Career Plan A, Plan B, Plan C… Plan Z
My dad and father-in-law had careers where they had pretty much one job for decades. After they retired they both got another job. They were young, and why not work …
Jason Alba
JibberJobber Job Comparison Tool
Years ago I conceptualized a tool that would allow us to compare job offers or opportunities, side-by-side. This week we released what I’ll call version 0.9. That is, it’s almost …
Want a Good Laugh? Read This….
I got this Ask The Headhunter post in my email this morning: Employee quits, boss wants her to refund employment agency fee Oh. My. Gosh. At first I thought this …
Happy Labor Day! When The Unemployment Rate Hits 100%!
Hey there… I’ve been blogging here over ten years and have posted a number of times about how I feel about the unemployment rate. It’s pretty much a facade. The only …
How Are Others Doing Job Search?
From the beginning of JibberJobber we designed it so that you see first Contacts, then Companies, then Jobs. This was a subliminal and purposeful order so that you would first …
Career Management Can Be Fun!
I remember going to lunch with John. He was an executive in transition and it seemed he scheduled about five meals a day with people. He didn’t eat much in …
Career Management, Job Search, and The Swimming Pool
Which is more important, learning and doing career management, or learning and doing the job search? One is a fix to hopefully a temporary problem. The other is a long …
The Impact of Job Loss Lasts For A Long Time
I broke my ankle last January. It’s been over a year and a half. In my post-op (that is post operation for those of you fortunate enough to not know …
Have You Ever Been In A Healthy Mentoring Relationship?
In school they talked a lot about the power of mentors. “Go find a mentor,” they would say. Someone who was further down the path than we were… someone who …
Still here, still organizing job searches
This is the longest hiatus I’ve spent away from the blog and it is equally weird and frustrating. As you know, I got a job back in February and turned …