Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Let me be up front: the economy sucks, the job search sucks and is made worse by ossified HR and put-upon recruiters. So, anything that's wrong in the job search is at best, only half your fault. That being said, it's time to look deeper at one thing that can help your job search and indeed your whole career even if self-employed.
Personal Branding. Yeah, don't groan.
So you want to promote professional geekery, the idea of doing what you like as a hobby, the idea that what YOU love can be a profession. There's other people who are glad to promote people's careers too, the recruiters.
Know what? They need help. They need your help.
A quick note – since last week's "Definition" column I found the term Fansourcing is also being used when media producers outsource things to their fans. So I'm going to slightly tweak the way I'm using it, and refer to Fansourcing as "outsourcing things to fans" and the subset I discuss is when fans outsource to fans.
Hey, it's internet terminology, it's evolving almost as fast as the technology.
So last time I discussed what Fansourcing was, and I just clarified it for the upcoming discussion.
So now, why outsource fan to fan?