Top Five Websites for Job Seekers: #3 is Idealist
This is a week-long series going deeper into the Top Five Websites for Job Seekers (The JibberJobber List). In this series I’ll explain WHAT TO DO with each website/tool. The …
UNsocial Networking
Job Board Statistics Revealed and Untangled by Nick Corcodilos (Ask the Headhunter)
Nick Corcodilos, aka Ask the Headhunter, wrote a post titled Job Boards: Still Sucking Wind You can guess from the title where this is going 🙂 Basically, Nick says that …
Congratulations Jackson! And, NOW is the time to use JibberJobber!
A good friend recently told me he landed what I think will be his dream job. He was excited to describe everything from the work environment to the opportunities to …
Tracking Degrees of Separation in JibberJobber
Whew! Did you make it through the last two posts on what Degrees of Separation are? I thought it was pretty simple, until Lamar challenged my thinking, which is why …
1st and 2nd Degrees of Separation vs 3rd and 4th Degrees of Separation: A Critically Powerful Concept
This is the second of three posts talking about Degrees of Separation. Yesterday I talked about how to drill deeper in your network by asking the “who do you know” …
The #1 Most Important Networking Question: “Who do you know…” (Degrees of Separation)
“Who do you know?” is perhaps the most important networking question you’ll ask, especially if you are in a serious job search. Last week someone in my LinkedIn Group asked …
Why Recruiters Lie When Rejecting You (Recruiting Animal on JobMob)
Ah, the unthinkable atrocity. The horror! Would a recruiter really lie to you, during one of the lowest parts of a job search (getting rejected)? Of course. Read The Recruiting …
Can I Send You Some Pink Slips To Hand Out?
This is only available in the U.S. (shipping costs and complexities, sorry to those outside the U.S) I’ve thought about this for a few years… last week I sent my …
Why No One Follows Up Well
I sent an “announcement” (which for me is a newsletter) to my LinkedIn Group about 3rd and 4th degree contacts. The idea is that you MUST network deeper, asking the …
Guerrilla marketing idea… are you in a Guerrilla Job Search?
Dave Perry is the expert on guerrilla marketing in a job search. He even wrote a book on it (newest edition is out). Get his book and study it. Here’s …