Looking for Hired Judges? Want to be a hired judge?
I’m happy to announce my next project is ready to roll out as a beta site for the Spring 2010 semester – JudgeHarmony.com
JudgeHarmony solves the #1 problem tournament directors and coaches face – finding enough judges for upcoming tournaments. The site is available for middle school, high school and college tournaments.
We also solve a common complaint among potential hired judges – finding tournaments. Through a complex algorithm coaches and judges are matched making it easy for coaches to find potential judges and potential judges to find tournaments to judge.
If you are a potential judge the site is totally free – there is no charge for registering as a potential judge or to receive emails matching you up with coaches. Currently, 22 judges are registered with the site!
For the spring semester it will be free for coaches/tournament directors to send out a request – in the fall I’m likely going to start charging $4.99. If you are a potential hired judge it will be free to be added to the database. Part of the appeal is that potential judges can enter their zip code and distance willing to travel (ie, 100 miles) and receive only announcements that match their preferences. My hope is that it will thus help both coaches/tournament directors find judges and judges only get announcements they are likely to fulfill.
If you are currently a judge – sign up on the site – it’s free and easy and could make your life easier getting hired for future tournaments. If you are currently a college student – sign up on the site – high schools are always looking for more judges and you may gain valuable experience from the other side of the ballot to help you in your LD rounds.
If you’re a coach – consider using the site this semester to try and find hired judges for your tournaments – it’s free right now so there is no risk…
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Awesome service and everyone should sign up.
Quick tangent, any chance we could get a new season sweeps update that takes Fall Champs into account? That’d be baller.