Career and Job Search Advice

Conducting a job search is a full time job with the toughest boss out there…you. It may be difficult to find leads, manage contacts or even remember who you’ve spoken with, who you’re waiting to hear from and how to effectively use your professional network. Being your own boss throughout all of this confusion can quickly lead to frustration and anxiety. The good news: there is a tool available to help you manage the search and save your sanity!

JibberJobber.com is an amazing resource that can save you from self destruction. Created for all professionals, JibberJobber.com specializes in helping you manage a job search, networking contacts and other career management information. It was created to work in conjunction with other career and networking resources such as job search engines and LinkedIn. In addition, it brings you advice from professionals and support from others who are currently or who have been previously in your position.

The site offers free services and advice as well as a higher level of service which is by subscription with a fee. A few of the cool attributes this site tracks are:

• Companies you are targeting in your job search along with a contact (multiple with subscription service)
• Recruiters you are working with
• Job opportunities you are interested in
• Networking contacts
• Documents-The free service enables you to house up to 200kb (approximately 4-5 average resumes in Word). The subscription service is unlimited.
• Interview preparation-JibberJobber breaks this category into several sub-categories including “Me in 30 Seconds”, “Power Statements”, and “Answers/Questions”. Multiple entries for each sub-category are included in the free service.
• Jobs you have applied to. This is completely understated. This section gives you the chance to not only keep track of the company and contact info, but you can also maintain personal notes, associated documents and a rating of the opportunity. You can also keep a status on all jobs. If the opportunity closes, you don’t lose the information. If you need it in the future, it’s right there waiting for you!
• A library of peer submissions including articles, links and books which can be valuable assets in a job hunt.
• A very cool blog over-flowing with valuable information to assist in your quest for a new job.

Now, as the toughest manager you’ve ever worked for, you have certain expectations of your employees. You need to qualify and quantify the work getting done to be sure the effort matches the time. Here’s how you do it…you can run reports on activity and progress, manage job search related expenses and keep a journal and calendar! It’s true that most of the “management” tasks are only included in the subscription service. However, if you decide to utilize the subscription service while you’re deep in your hunt and then later decide you don’t need all the added benefits once you’ve found your dream job, you don’t lose any saved data in the downgrade.

It would be impossible for me to highlight all the available functionality of JibberJobber.com but I’m pretty sure I’ve conveyed some compelling reasons why you can’t live without this tool. If by chance you’re still reading this (I know you’re anxious to get started), go ahead and check out all you can do with JibberJobber. Just tell them we sent you!