Career

Fannish Skills On The Job Search – Organization

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So last week we talked about how your fan-based networking skills may help on the job search.  There's oe more issue I want to address – and its a skillset that many geeks, fans, otaku, gamers, etc. develop in their hobbies that they don't realize nearly enough.

Organization.

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The Young And Hungry Fanartists

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I'm noticing a trend at a lot of conventions I've been to lately.  I see a lot of young artists in the dealer's rooms and artist's alleys with a few things in common:

  • They've started selling their art in the last 1-3 years.
  • They have gorgeous, professional business cards and signage.
  • They're reasonably to very-well wired, with websites, porfolios online, and the like.
  • They do a lot of personal branding, even going so far as to dress to fit the theme of their table.
  • Their tables are professionally laid out with the right signage, decoration, and so on.
  • They're big on cross-promoting projects they do together, or with others.

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Fannish Skills On The Job Search – Networking

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(Last week we talked Webmastery from fandom to job search.  Now let's move on to Networking . . .)

Fandom is a fantastic place for an active Networker.  You develop your networking skills.  You learn to use tools that are good for networking, like Twitter and Facebook.  You meet a lot of interesting people.  Even a dedicated introvert can become a great networker in fandom.

If you're on the job search, then the networking skills and opportunities you get in fandom are things you're going to want to leverage.

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