Could I use crowdsourcing jobs on my resume?
I want to know if can use jobs I have done on Amazon mechanical Turk, onespace.com, or mycrowd.com in my resume. #career-counseling #job-application
4 answers
Seth Daniel Bernstein
Seth Daniel’s Answer
I am not sure why you received advice to refer this question to social networks, since there are many professionals in this forum who can answer your question. As an experienced career counselor, my answer to your question is a resounding YES!
Your resume is your personal advertisement, and experiences that reflect the skills you wish to take to your next job should absolutely be described on your resume. Crowdsourcing can help with jobs in market research and survey administration, in particular. Your challenge is to describe the experiences you have in a way that demonstrates the skills you used, and how they relate to your professional goal.
For example, if you want to use your experience in crowdsourcing to demonstrate interpersonal skills and analysis, you could describe it as follows: "Communicated with potential contributors to an online blog to identify writers interested in ___." It's that easy! Of course the stronger link you can create between your crowdsourcing work and what you wish to do going forward will determine how effective summarizing that experience will be on your resume.
Thank you for the excellent advice.
Justin
sudheer’s Answer
There are many places you can go to ask job search questions, but you want to go somewhere where people will actually respond and hopefully often, people in the know. Even if you’re a new visitor.
One good place is the social network Reddit.
Thank you for the advice.
Justin
Heather Rose-Marie’s Answer
*Situation: What was the situation, problem, or conflict you were facing?
*Task: What were you tasked with? What were your responsibilities or goals?
*Action: What action did you take? What did you do to solve this problem? (start with action verbs)
*Result: What was the result or outcome of your action? How did it benefit the organization? Can this result be quantified?
Use the following link to get some hints: https://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/resources/resumes-impact-creating-strong-bullet-points
Sandro’s Answer
The answer is a 100% yes, since you want to summarize all the experiences that you had in your resume.
Regards,
Sandro