Which of these bad personal branding habits have you struggled with?
Of the list that follows, here are a few that have bitten me in the past, and occasionally come back to haunt:
Over-staying in your comfort zone
Break this habit by replacing it with a good one: once you start feeling comfortable with where your personal brand is at, take that feeling as a warning sign that you need to come up with new brand-building ideas and start executing on them.
Trying to do everything by yourself
Just because it’s your personal brand doesn’t mean you need to do all the branding work. If you’re serious about your brand, get assistance and expertise from people who can execute better than you at specific tasks.
Continue reading >> 30 Dangerous Personal Branding Habits
--Jacob Share
More popular spots where job seekers and recruiters are meeting up on LinkedIn.
(Not sure how or why to use LinkedIn Groups on your job search?
Then read this first: Everything You Need to Know About Finding Jobs with LinkedIn Groups)
LinkedIn lets you join a maximum of 50 groups. What many people don’t know is that LinkedIn also lets you join a maximum 50 subgroups.
One tip: whether you join the full 100 groups and subgroups or not, only subscribe to email updates for the few groups that really matter to you most.
50 LinkedIn Subgroups for Your Job Search
These are top 50 LinkedIn subgroups today, ranked by number of members.
With each group I’ve included the official description, which is often not very descriptive at all or just a long list of keywords, so click through to get a better impression.
Continue reading >> Top 50 LinkedIn Subgroups for Job Seekers and Recruiters
--Jacob Share
Sick of commuting? Here are some ideas on how to find a job near where you live.
This is a guest post by Diane Dolinsky-Pickar. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
How long is your commute door-to-door? An hour? More, with traffic? If you see yourself dreading the commute, or you’ve met the local cop one too many times as you rush to the train, it’s time to find a local job. But how do you do that when your network and contacts are far away?
Develop a geographic boundary for where you’re willing to travel, and then get into head-down mode to identify employers in that area.
Continue reading >> 10 Real World Tips to Find a Job Close To Home
--Jacob Share
New tools to help you get more done with Twitter.
I’d be surprised if you don’t immediately grab at least one of these productivity-enhancers.
Quick tip on Feb. 28, 2011: I just discovered these tools recently and am still trying them myself. Some of them are very new and a little buggy, but if you like their concept (or even if you don’t), reply to them on Twitter with feedback. They’ll love you for it.
Save time on Twitter and off it
1) Formulists
Official description: “Organize groups of people on Twitter into smart, auto-updating Twitter lists! Filter and network with people based on location/bio keywords, Twitter activity, number of followers and more”
Why I like it: If you’re not a regular user of Twitter Lists, you will be after trying Formulists. Use it to categorize your Twitter friends quickly & easily, so you can better follow the right groups of people at the right times in your schedule.
Continue reading >> 7 Handy New Twitter Timesavers
--Jacob Share
31 Israel-based internship programs for you to choose from.
Some of the submission deadlines are approaching fast, so if you know someone who might be interested in once of these internship, share this article with them asap.
Each internship description below is more or less quoted from the source. Except where noted, all the internships have fees of some sort, such as an application processing fee, and Masa Israel grants can sometimes make the fees easier to handle.
Summer 2011 internships
This first list is ordered according to submission deadline.
Continue reading >> Not Just For Students: Where to Apply for Internship Programs in Israel in 2011
--Jacob Share
Jacob Share is the founder and SVP of 
