Organizing Your Editing Job Hunt With Technology-Part II: JibberJobber & ZoomInfo.com

JibberJobber.com, like Todoist, is another great way to stay on task when you are on the job hunt. The creator of the site, Jason Alba, points out that when he was on the job hunt, he would often list his contacts and the names of companies in an excel worksheet. Although creating excel spreadsheets can be an effective way to stay organized, he wanted a site where all of his business contacts and companies were listed in one place. Hence, JibberJobber was born.

Check it out–it’s a great way to keep tabs on what companies you have contacted for employment and which ones you still need to go after. Leading into the next technological resource that I’m going to share: ZoomInfo.com:

Zoominfo.com is a great way to look up an editor or editorial assistant’s name and then get access to their email and sometimes (but very rarely) their phone number. Zoominfo.com’s database is immense, and you should definitely add your name if you can’t be found on there.

Remember: Unless you want to pay money, you only have limited contacts–I believe 15, so make sure to use them wisely.

Networking tip: Meetup.com

 

Last night, I attended a writers group here in Charlotte that allowed me to get new perspectives on writing and how in particular authors perceive their editors. I would have never known about this group meeting if I hadn’t run across Meetup.com, which is a new, savvy site that allows different types of groups to organize meetings or conferences.

Just go to Meetup.com and type in publishing or writing, and you get a whole slew of groups that are meeting about a wide range of topics. On top of that, Meetup offers email notifications and calendar functions to keep you on your game. In these early stages, talking to as many people as possible is the name of the game.

 

Organizing Your Editing Job Hunt with Technology-Part I

Staying organized with the help of technology is a BIG topic, and one I’m learning more about every single day, so I imagine you will see a million other posts, devoted readers out there.

I will share with you a couple of things about job hunting and not so much editing quite yet. Because you are experiencing this journey with me, I am going to refer to my journey as our journey and use “We experience” not “I experience.” I don’t know–it’s just a good way to make your readers feel included.

First thing–Task Management. There are several on the market, but try to find one. I’m using Todoist, which you can get at Todoist.com. Here’s a snapshot of what it looks like: