When I was choosing my major I figured I should major in something that would help me land a job.
I was pretty short-sighted and didn’t quite understand what that meant but I figured there were some majors that either didn’t get jobs or that got very low-paying jobs.
I ultimately chose to get a degree in [...]

I think it’s intriguing to learn about what recruiters talk, and learn, about.  Understanding what they are paying money for and what they are trying to incorporate into their business can help you understand how to better position yourself, whether you are in an active or passive job search.
Here’s parts of an agenda (full agenda [...]

There’s a discussion I think we need to have that I haven’t seen elsewhere.
I’ve been thinking about this for the last year or so, as the job market has gotten worse.
The pink elephant seems to be those who are discriminated against for their age – specifically, the older worker (we can talk about age discrimination [...]

This is what I get in my email every day… a Google Alert on the work “layoffs”:

I wonder about those 2,000 employees for the Royal Bank of Scott (RBS), or the 130 employees of USA Today… did they see the writing on the wall?
Did they ignore it, like I did?
Or were they busy working hard, [...]

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post called Networking Doesn’t Work.  It’s a good post
Just yesterday someone left the following comment:
“Networking” is the most overused word since 2008 (right after “green”). It is not effective even with proper guidance for 90% of people. I have seen counselors, spoken to career [...]

I’m finishing up SPIN Selling, a great book on sales techniques, and at the end the author talks about implementing the stuff you learn.
He compares implementing what the book talks about with learning a new language.  He says in the past, language courses focuses on the quality of learning, but when they switched the model [...]

Last week I got this fantabulous message from a JibberJobber user. I really appreciate the time people spend to share this type of feedback. This was out-of-the-blue, unsolicited.
Hi, I just wanted to thank the JibberJobber staff for helping me stay organized during my latest job search. I had been unemployed at other times in my [...]

I have a hard time getting excited about all the jobs “created”… I already ranted about the fake census jobs.
Here’s another example.  From my local news station, in their article Where the Jobs Are, Part 2:
Goldman Sachs & Co. is in the middle of a dramatic expansion in the Salt Lake City market. Two years [...]

On my JibberJobber user webinar I share a lot of job search, networking, branding and other career management ideas I’ve picked up along the way.
One of my most favorite mini-ideas is this:
You don’t find job leads from your first and second degree contacts.  You find them from your third and fourth degree contacts.
Same with sales [...]

Every once in a while I hear the negative about personal branding. I’ve seen blog posts from really big/influential (in their space) bloggers who say that “personal branding” is a crock.
Here’s a thoughtful piece called Personal Branding RIP by Mitch Joel, something of a god in the digital marketing space.  Make sure to read the [...]

I recently came across a great blog by Donald McMichael (@DonaldMcMichael)… he’s a business strategist with a strong background in finance.  His recent blog posts include:

5 Fav Business and Strategy Post – August 7th (this is a series he does)
The Revolution of Content – Sponsored by Mobile Devices
7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Successful Negotiation
6 [...]

I just read one of my newly favorite business books called Bootstrap Business.  It really was quite brilliant – even though it was longer than I normally read it was full of a lot of meat: advice, stories, case studies, practical ideas, etc.
Highly recommended. Get Bootstrap Business here (amazon affiliate link).
One thing that I’m almost [...]

Kimba Green recently wrote a great post called 10 Reasons Why Unemployment is NOT Going to Kick My Butt!
Read it here, at Job Mob.
How about you – are you getting your butt kicked?
If so, do this feel-good exercise: write your own list of 10 reasons why it is not going to KICK YOUR BUTT.
I know [...]

I used to get dates of birthdays by going into Facebook and seeing the list there… but I don’t go into Facebook enough to make that worth my while, and I’m not connected with enough real contacts that it is worth my time to check it out.
My new favorite place to get birthday dates is, [...]

Let me try and related a story I’ve made up, just to prove a point.  I hope this comes across well (I like telling stories but I usually need months go perfect them).
Image you go to a restaurant every night for dinner.  Every single night you have a nice dinner… sometimes there is something new [...]

When I started my job search I was looking for opportunities with a few titles, including:

Project Manager
Business Analyst

I don’t have  a PMP but I had enough hours that I could have taken the test… just didn’t want to put the time into it, even though most of the job postings talked about getting the certification.
A [...]

I’m not talking about when it’s time to leave a networking event, I’m talking about permanently leaving a group you are in.
A few years ago I networked in a Yahoo Group (an excellent place to network).  This group was run by someone with a beautiful smile and a seemingly helpful persona, but I had a [...]

I like reading success stories so an artilcle on AOL titled Richest Americans You’ve Never Heard Of piqued my interest.  Maybe it’s too cinderalla or pollyanna, but I found something interesting in the article.  It talks about:

Fred Deluca, who opened his first Subway (not called Subway back then) store when he was 17, as well as [...]

This really is one of the MOST exciting features in JibberJobber because, well, it helps keep you out of JibberJobber.
Doesn’t make sense?
Look, I’m not trying to get eyeballs to JibberJobber, like many of the other websites. I just want to provide a useful tool that helps you get the job done. I use JibberJobber all [...]

I have been working on my basement over the last year… some stuff we’ve outsourced and some stuff I’ve tried on my own.
I’ve gotten to know my tools better over time.  I’m not a handy person so my idea of a complete toolset has about 5 tools (hammer, saw, plyers, screw driver and that whats-it-called [...]