Free tools to help the unemployed, underemployed and everyone else to package and promote themselves for hiring authorities.
This is a guest post by Doug Caldwell. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.
“It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up.” Dizzy Dean
Job seekers often limit themselves to a profile on LinkedIn, paper business cards and a written resume which may be posted on job boards. We often hear/read about the bigges, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Stand out as distinct and different in the labor market
1. Resume
I have sampled several online apps seeking the best features to promote and package myself with hiring authorities. I made this screencast about five different resume on-line websites. Find what works best for you to promote yourself to get the interview.
If networking is arguably the most effective way to find a job, JibberJobber might be the most effective way to grow your network, as Jason Alba explains in this podcast interview.
Jason Alba is CEO of JibberJobber and Gold Sponsor of the 4th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest, where the top 5 finalists will win a free year of JibberJobber Premium (there’s a free version too).
While a good chunk of our discussion discusses JibberJobber, we also touched upon some networking insights that are definitely worth listening for.
All the free salary surveys and other salary information you’ll need in 2010.
How to use this list
* The list only includes sites that are credible or that explain where their numbers come from.
* Compare results across multiple sites for best results. Salaries are always changing and many of these sites are based on employee-submitted information.
* If you know of any other 2010 salary resources that aren’t in the list, please suggest them in the comments below.
What’s in this list?
* Salary surveys – created by surveying readers about their salaries.
* Salary databases – readers contribute information about their jobs, sometimes in exchange for access to the rest of the database.
* Salary reports – a salary report can be written from a company’s own data or compiled from a combination of salary surveys, government statistics, company disclosures, etc.
* Salary or wage search – search on a profession and the results will show typical earnings.
* Salary calculators or checkers, wage/worth estimators – you fill out a form of questions about your profession and the calculated result is an estimate of the salary you should be earning. If you’re employed, this a good way to judge how fair your pay is.
Use this list of salary surveys and other resources to prepare yourself for job offer and salary negotiations.
Update 06/30/10: Here is the 2010 version of this list: 100+ Free Salary Resources From Around the World in 2010
How to use this list
* The list only includes sites that are credible or that explain where their numbers come from.
* Compare results across multiple sites for best results. Salaries are always changing and many of these sites are based on employee-submitted information.
* If you know of any other resources that aren’t in the list, please suggest them in the comments below.
What’s in this list?
* Salary surveys – numbers come from reader surveys about their jobs.
* Salary databases – readers contribute information about their jobs, sometimes in exchange for access to the rest of the database.
* Salary reports – more general, a salary report can come alone or from a combination of salary surveys, government statistics, company disclosures, etc.
* Salary or wage search – search on a profession and the results will show typical earnings.
* Salary calculators or checkers, wage/worth estimators – you fill out a form of questions about your profession and the calculated result is an estimate of the salary you should be earning. If you’re employed, this a good way to judge how fair your pay is.
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About the author
Jacob Share is the founder and SVP of Share Select Media, a company focused on empowering quality bloggers and blogs such as Group Writing Projects, The Original Home of Group Writing Projects.
From Jacob: I grew up between Canada, France and Israel where I had my first Internet experience in 1994 and was hooked. Since then I've enjoyed playing a part in growing the Web as a manager-developer and project manager at Amazon.com and other e-commerce companies before starting up my own venture.
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