Giveaway: Networking for the Novice, Nervous or Naive Job Seeker (3/8/10)
New: an EVENING JibberJobber User Webinar TOMORROW, March 9th at 7p EST. Register here. (other webinars listed here)
Sorry about last week’s Giveaway (I skipped it!). Here’s the question for this week:
WHY do we (in general) HATE networking?
Leave your answer in the blog post (not on Facebook) I’ll have Tom Dezell, author of the book Networking for the Novice, Nervous or Naive Job Seeker choose the best answer. This is open until the next Giveaway (next Monday).
How To Organize Your Job Search (1): Contacts (9/7/10)
In JibberJobber we intentionally put the order of the menu items like this:
Notice how Network (contacts) is before job postings?. Indeed, even Companies (target companies) is before job postings.
There is a reason for that.. Today we’ll talk about the network contacts.
Supposedly, 60+ percent of you will find your next gig because of your network.
And Harvey [...]
BNET Column: Forget the job hunt. Have a baby instead. (9/7/10)
Here's an idea for what women should do if they're unemployed: Have a baby. Your first reaction is probably that this is a throwback to the 1950s. But it's not. This is the most up-to-date career advice you're going to get for dealing with a down-in-the-dumps job market.
Here's why a stint of unemployment is a [...]
Being a Good Boss is Pretty Damn Hard: Reflections on Publication Day (9/7/10)
Today, September 7th, is the official publication day of Good Boss, Bad Boss. I've got an hour or so before I need to run to the airport, and find myself looking back on what I've learned from writing the book,...
Good Boss, Bad Boss Speeches in September (9/7/10)
As Good Boss, Bad Boss is officially published this month -- in fact, today is the official publication day -- I am doing quite a few speeches on the book. Most are "closed," but three are open to the public,...
JobMob Guest Blogging Contest – 5 Slots Left! (9/7/10)
I normally don’t like to post twice in one day but I have to make an exception today so you have enough time to act on this.. There are 5 more slots open… will you fill one of them?
Jacob Share hosts a blogging contest and has some great prizes.. This year JibberJobber is the main [...]
Networking is an Investment (9/6/10)
Rita Carey, career consulting and leadership coach, left a great comment on my post about networking (does it work?) post on Friday.
Her entire comment is worth reading but I wanted to share her very last thought:
“Networking, done well, is an investment.”
Think about it – if you have $100 and you invest it in something relatively [...]
Luis Urzua and the Trapped Miners: A Good Boss, Performance, and Humanity (9/6/10)
When people ask me for one sentence summary of a great boss, I answer "He or she promotes both performance and humanity, and strikes a healthy balance between the two when trade-offs are necessary." In Good Boss, Bad Boss, I...
Wet & Salty Tweets: The Ocean on Twitter (9/6/10)
Tweeting about stuff that is happening in and around oceans and shorelines can be a challenge. The reason? How do I tweet about a threatened dolphin pod in Japan, a sea lion rookery in California, an exploding oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a fancy new marina in Dubai, a diving spot [...]TwiTip Twitter Tips.
The irony of Labor Day is… (9/4/10)
… that most people take the day off.
They don’t labor, they party…. barbecue, etc.
Enjoy the holiday!
Evidence-Based Study Tips: Nine Ways To Help You Learn (9/3/10)
All three of my children are students; my son and daughter are in college and my youngest daughter just started high school. And I have been a professor for over 25 years, so I see lots of variation in how...
