Help me be employed in Cleveland

January 14, 2009 8:14 AM

ClevelandFilter: advice for Web product manager/UX person moving to the Cleve without knowing anyone local and hoping to have a job sooner rather than later.

Pretty much self-explanatory. The Arthur family is likely to be moving to Cleveland for Mr. Arthur's job. I'll be trying to find full-time and/or freelance work, and am pretty flexible within my field -- I've got business, information science and UX expertise. Any organizations or techniques you can recommend for networking in Cleveland?

For the record, my current methods include:

-Obviously, applying to posted jobs
-Trying to hook up with local recruiters, if any appropriate ones exist
-LinkedIn networking (Introductions, etc.)
-Actually finishing up my About Me freelance site
-Looking for volunteer opportunities to build my freelance portfolio
-Finding meetup type... meetups where i can, um, meet up with folks in similar areas
-Avoid making Cuyahoga-on-fire jokes that will date me and make everyone hate me

Your thoughts and suggestions will be invaluable.

posted by chesty_a_arthur to Work & Money (2 answers total)

Best answer: These people have frequent meetups and seminars.

And don't forget about Akron. There are more then a few tech companies down in and around the Rubber City. Depending on where you're moving to, Akron may be far to travel every day for a permanent job, but it's not too prohibitive for temporary, freelance work.
posted by Kronoss at 8:43 AM on January 14, 2009

Best answer: These people have frequent meetups and seminars.

These folks also meet up regularly.
posted by Aaaugh! at 3:44 PM on January 14, 2009