February 11th, 2009
Effective Job Search Tip: All-in-one Status Updates
by gscott [permalink]
If you are using LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook in helping you network for a job, you don’t want to waste too much time keeping your content current on all sites. Wouldn’t it be great if you you could update your status once and it gets syndicated to all of your other social media? It’s possible. The best solution that I have found so far is Ping.fm.
The steps are very easy.
- Create a Ping.fm account;
- Under the heading “Social Networks” click the link “Click here to add networks;”
- Select the accounts from their large list of social networks;
- Simply follow their instructions to set up your accounts
To make life simple you can email your status updates.
- Click on the “Dashboard” tab;
- Under the heading “Services / Tools” click on the “Email” link;
- Copy the email address that they provide and;
- Add it to your email contacts list;
- Then simply send an email to that address;
- All of your sites will be updated.
Test all of your accounts to see that the status has been changed. It worked perfectly for me. I tested it with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
As a job seeker I would suggest that you keep your social networks to the most popular ones in your country or where you desire to work. I recommend using only Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn because they are the most popular services in North America that will have the greatest impact on your job search networking.
Good luck! Let me know if I can add more clarity to this post.
January 22nd, 2009
Obama Leads with Transparency/Trust
by gscott [permalink]
I will never post another CNN video. Not only do I find their video streaming technology buggy, but they also took down the embed link that is part of this blog post. They do a better job than most news networks, but just throwing money at social media does not necessarily lead to great applications.
April 29th, 2008
November 14th, 2007
Articles Written about Jiibe
by gscott [permalink]
Here are all of the articles that we have found about Jiibe. Some of them are written in languages that I do not understand which I find all the more interesting.
Alexei@Nitobi » Blog Archive » Jiibe Badge now available!
Jiibe.com - Job-Match Service Gets Personal - KillerStartups.com
career advice blog & podcast - Jobacle.com BLOG - Free Job Matchmaking With Jiibe
jiibe.com - employment culture measured by a social network | Peter Vandenabeele
Wat is jouw ideale bedrijfscultuur? Ontdek het in Jiibe at Erno Hannink
Visionwiz: Jiibe is a new job-match service that is based on user-generated content
Jiibe, crea tu perfil mediante preguntas y recibirás un listado de empresas ideales
Job Search Matches By Personality | Gear Live
Dave Johnson » Blog Archive » How Do You Jiibe?
Holy Moly » Blog Archive » Jiibe helps people find or create a better workplace
The Employee Factor: What’s Your Culture? Find Out at Jiibe!
October 29th, 2007
Jiibe Badge
by gscott [permalink]
We have just added a new Jiibe Badge for our Jiibers. So sign up, do a Jiibe and show off your badge. Here is my ideal Jiibe Badge:
My ideal work culture:
[See my summary] [What’s yours?] 
To add this to your blog simply follow these steps:
- 1) Log in to Jiibe.com
- 2) Go to My Jiibe Page
- 3) Click on the link at the below the Jiibe Tag Cloud:
- 4) Copy the code on this page:
- 5) Paste the code into the appropriate space on your blog or website.
October 18th, 2007
Happy at Work from Pecha Kucha
by gscott [permalink]
It is so true that happy people, and in turn companies, at work will outperform those competitors where the people are less happy. Seems obvious, but a challenge to achieve. This is a presentation by Alexander Kjerulf from positivesharing.com
This is interesting too, does social software make you happy?October 18th, 2007
Do you Jiibe? We have launched our beta!
by gscott [permalink]
We have launched our beta only a few days ago and we have been getting some great buzz. Check it out at www.jiibe.com. Here is a great write up from our new friend Alexander - the Chief Happiness Officer:
Do you jiibe? You should!
What’s the corporate culture like in your current workplace? What’s the ideal corporate culture for you? How much of an overlap is there between the current and your ideal? In what other companies could you find more of a match and be happier at work?
That’s what a great new website, jiibe.com can help you find out.
I’ve been fooling around with it and I love it! It’s really simple - the website asks you a series of questions, and you tell it how things are at your current company and how you’d ideally like them to be.
At the end you get a description of your ideal corporate culture and a list of the companies that match it best - based not on how those companies define themselves but on how other jiibe users rated their workplaces… go to http://positivesharing.com/2007/10/do-you-jiibe-you-should to see the whole article.
August 12th, 2007
Dynamic Office Space
by gscott [permalink]
Think Dynamic!
When designing your office space think dynamic! This Dubai project is a radical example of the power of a space that can adapt to ones personal whim, only in Dubai, however the power of it is obvious.
Design for Play, for Creativity
Children can teach us lessons in creativity and innovation. I remember my professor, from Sociology 101, telling us about the most popular playground in Europe. It wasn’t full of jungle gyms and swings, it was full of lumber, boxes and rope. The kids invented their own worlds on the spot and it was reassembled into something new the next day. Your office needs to have elements that allows the staff to express themselves or to suit their tasks for that day.
Dynamic Office
I don’t believe that one can hard code the perfect space. It needs to be adaptable. Allow those in the space to move it and design it based on their own moods, projects, or friendships. Some of these ideas can be found in this space used by Innovation Lab (http://www.innovationlab.net/sw17052.asp) in Copenhagen. This design is well within reach of most companies.
Now imagine your office space to be inspired by the same dynamics. Knowledge workers need quiet space to concentrate however they share ideas, brainstorm and overcome hurdles better in open spaces. The most effective office design will accommodate those elements.
Read this article for more insight - http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4991.html.
August 2nd, 2007
It’s Not a Job for a Hot Dog
by gscott [permalink]
Sometimes a job doesn’t call for innovation or creativity, at least not on a day to day basis. At the end of the day if this “White Knight” gets creative, then all the more power to him - no pun intended, actually it was. As he says, “it’s not a job for a hot dog.” I love the ending too… I won’t spoil it for you… watch the video.
July 3rd, 2007
12 New Job Titles! What One Do You Want?
by gscott [permalink]
I asked the question on LinkedIn, “Curious: what is the most unusual job title at your company?” I have noticed a resurgence of the title of “Evangelist.” Is this a symptom of the demand for talent or more creativity in the workplace? I received twelve fantastic answers! Let me know the one that you think is the best or add some new ones. If you want to see the first twelve click here, “Chief Yahoo!” - 12 Great Job Titles - I want more!”
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Chief Swashbuckler and Idea Merchant; Art Director and Miracle Worker |
There’s a media company called Out of this World in |
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Minister of Enlightenment |
My company (Aquent) has a “Minister of Enlightenment.” I’m not sure what his primary job is, but he works at least part of the time on employee communication initiatives. |
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Chief Happiness Officer |
The Vancouver Board of Trade has a Chief Happiness Officer. You can’t beat that. It’s funny on the surface - but what’s really more important than that? |
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Ninja |
It is not within my company, but I recently received a job opening for a Ninja. It is the official title in that company for a webdesigner. |
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Chief Wiki |
Not my company; but a guy who is somewhat of a factotum! |
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Manager of Fats |
I used to work for a food distribution organization and that one always brought a laugh. Manager of Pork is almost as good. |
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Evangelist; Business Life Improvement Coach; Brand Evangelist |
I used to staff Evangelists in my last company for business transformation and process improvement jobs. I notice this title emerging quite a bit. How about a business life improvement coach? I staffed one of those once as well as a Brand Evangelist. It is quite funny how companies are coming up with these titles. |
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Head Geek; Minister of Propaganda |
I styled myself Head Geek at a previous employer; my wife has served as Minister of Propaganda (event promotion and liaison to the outside world). |
