May 13th, 2008
TED | Talks | Jonathan Harris: The Webs secret stories video
by gscott [permalink]
TED | Talks | Jonathan Harris: The Webs secret stories video
This is a collision of art, information and technology. We love it!
November 20th, 2007
Inventables - What a Great Concept!
by gscott [permalink]
Here is one of our most interesting Jiibing companies. One of their Jiibe summaries is, “Like back in the wild west, this company is focused on the frontier of new discoveries…” That can’t be any more appropriate for this company - Click here to see their CEO Zack Kaplan talk about the concept. I am sure it is an extremely creative place to work.
Check out their Jiibe:
[See the summary] [What’s yours?] ![]()
I would work there. Wouldn’t you? Do u Jiibe?
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:
[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
- 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 7th, 2007
Cubicle Job Please!
by gscott [permalink]
Maybe you think you have a bad job or a bad work environment… think again.
July 3rd, 2007
CareerJournal | More Employers Are Using Personality Tests As Hiring Tools
by dave [permalink]
More Employers Are Using Personality Tests As Hiring Tools
Interesting article about the use of personality tests being used “help people understand why they do what they do” as part of the interview process. The idea is to match a person’s natural strengths with the job requirements. Employers pay an average of $300 per test to get the results.
June 28th, 2007
It’s All About Me…
by dave [permalink]
Remember those personality tests that you took in high school that told you what sort of job you should take? Actually, I may be dating myself with this one, but I remember those tests being on Scantrons (”Number 2 Pencil ONLY, please!”) and the results being, well, not particularly useful. How many of those tests spit out “ditch digger” as the best career? There are of course many more recent examples that give you scores based on some factors (usually four factors so they can map you nicely into a quadrant on a graph). When you are looking for a job I suppose it is useful to know that you are an extrovert or introvert, but does that really tell you whether a company/hiring manager is going to value your unique skills? Case and point is the Jasper system used over at Monster.com. You can take a survey (which is not as boring as it sounds and definitely a step from the Scantrons of old) and it will give you a full report on your personality. This is what it told me:
So what do I do with that information? The results are interesting for comparing yourself to others and might make good copy for your resume summary or cover letter. I do like some of the write-ups in various sections like comparing “questioning” vs. “trusting” among various age groups:

(I like how the questioning goes up until age 45 when people get nervous about job security, then back up again when we get crotchety and don’t care what anyone thinks).
All of this is useful for finding more about what I feel my own style is but it still does not tell me much about what sort of culture I should look for or where I might find that culture if I were looking.
June 18th, 2007
Is Your Boss a Psychopath?
by gscott [permalink]
I just came across this great video by the Australian Broadcasting corporation about psychopaths in the workplace. This is a real issue that can destroy the lives of their employees. I have never come across this type of boss, but maybe you have. Here is and excerpt from the video:
"Narration: But without a brain scan, how do we spot a psychopath before its too late? One answer seems to be; look up.
John Clarke suspects corporations today aren’t just failing to screen for psychopaths, they’re unwittingly selecting them.
Dr John Clarke: You see this advertisement here. "An ability to do whatever it takes to meet a deadline". So that would appeal to a psychopath because they are prepared to do whatever it takes whatever the cost. If we look at this one - "The opportunities are endless you just need to know how to win it" - well they know how to win everything pretty much.
David Williamson: They present very confidently. They are full of self-esteem. They have no doubts; no hesitations and so interviewing panels often find them very attractive.
That’s what many corporations see as being a good executive."
Watch the video, it’s very interesting.
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