-time gigs.  This is one of the elements of the hidden job market.  Ive really been amazed at what Ive seen shared in these forums, but people feel like it is a group of peers and colleagues and opportunities can be posted here before they are made known to the world through job postings. Again, maybe idealist isnt for you, but if you can find something like it (at the worst, it might be a LinkedIn Group, even if you have to start your own), it can be the most powerful networking environment you find online. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. Top Five Websites for Job Seekers #3 is Idealist This is a week-long series going deeper into the Top Five Websites for Job Seekers (The JibberJobber List).  In this series Ill explain WHAT TO DO with each website/tool.  The list: #1: LinkedIn (Monday) #2 Indeed (Tuesday) #3 Idealist (today) #4 Google (Thursday) #5 JibberJobber (Friday) On this post you can see ALTERNATIVES for each of these tools, as well as why I chose these 5 tools. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. How do you pronounce this: idea list or ideal-ist?  I dont know. Im sure they get it both ways. Before I go on, when I say Idealist is #3, I dont mean it HAS TO BE  Idealist.  That is perfect for a certain demographic.  You should find the idealist in your own industry once you do, here are the five things you would do to get value for your job search from a site like idealist: Meet people. Very similar to LinkedIn Groups (which are also niche-oriented), you should easily find people who you have a lot in common with.  Find them, and start a relationship!  Dont just list them somewhere (best place to list them: JibberJobber).  List them, and then start a conversation, and maintain and nurture a relationship during your career. Learn about your industry. Where else will you learn about industry-related current events than a site like this?  Certainly not mainstream media.  A couple of industry-related examples: RecruitingBlogs.com. If you are a recruiter, go there and learn and participate.  YoungPRPros mailing list.  If you are in PR, go there and learn and participate.  The depth of current-events learning, and peer-to-peer idea sharing, is very powerful. Share your brand. You can participate in many ways to share your brand on Idealist, by posting various things to the entire network.  This can be a powerful branding tool/strategy. Get inspired. Its easy to feel like the sky is falling when you are in a lonely job search at your house, in your basement, on the computer (especially if you have been sucked into the resume black hole).  By learning and reading and networking with your peers you should be able to feel like you are connected, plugged in, and still worth something. Its easy to get discouraged in a job search and staying plugged into your industry can be invaluable. Remember, if your morale goes in the toilet, so do your job search results. Find hidden opportunities. In these tighter communities Ive seen  opportunities  for contract positions, volunteer roles, and full-time gigs.  This is one of the elements of the hidden job market.  Ive really been amazed at what Ive seen shared in these forums, but people feel like it is a group of peers and colleagues and opportunities can be posted here before they are made known to the world through job postings. Again, maybe idealist isnt for you, but if you can find something like it (at the worst, it might be a LinkedIn Group, even if you have to start your own), it can be the most powerful networking environment you find online. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. Top Five Websites for Job Seekers #3 is Idealist This is a week-long series going deeper into the Top Five Websites for Job Seekers (The JibberJobber List).  In this series Ill explain WHAT TO DO with each website/tool.  The list: #1: LinkedIn (Monday) #2 Indeed (Tuesday) #3 Idealist (today) #4 Google (Thursday) #5 JibberJobber (Friday) On this post you can see ALTERNATIVES for each of these tools, as well as why I chose these 5 tools. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST. How do you pronounce this: idea list or ideal-ist?  I dont know. Im sure they get it both ways. Before I go on, when I say Idealist is #3, I dont mean it HAS TO BE  Idealist.  That is perfect for a certain demographic.  You should find the idealist in your own industry once you do, here are the five things you would do to get value for your job search from a site like idealist: Meet people. Very similar to LinkedIn Groups (which are also niche-oriented), you should easily find people who you have a lot in common with.  Find them, and start a relationship!  Dont just list them somewhere (best place to list them: JibberJobber).  List them, and then start a conversation, and maintain and nurture a relationship during your career. Learn about your industry. Where else will you learn about industry-related current events than a site like this?  Certainly not mainstream media.  A couple of industry-related examples: RecruitingBlogs.com. If you are a recruiter, go there and learn and participate.  YoungPRPros mailing list.  If you are in PR, go there and learn and participate.  The depth of current-events learning, and peer-to-peer idea sharing, is very powerful. Share your brand. You can participate in many ways to share your brand on Idealist, by posting various things to the entire network.  This can be a powerful branding tool/strategy. Get inspired. Its easy to feel like the sky is falling when you are in a lonely job search at your house, in your basement, on the computer (especially if you have been sucked into the resume black hole).  By learning and reading and networking with your peers you should be able to feel like you are connected, plugged in, and still worth something. Its easy to get discouraged in a job search and staying plugged into your industry can be invaluable. Remember, if your morale goes in the toilet, so do your job search results. Find hidden opportunities. In these tighter communities Ive seen  opportunities  for contract positions, volunteer roles, and full-time gigs.  This is one of the elements of the hidden job market.  Ive really been amazed at what Ive seen shared in these forums, but people feel like it is a group of peers and colleagues and opportunities can be posted here before they are made known to the world through job postings. Again, maybe idealist isnt for you, but if you can find something like it (at the worst, it might be a LinkedIn Group, even if you have to start your own), it can be the most powerful networking environment you find online. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST WITH THE SHARE BUTTONS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE POST.