2008 A Look Back on the Year JobMob Became One of the Worlds Biggest Job Blogs

2008 A Look Back on the Year JobMob Became One of the World's Biggest Job Blogs 4 JobMob helped many, many people in 2008 and the best is yet to come. Let's take a look back and hopefully you can discover something helpful that you didn't even realize was already here. JobMob's 2008 in numbers Almost 1.7 million pageviews Over 730,000 visits 932 comments 131 articles or roughly 3 per week 1176 subscribers was the highest daily total (my goal for 2008 was 1000) A regular in the Top 25 of the RiseSmart Career100 blog ranking Top 10 most popular articles 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work 150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever 38 More Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work Funny Unemployed Job Seeker’s To Do List 50 Funniest Short Job Descriptions Ever Funniest Strangest Job Titles Ever The 25 Most Creative Designer Resumes You’ll See This Year 130 Positive Personality Adjectives For Your Next Job Interview 51 Funny Craigslist Job Titles and Listings 15 Funniest Cartoons and Web Comics About Layoffs Most popular Israel-related article 5 Ways to Find Jobs in Israel Before Arriving An American soldier in Iraq, an Indian hotel worker in Dubai…taking a look at the long list of comments gives you an idea of how much this article meant for people considering aliya and people hoping to come to Israel from third world or developing countries, mostly in Asia. Article I most enjoyed blogging 15 Funniest Cartoons and Web Comics About Layoffseval Most of my article ideas come to me well in advance of the moment they appear on JobMob but when this one came to me, I knew I had to get it out to you as soon as possible. I had already collected some of the cartoons in my bookmarks and spent a few more happy hours searching through comic and cartoon sites looking for more. Most controversial article An Open Letter to the Recruiters of the World From Job Seekers Everywhereeval This was another article whose creation was very quick as I was looking forward to how people would react. For my efforts, I was rewarded with this article having one of the most fascinating comment discussions of any JobMob article to date. The article that took the longest to compile 170+ Resources and Tips To Help Manage Your Reputation Online The article took over 4 days in total to write but well over a month from start to finish if you count breaks. Every time I thought it was done, I would discover some new source of reputation-oriented websites and plan to add them in. However, it was taking so long that (rarely for me) I even started to wonder if I would ever finish it. And I haven't! It was originally a “150+” list, but I'll keep growing it as I discover relevant links to add in. If you recommended only one article about job search this year, this is the one 37 Ideas to Grow Your Job Search Network Right Now Employed or not, spend at least 30 minutes per day actively reinforcing your brand and growing your network through the activities listed in this article. Wrap up There are now 3 times more of you than there were when 2008 began. Thanks for being a loyal reader, and I hope to hear more about how I can help you in 2009.

How to Create Your Personal Space - Classy Career Girl

How to Create Your Personal Space Are you happy with where you are at right now in your life? I always dream of being in a place that I really want to be in and doing something in my life that I really want to do. Well, its almost 2017 and its the perfect time to add some personal time into your schedule to create your plan to achieve your goals and dreams in 2017. I know we all want to be in a place where we can grow, be encouraged and connect with people that can help us reach our goals. But how do we do that? How can we lead ourselves in our own lives? How can we create our own personal space? At Classy Career Girl, we always encourage women to achieve their goals and do what they love every single day because we believe that women will be more successful when they are fulfilled in their work. We help women get to know themselves better and share strategic steps and advice on how to succeed. Thats why we are all about learning and sharing create content and courses with you when we find them. Today’s featured online course is taught by Concordia University. The How to Create Your Personal Space online course helped me understand more why I need to grow, be encouraging to others in my life and connect with people in order to achieve my goals and be in the place that I dream off. Here’s my takeaway: Carving out time to work on your goals and dreams is SO important.  All day today I have been brainstorming my goals and dreams and vision for 2017. On my run, while driving and even in the shower!! The key is that you need to carve out that time personally to set goals for yourself. I have realized that I am a better mom and CEO, when I take care of myself and am accomplishing my own personal goals too. Most recently, my personal goal is to run a half-marathon in April! Creating personal space to self-reflect and create goals is a hot topic in this mini-course too! This course has a clean and simple platform with great content that is easy to understand and follow. Worksheets are also provided to help you self-reflect. Not everyone is a huge fan of self-reflection but it’s one of those things that helps me when I feel stuck and unmotivated. Give yourself a few minutes and ask yourself the questions from this course. Trust me, you will be amazed. It is so important to understand ourselves better and really know our values, our purpose, our interests, our ideal workday and our ideal  work environment. The good news is, this course will give you the information you need to help you lead your life to the place that you want to be. The course is free, delivered to your inbox, and takes about 1 week and 3 4 hours to complete. It consists of essays, videos, interactive polls, and download journals. All content from this email course is taken from Concordia University Wisconsins 100% one-year Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and Administration (OLA). An OLA is an alternative to an MBA that focuses on your personal growth and a leadership potential. Learn more on an OLA here and here. This course is perfect for: -Self-Help Enthusiasts -Business Professionals -Continuing Education There are inward and outward-directed strategies involved in finding this place for yourself. Finding it requires you to be comfortable considering what your life goals and accomplishments are. After completing this course, you will know yourself better and what it will take to take the next strategic step towards success. The How to Create Your Personal Space  online course explores: -Why having a personal place is needed. -How to teach yourself to  grow professionally. -The importance of connecting. -How to succeed with encouragement The best part is that you can take the course from anywhere. Sign up now! Disclaimer:  This post is sponsored by Concordia, however, opinions are my own.

Getting Your Small Business to Perform Like a Champion - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Getting Your Small Business to Perform Like a Champion - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career It was a painful experience for me last week sitting in Madison Square Garden watching my favorite sports team the New York Rangers play for the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference Championship seeking to earn a trip to play for the Stanley Cup. My Rangers were shut out on home ice, 2-0 after a record breaking regular season of achievement. Yet, hockey teams are only measured by how they fare in the Stanley Cup Tournament. The experience reinforced for me how difficult it is to win a championship in sports, as the competition gets tougher and tougher every step of the way. It also reinforced in me the belief that becoming a championship caliber company in the small business world is much easier than winning a championship on the athletic field. The approach is the same, really. It’s about strategy, tactics and execution, but the results can be dramatically different. Once an athletic team gets deep into the playoff tournament, around the level of the final four, or the semi final round, as my Rangers were, almost any team is of the caliber to win. Often, it’s one or two plays that make the difference and sometimes it’s where the phrase “it’s a game of inches” comes from, as that slight distance is all it takes to go from winning a championship to being just another loser, or vice versa. In the small business world it is much easier to become a championship company. Even though there can be competition in the marketplace, small businesses should invest more energy looking inside to refine their approach to get even better and worry less about what the competition is doing. Athletic teams have to do both and base their internal approach on the scouting of their competition’s skills, talents and tendencies. Small business leaders need to invest internally to evaluate their companys own skills, talents and tendencies to refine them against not their competition, but to meet the needs of their ideal clients. The latter is much easier to do than the former. Worrying about and investing time, energy and resources to match or beat competition is a distraction in small business. To become a championship caliber company, a small business needs only to look inside, evaluate, refine and improve to meet market needs and conditions. A small business is a company competing against itself to become the best it can be. How good are you at leading your small business in that regard?

Would They Like to Work With You - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Would They Like to Work With You - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career After years of working as a Software Engineer, I was ready to go back to my passion around teaching and facilitating. I applied for a “Training Specialist” position. Of course, before applying, I needed to re-paint my brand with fresh colors, get into new circles of professionals, position my experience from an angle that was beneficial to this new field I was going into. I did a big brand makeover and I was ready. After I got an invitation for a formal interview, I started preparing myself like crazy. I tried to dust my old knowledge about training methodologies, assessing needs, measuring impact, and ideas for making training sessions interesting. I thought it would all be about what I know. I was so wrong. During my interview (5 long hours) I didn’t hear one question related to my training skills or knowledge. It was all about who I was as a person I had to dig for real stories from my work experience that demonstrated how I was dealing with personal issues, tight deadlines, risky decisions, and changes at the last minute. It was all about real situations and me in the middle of them I was surprised and kind of disappointed that I couldnt show them how much I knew, that I couldnt taste the fruit that grew out of studying for hours and hours in the last couple of days But as I think about it now, it kind of makes sense. Your resume is proof that you have the right degree, experiences, and that you CAN do the job. But what matters the most in whatever we do is our personality, our attitude, and our ability to learn from our experiences. Later, when we went for lunch with the interviewers, now coworkers, I learned that the question each of them was trying to answer during my interview was: Would I like to work with her? It all boiled down to that. They wanted to get a sense of how I’ll behave sitting next to them day by day. Would I be willing to raise my hand for an unpopular task? Could they trust me with their work while they are on vacation? Would I have a positive attitude if things get bad? Will I be help for them or a burden? And frankly, I was checking them out as well. I wanted to make sure I’m a part of a team that will inspire me, energize me, challenge me, and support me when needed. This was five years ago. Since then I moved on and the team members sprinkled away into various teams as well. But we still have lunches together (one just last week). We are still connected to this day, ready to support each other in any way we can. And I believe it’s because the focus of the interviews in that team was so much on the potential for collaboration. Next time when you are interviewing, remember the question behind all the questions. The question that your potential colleagues or a hiring manager have on top of their minds Would they like to work with you? Author: Henrieta Riesco is a founder of  Intentional Career. She is all about meaningful conversation to empower professionals on their career journey. After experiences of being a teacher and a corporate trainer in Slovakia, a customer advocate and a training consultant for  10+ years at Microsoft, she is comfortable with calling herself a Career Coach. You can follow Henrieta via  Twitter, or via  her blog.