The job search & career community for research & insights professionals
Supporting Insights Job Hunters, Recruiters, Hiring Managers, Agents, and Allies
Who Are Ready for Change.
Home of the Active Insights Job Seeker List & the Insights Job Referral List
Membership, Events, and Resources are Free.
NEW ICN Career Resources
Mental Health in Insights
Hiring in Insights, a special original research study from the ICN
A Personalized GPT Plus Mock Interview Coach
AI in Insights: Tools and Tips for Insights Professionals
Beating Bias When Building Teams
The ICN 30-Day Networking Challenge (pdf)
ICN Seekers & Allies Virtual Meetups
2x Monthly on Mondays on Zoom
10 AM PT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET
Monday, June 16: Seekers & Allies Meetup
Insights Career Transition Success Stories
Featuring YOUR stories | Contribute to this panel
Join now to be invited to this and other ICN Members-only events.
Membership, event attendance, and ICN resources are free.
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The Zoom information for this session can be found in our bi-weekly member email, the member calendar event, and our Members-Only LinkedIn Group.
Recording coming soon!
June 2: Hiring in 2025:
Overcoming Challenges and the Role of AI
an ICN Seekers & Insights Allies Discussion
In today’s turbulent market, matching insights professionals to open positions is increasingly difficult. Over the past year, the Insights Career Network conducted an in-depth, multi-phase study, gathering viewpoints from diverse industry stakeholders. Join our expert panel to explore how to overcome these challenges and the role AI can play.
Our Allies & Seekers panel includes:
Matt O’Mara, Cranbrook & Associates
Cristy Pomager, Weller & Company
Yogesh Chavda, Y2S Consulting
Randy Adis, RTi Research
Kahren Kersten, Experience Insights
Moderated by ICN Senior Executive Director Brian Fowler
2025 ICN Seekers & Allies
Summer Schedule
1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 1 PM ET / noon CT / 10AM PT
June 2, 2025 : AI in Hiring, an Insights Insights & Allies Community Panel
June 16, 2025 : Career Transition Success Stories featuring YOUR stories. Contribute to this panel
July 7, 2025 : Small Group Insights Career Discussions – for support and curiosities.
July 21, 2025 : Practical Insights Job Search Tips, an Seekers & Allies panel discussion
August 4, 2025: Reverse the Search with Madeline Mann
New Recordings and Decks
Join us LIVE for these recurring
Insights Career-Focused Segments
Group-wide introductions
Insights industry news
Community support for challenging situations
The Insights Job Referral List recent postings
Small breakout sessions for job seeker support
Short-session guest speakers like the one above!
2024 ICN Hiring Study Highlights
The tumultuous state of the insights industry is impacting hiring.
Greatest Hits Recorded Sessions & Decks
12.02.24 ICN Hiring Study Findings: The Job Seeker Perspective Video | PDF
Recommendations from 32 in-depth interviews with job seekers. Speakers: ICN’s Research on Research Vice President Kahren Kersten & Director of Research Tracy Bills
11.22.24 Mind the Gap! What to Do and Say about the Gap in Your Resume Video | PDF
Speaker: ICN VP of Member Services, Melissa Barrow
11.04.24 Ageism: A Community Discussion Video | PDF
Ageism is real and it’s real annoying. Let’s talk about how it manifests in our careers and what we can do about it. Bring your stories and experiences to share or share them in advance with one of our volunteer leaders.
09.16.24: How to Market Yourself as a Freelancer While You’re Looking for a Job
Guest Speaker: Marilyn Heywood Paige, Heywood Paige Consulting
09.03.24 ICN Insights Freelance Forum
A community panel and discussion about navigating the consulting journey with the ICN Leadership team and YOU
10.19.24: AI Landscape: Leveraging AI in Your Insights Role
with guest Mike Stevens,
Founder Insight Platforms
Why Join the Insights Career Network (ICN)?
Insights Career Network Virtual
Meet-ups 2x/month
Featuring a job seeker topic of choice, guest speakers, and you!
Active Job List with Referrals
Insights job leads from two degrees or less away.
Vetted Job Search Resources
Lists of recruiters, resume writers, free online resources, and more.
Insights Career Q&A
Ask the community insights career-related questions in our events and LinkedIn Groups.
Fill out our short application to attend our next event and gain access to exclusive ICN job & career resources.
How Are We Doing?
Who Is The Insights Career Network For?
Looking for a job?
We help active job seekers find roles as insights professionals.
Have a job?
We support insights professionals as their career develops – and help each other along the way.
The Insights Career Network is a community of marketing, consumer, user, and business research professionals volunteering their tools, experience, and networks to help each other develop their careers.
Membership is free and exclusive to those currently working in the customer and business insights trade.
Submit your application to join the Insights Career Network today to access exclusive insider resources curated specifically for insights job seekers.
Who Are Insights Professionals?
Insights professionals are knowledge workers and they can be found in every industry and sector. Insights workers are known by many names like marketing and market researchers, behavioral scientists, user experience researchers (UX), customer experience experts(CX), public opinion analysts, and even library scientists.
Anyone who conducts research on customers, the market, or organizational performance to inform business decisions is an insights professional.
Insights Industry Partners
Our Insights Industry Partners help bring awareness to Insights Career Network programming and job seeker resources. Thank you for your support!
Upcoming ICN Seekers and Allies Meetups
Bi-monthly Mondays (usually)
@ noon Central
