Below are links to various resources which can help with the job search, as well as some AI tools and courses, since that is also important.

OCA items

• Private LinkedIn OCA group - click ‘join’ to be added

• Alumni Survey results sheet - insights from people who have landed jobs

Job Search Books (recommended by members)

• All The Cool Girls Get Fired - “a practical and humorous guide for professionals, especially women, on how to reframe job loss as an opportunity for career reinvention”

• Never Search Alone - The Job Seeker’s Playbook (and meetings, videos)

• The 2-Hour Job Search - Steve Dalton

• The Job Closer - Steve Dalton

• The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI - Cory Doctorow

Articles / Videos / LinkedIn posts

• 3/19/2026 - LinkedIn Premium video: “Get Hired Hotline: Ask A Recruiter”

• 2/3/2026 - LinkedIn Premium video: “Resume Rules for 2026” with Jenny Foss, Career Consultant & Resume Expert

• 2/3/2026 - GeekWire article: “You’re Over 50 and Just Got Laid Off…”

• 10/23/2025 - LinkedIn Premium video: “How to Network Smarter”

• 9/30/2025 - Larry Asher’s 5-Step Presentation: Making Connections

Career Consulting Companies

• Bulletproof Your Career - weekly calls and lots of help

• LHH - job search, resume, and interview assistance

Talent and Recruiting Agencies

• 24seven

• Aquent

• CareerBuilder.com

• Celarity - Sarah Morgan - will be a guest speaker (based out of Minneapolis, but marketing / advertising jobs in several states, including WA)

• Creative Circle

• Herd Freed Hartz - Exec recruiting agency - Ultimate Job Search Guide

• Robert Half - Abby Dougherty - will be a guest speaker

• Smart Dept

• The Watts Group - Cindy Dunbar - guest speaker 4/29‍ ‍

Freelancer and Helpful Sites

• A.Team - focused on AI, but they have marketing and advertising people on their bench, too

• Communications Network - focused on nonprofit organizations; posts jobs.

• Jobscan - ATS resume and job search tools

• Lions & Tigers - resource company focused on Marketing, Operations, and Change

• Outmark - freelance team builder

• Upwork

• Guru

OCA Meeting presentations / stuff to share

• 7/8 - Using AI in a Job Search doc - from Matt Youngquist

• 6/3 - LoopTrails.ai Principal, Jordan Williams - “AI & the Future of Marketing Work”

• 5/27 - Outmark CEO, Patrick Byers - “Personal Positioning” deck

• 5/13 - OCA Alumni Survey results (and mtg notes)

AI Tools

• Anthropic Claude.AI: great for Writing and Human-Centered Responses

• Braintrust - recommended AI job finder

• Google Gemini: great for Image generation

• JackAndJill.AI: job search app

• Microsoft Copilot:great for Microsoft 365 Integration

• Microsoft Clipchamp: videos and AI voiceovers

• Perplexity AI: AI that searches the internet in real time, with optimized sources

• Yoodli: AI Interview Coach and the company helps with presentations

AI Courses

• HubSpot Academy: AI for Marketers course

• Coursera: 3 Microsoft Copilot courses (7-day free trial)

• LinkedIn Learning: Generative AI for Marketing professional certificate

• LinkedIn Learning: Artificial Intelligence for Marketing‍ ‍