Career Management Alliance Blog

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? Continue Reading »

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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 life and it was much easier to stay organized this time with JibberJobber at my disposal. I found hunting for a job to be less grueling as I was able to organize contacts and companies online, instead of using paper and pen as I had previously been doing. I received a wonderful offer Friday from one of the contacts I had stored in my JibberJobber account, and I credit your service with helping me stay organized enough to find employment. Continue Reading »

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Like it or not, technology is here to stay, especially when it comes to the hiring process. Welcome to the computerized workplace. Is your resume ready? In order to be competitive in today’s job market, it is essential that your resume be designed in a scannable format. More and more companies are using some type of Continue Reading »

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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 leads…. this is the part about networking that can be hard… always asking “do you know someone that _________?”  It could be someone from a certain company, or industry, or that meets a certain profile. The frustrating thing was keeping track of the breadth and the depth of your network… if I’m networking a lot, HOW do I keep track of all of the third and fourth degree contacts?  Or, the SEVENTH degree contacts?? Continue Reading »

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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 Best Business Development Pillars
• Every Company Is A Media Company

Can you get a sense, just from the titles of those posts, about his passion and interest in business strategy? Continue Reading »

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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, of all places, Plaxo.  Weird, huh?  I get less spam contacts on Plaxo and Plaxo sends me an email that has this: Continue Reading »

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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 day long (it is my personal relationship manager), and I want to use it in a smart, effective, efficient way. That’s why we came up with this new feature… in short, you can send an email to the JibberJobber system and have it become a log entry on one of your contacts. Continue Reading »

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Out of the blue I got this email from Anthony Kanner (@a_kannerCPA):

I’m a big fan of JibberJobber and I have used it since May 2008.  It helped me then to get an audit job in public accounting in NYC and I have relocated to Los Angeles this year and am looking to work for another CPA firm.

Thank you Anthony!  I noticed he has logged in more than 150 times since he got his account.  Very nice! Anyone have any contacts for him in L.A., especially at a CPA firm out there?

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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, pliers, screw driver and that whats-it-called thingy). Many times the tool just sits there.  Either on the floor, by me, or on the unfinished window sill, or in the toolbox.  Just sitting there.  Doing nothing.  Wasting time.  Adding NO value. Continue Reading »

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I like to learn about CRM issues in the sales world because those issues might translate over to issues with JibberJobber users.  I don’t tout JibberJobber as a CRM (customer relationship manager) even though that’s how I use it.  It is, however an awesome personal relationship manager for YOU (that is, anyone who is still concerned about their career, job security, etc.). Todd Youngblood has a post titled Three Things that Kill CRM (…and how to counter them).  The second “thing” is particularly relevant to my JibberJobber audience.  I have heard, more than once, that career coaches are concerned that their job seekers spend too much time online, and they don’t want the job seeker to spend MORE time online, even with JibberJobber.  Let’s dig into this…. Todd writes: Continue Reading »

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