Insights Career News
The Career Feed for Research and Insights Professionals
Insights Career Confidence Lab
To combat search fatigue, intense competition, and positioning challenges faced by market research and consumer insights professionals in a shifting job market, the Insights Career Network (ICN) launched the Insights Career Confidence Lab. Led by sales enablement consultant Blake Hudson, this 4-week, cohort-based workshop applies a structured sales and positioning framework to job hunting. The…
New Recurring AI Skills Upgrade Workshop
AI for Market Research: Beyond the Notetaker, the new 1-hour virtual workshop led by Insights technology expert Z Johnson for the market research professional who is ready to adopt AI today, happens twice a month, but space is limited. This one-hour instructor-led workshop repeats, with updates, on the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of every month…
The Hidden Job Market: Why Applying Stopped Working, and What Does
This September 2nd Insights Career Workshop from the ICN with Aaron Cruikshank is now over, but you can gain access to the recordings by registering by 9/9. If you are a UX researcher, market researcher, or insights professional sending out hundreds of applications to dead silence, you are not imagining things. Traditional online job boards…
Where The Insights Career Network Stands
Insights Career Network (ICN) was created in 2022 when six industry practitioners rallied to build a dedicated support community for insights professionals. Thanks to enthusiastic backing across market research, UX, and analytics—alongside vital micro-donations from our community—we earned 501(c)(3) status in January 2026. Today, we are professionalizing our operations and refining our strategic goals to…
Career Storytelling Workshop for Insights Professionals
New 1-hour Career Storytelling Workshop for Insights Professionals comes to the ICN on October 7. If you work in insights, strategy, or research, you know how to turn messy data into a compelling narrative that moves decision-makers. But when it comes to framing your own career, it’s easy to freeze up and default to a…
More Than a Conference Pass – QuestionPro X Day
A Free Conference Pass Could Be More Valuable Than You Think by Jocelyn Bayle, ICN Head of Marketing & Impact QuestionPro is offering ICN members a special opportunity to attend X-Day in Austin on October 15, 2026, with a member discount code shared through ICN’s members-only channels, like member emails and our LinkedIn Group. For anyone…
Making Research More Accessible
Learn why research accessibility is a quality issue, not just a compliance one. Start driving inclusive insights using small wins and free industry tools.
Dialog on Inclusive Research
The Dialog on Practical Steps Towards Inclusive Research Continues During a recent ICN Seekers & Allies meetup session, several people raised great questions and comments in the chat that our guest, Steve Levine, Strat360, wanted to come back to. If you missed the session, you can watch it below. We covered a lot of ground,…
New Free AI Career Strategist Introduced to ICN
Bob Goodwin’s AI career strategist is ready to take you from struggle to success. In 2021, after decades as a career business developer working with major brands and insights agencies and coaching their staff, Bob Goodwin founded Career Club, a service designed to help job seekers in career transition secure better jobs faster by applying…
Accessible Insights Consortium to visit ICN
The next ICN speaker, scheduled for August 17, is Steve Levine. He will share his collaboration with the Accessibility Insights Consortium (AIC) and help us understand how we can make our research more accessible and inclusive. The Accessible Insights Consortium (AIC) is a collaborative group of market research and user experience (UX) professionals dedicated to…
Insights Career Center to Visit with Corporate Researchers in Chicago
The Insights Career Network’s mobile career center will be rolling into Chicago September 15-17 at the Insights Association’s Corporate Researchers Conference (CRC) to deliver community, connectivity, and career guidance to all. ICN co-founder and Executive Director Brian Fowler himself will be operating the mobile Insights Career Center with Insights Allies from the community dropping by…
ICN to Investigate the Widening Skills Gap at TMRE 2026
The Insights Career Network will be on site and on stage October 5-7 in Denver at TMRE 2026 to deliver community, connectivity, and career guidance to all. ICN leaders Kahren Kersten and Z Johnson will lead a discussion on the skills gap in Insights and several Insights Allies will be ready to help in the…
Active Insights Job Seeker Spotlights
Are you ready for the spotlight? The 37,000+ strong Insights Career Network is proud to announce the limited opportunity to participate in our 2026 ICN Active Insights Job Seeker Summer Spotlight Series. A few times a year, volunteers from the ICN work with insights professionals who are seeking a positive way to announce their availability…
The Seller-Doers of Insights
The Fall Cohort for the Harpeth Marketing Seller-Doer Workshop begins August 7. Small and independent businesses with fewer than 10 employees make up 78% of the businesses in the United States and, according to U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) and Nonemployer Statistics*, there are approximately 140,000 to 180,000 small and independent…
New Free Group for Consultants in Social Science
AAPOR, or the American Association of Public Opinion Research, which represents more than 2,000 public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States and around the world from academia, media, government, the non-profit sector, and private industry, has rolled out a new group for aspiring and experienced independent consultants. To learn more about AAPOR’s…
Actively Seeking Allies
Career transitions can be scary and lonely. The good news is that you are not alone; relevant help through “Insights Allies” is all around us. Through the ICN, Insights Allies volunteer to support people in transition in small groups, lead career-building Insights workshops, work 1:1 with those in transition, and show up at ICN meetups…
Barry Jennings Joins the ICN Board
June 1, 2026 — Industry Leadership Announcement: Barry Jennings Joins the ICN Board. We’re thrilled to announce that Barry Jennings has joined the Insights Career Network (ICN) Board of Directors. Barry brings more than three decades of leadership experience across the insights industry, including roles spanning Kantar, Dell Technologies, and Microsoft. Today, he also serves…
Membership
The Community for Research & Insights Professionals Whether you are navigating a career transition, building your early-career portfolio, or looking to give back, join the world’s fastest-growing volunteer-powered insights community. The Insights Career Network (ICN) was founded to combat the “pain and isolation” of career transitions and to help our professionals prepare for new opportunities.…
ICN Field Report: NY to PA
Events & Jobs Alert for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania Insights Distributed to ICN Members on May 14, 2026 Multiple events are happening most months of the year in the tri-state + PA area. Do your research, build your network, and attend if you can. This month’s collection of events for research and insights…
ICN at IA HCR
NEW EXCLUSIVE ICN MEMBER BENEFIT: Discounts and grants to attend the Insights Association‘s June 10 Ignite Healthcare conference in Philadelphia. ICN members exploring opportunities in healthcare insights, expanding their networks, and navigating career transitions, the Ignite Healthcare Conference provides a fantastic chance to connect with professionals across pharma, medtech, providers, payers, and healthcare-focused agencies while…
Insights Career Coaching
The ICN is proud to present an affordable community coaching solution. Insights professionals facing career challenges and opportunities are lining up for peer-to-peer mini-coaching sessions led by experienced Insights Career Network volunteers, chief among them ICN Co-Founder Brian Fowler and insights industry veteran and educator Dr. Jamie Jurgaitis, who have worked in the sector and…
The ICN QuestionPro License Grant
New Exclusive ICN Member Benefit: A free license to use QuestionPro for surveys Are you currently seeking a new role, transitioning careers, or looking to build your professional portfolio? We are giving away premium licenses for QuestionPro to help you master data collection, market research, and analytical skills. The Insights Career Network is pleased to offer use of the QuestionPro survey…
ICN D.C. Insights Pizza Party
April 28, 7 – 9 PM Whether headed to IIEX North America or just in the area, all insights professionals are welcome to attend our 2nd annual D.C. Insights Community Gathering! Location: Stellina Pizzeria 508 K Street, 10 minutes from the IIEX North America Conference venue, by car. Refreshments for this community event are sponsored bymktresearchguy, and Cranbrook Search Consultants.…
Insights Connections and Workshops in SF During Research Week
Join the Insights Career Network in San Francisco: Two Exclusive Events for Insights Professionals, May 13 – 14. Are you an insights professional looking to expand your network, sharpen your skills, or bridge the “experience gap” in your portfolio? Whether you are attending Learner’s Research Week in person, joining online, or staying local, the Insights…
Michael Brereton Joins the ICN Board
April 1, 2026 — The Insights Career Network (ICN), the premier volunteer-led community dedicated to supporting professionals in the market research and insights industry, is proud to announce the appointment of Michael Brereton to its Board of Directors. As a working board, ICN directors are directly involved in the hands-on execution of the organization’s mission:…
EQ UNITED April
Nonprofit Call to Action Insights professionals working to strengthen children’s mental health need a few volunteers in LV, LA, and Remote in April. EQ United, a community-powered movement that strengthens children’s mental health and supports family well-being through the tools developed by EQJOY, brings communities together through local and virtual EQNITE events. Your support is…
Networking for a cause
The Insights Career Network’s Executive Director Brian Fowler sat down with co-founder of EQJOY Andrew Cannon and researchers April Bell and Nicole Newton to discuss the value of volunteering your time with causes and purpose-driven organizations. Your natural research skills have value beyond insights projects. Your empathy, curiosity, and genuine interest in other people? Those…
Partner26
Insights is at Risk. Will you meet the moment? The market research and insights industry is going through an unprecedented period of change right now. The rise of AI-driven technologies and ongoing societal changes are redefining the research and insights professional’s role at a pace and in ways not seen previously. ICN delivers support, training, upskilling, mentoring,…
ICN Colorado Report: Jan 2026
Sometimes we need to see a bigger world, like the one provided by our LinkedIn feed, but with RTO being de rigueur, we need to get to know the people in our neighborhood. We’re continuing to try new things to bring the people in our profession closer together this year as we transition to becoming…
ICN Texas Report: Jan 2026
Sometimes we need to see a bigger world, like the one provided by our LinkedIn feed, but with RTO being de rigueur, we need to get to know the people in our neighborhood. We’re continuing to try new things to bring the people in our profession closer together this year as we transition to becoming…
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About the ICN
The Insights Career Network (ICN) is a professional support community of marketing, consumer, user, and business research professionals who volunteer their tools, experience, and networks to help each other develop their careers. The community helps research professionals during career transitions and when they need to prepare for the job search by developing new job-hunting skills, expanding their network, and taking ownership of their candidacy for any insights job.