![]() ![]() Don’t forget to also ask colleagues, friends, your university alumni association, etc. Administrators or co-founders of groups often include this in their LinkedIn bio/career section, so you might be able to find a member to reach out to. The next step is to head over to LinkedIn and start populating the same terms. If you’ve done some Google searching and have come up dry, don’t give up yet. Don’t get discouraged, even big, more generalized groups can still yield a lot of fruit (for reassurance, the Slack group where I found my job is for content marketers all across North America, and I see jobs posted in my city or that are open to remote workers almost daily). If you don’t get any hits, try searching variations of your industry, or move out a degree and search more general terms, like “product marketing Slack” and “United States”. Try Googling keywords like “ Slack group” and your city to see what comes up. So, how exactly do you get yourself into one of these groups? It can be a little tricky, but nothing a little sleuthing can’t fix! The first place to start is-of course-Google. I was in the market, we went for coffee, and the rest is history. The person leaving the role posted about it and mentioned she was looking for someone to recommend as a backfill. I was able to find my most recent job-before it was ever posted on a job board or even company website-in a marketing Slack group for my city. These “secret” groups are filled with people in similar industries, and the insights, connections, and job opportunities posted in these groups can be hard to find elsewhere. These are the glow-up versions of the Facebook groups we all used to be part of (Neopets Forever, anyone?), but with real value for your career. Think groups like “Project Managers in Tech in Chicago” or “Wedding Photographers in Ohio”. ![]() The latest trend popping up across the networking world is the creation of Slack groups dedicated entirely to certain industries. However, times like these just require job hunters to get a little more creative in how they find new opportunities. ![]()
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