http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog advocacy for the job seeker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I met Nick Corcodilos in Savannah at a conference.  He was telling a bunch of resume writers that resumes were useless, and why they were useless.  I thought it was a very gutsy thing to do - come to a conference as a keynote speaker and tell all of the ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/20/nick-corcodilos-aka-ask-the-headhunter-how-to-work-with-headhunters/ Three and a half years ago I had a business plan, and I had a vision statement for my business. I thought I would have a gazillion signups on JibberJobber, and that a percentage (high or low, didn't matter - because even a low percentage of a gazillion is a lot) ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/19/evolution/ Tomorrow at 4ET (1PT) I'm doing a webinar for Netshare called Facebook Essentials for Executives.  I'm jazzed about this webinar and have been preparing for it quite a bit. Facebook has power in numbers - and I'm amazed at the connections I've made because of Facebook that I didn't make in ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/17/facebook-for-executives-and-professionals-webinar/ If you've heard me speak in the last year, chances are you've heard me talk about email signatures.  I recently saw a signature that POPPED OUT - let me share it with you: I totally missed the middle name until I saw the hyperlink with the tagline. I LOVE THIS. I clicked on ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/16/i-love-a-good-email-signature/ This is a feature that has been on our list for over 18 months.  We're really excited to announce it is finally available to you (it is a premium feature). In a nutshell, this new feature allows you to create a Log Entry by sending an email to a special email ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/13/big-jibberjobber-news-create-log-entries-from-an-email/ I remember when I finally understood I was supposed to followup with people on a regular basis... networking is about nurturing relationships, right? What about the person you haven't communicated with for years?  What do you followup with them about?  You might sound to pushy, with an agenda ("btw, please help ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/12/birthday-networking/ Earlier this year I was with my daughter in Washington D.C. and got to visit the amazing National World War II Memorial.  This is my new favorite monument/memorial in D.C. (it wasn't there when I lived there).  Walking around the memorial was a sobering, almost spiritual experience. One of the most ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/11/veterans-day-veterans-in-the-job-search/ The second Now What book that I didn't write is available on Amazon and as an ebook download from Happy About.  The image to the right is pretty big because I LOVE how all of the people are represented by business cards, and the one in the middle (presumably YOU ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/10/how-to-work-a-networking-event/ Jacob Share's Job Mob blog is one of the few I subscribe to via email - always something interesting there.  Last week he wrote The Funniest Article Ever About Job Interviewing Tips, which includes an exclusive interview with a guy who created a fake office and did fake interviews, taping ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/09/job-interviews-how-to-nail-or-fail-them/ A couple of weeks ago I went to Orlando for a conference.  When I got back to my office my computer was rebooting. I think it had been rebooting for days. In fact, it was stuck... and each time I tried to restart it I either almost got it to start (in ... http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/11/06/dont-use-outlook-as-a-crmprm/