Tag Archives: Jason Alba

Jibber Jobber Job Search Tool Introduction Video

I’ve advocated Jibber Jobber here on Cube Rules for a long time — and I’m a lifetime subscriber. Jason put together this 3-minute introduction video to let you get a look on the inside. Whether you are searching for a job right now or not, you know that managing your contacts and target companies is… Continue Reading

Corporate Speak at its best

One of the most important skills to develop as a Cubicle Warrior is learning to interpret Corporate Speak, that specialized language businesses use to tell you everything is OK while they are scrambling like mad. Understanding Corporate Speak, both for what is said and what is not said, will give you a great feel for… Continue Reading

Career Management Communication

Over on LinkedIn, Jason Alba asked a good question: how does the importance of career management get communicated to people? Ignoring the tactical aspects of career management, I think the importance of career management is communicated all of the time. What isn’t working is people seeing the success of their career management planning and implementation…. Continue Reading

What would you ask if you could ask one questions on career management?

One of the things that I really love to do is present to groups. Whether it is one person or a thousand, I can present. But you know what the most interesting thing is about presenting? You learn just as much from the audience as the audience learns from you when you have interaction with… Continue Reading

LinkedIN and LinkedOUT

It is the conundrum. Should I link in to someone on LinkedIn, or should I have rules and criteria, and other stuff? Some people love the “quality” stuff of only linking to those they know while others want the “quantity” of links because of some obscure association. I come down more on the side of… Continue Reading

Unconventional Networking Tips

When you think of networking, what do you think you should be doing? Many think of handing out business cards, meeting and greeting others, or doing a convention thing. But, really, networking is all about helping people by doing something for them yourself or putting them in touch with someone who can help them. Jason… Continue Reading

Your Challenge — and Opportunity

Over at Get Fresh Minds, Katie Konrath won a “You Get It” award from Jason Alba of Jibber Jobber. The cool thing about the award is that Jason is giving six months of premium service to JibberJobber.com — a GREAT deal — to one of the people who comment on the post “Your challenge…if you… Continue Reading

Unemployment is 2.5%, Corporate Job Churn is 75%

In a world where the unemployment rate is 2.5% in some states, why is there so much insecurity about our jobs? Well, if you work in cubes, I think you know the answer to that without knowing the answer. But to those who tout the great economy and point to the unemployment rate as proof-positive… Continue Reading

JibberJobber Blog Birthday

Well, today is the day. One year ago –with no job, few dollars, but a lot of hope and hard work — the JibberJobber blog was born. And not just the blog — but a new career management application that helps all of us Cubicle Warriors finally have a tool that enables us to manage… Continue Reading

Personal Brand Management for the Cubicle Warrior

In the world of work, company loyalty towards the employee left the building a long time ago. I don’t think, with isolated exceptions, that anyone would disagree with that. This also means that there is a need for Cubicle Warriors to establish good relationships with people both inside and outside the company so as to… Continue Reading