Israelplug.com relayed that CNNMoney is reporting how Europe and Israel are responsible for most of the 2007 global increase in Web2.0 investment (for which Israel is better). The article also tells that Israel’s Web2.0 industry is getting record investment. As if you needed yet another reason to look for work in the hitech industry, right? [...]

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Jason Alba and his team launched JibberJobber exactly one year ago today on May 15th, 2006. Over the past year, the site has grown in leaps and bounds in becoming a critical tool for many people around the globe. As part of the anniversary festivities, Jason agreed to talk with us. This is the JobMob interview.

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Too often, companies emphasize hard work over experience, when instead they should put smart work ahead of hard work. Ever felt that kind of disdain? Then this list is for you.

1. CareerJournal.com: Start by deciding what you want to do next. Emily Allen, manager of the Workforce Initiative Program at AARP: for older workers, it’s often “the first time in life that they can consider what they want to do rather than what they need to do.”

From Forbes.com via YourHRGuy via Waypoint:

2. Midlife job seekers need a resume that looks forward, not backward. To quote from the article- “a résumé shouldn’t read like the testimonial at your retirement dinner.” Rather- “Change the perspective from “look at everything I have done,” to “look at everything I can do for you.”"

3. Don’t be defensive and don’t omit dates. You’ve worked hard to get where you are, so be proud of what you’ve accomplished along the way and be even more enthusiastic about what you have yet to accomplish.

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If the expansion of the late ’90s Bubble was limited in Europe compared to the US or Israel, it would have been mainly for two reasons – localization needs and entrepreneurial obstacles. Localization needs I was part of the team that brought Amazon to France in 2000 and this was a topic we struggled with [...]

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Update: A newer version of the Ultimate RSS Feed Collection for Israeli Job Seekers is now available. One of the technologies that has proliferated like wildfire in the past few years is RSS. Its XML-based flexibility allows programmers to manipulate it so easily that services like Yahoo! Pipes have now sprung up permitting non-programmers to [...]

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Tags: Adrian-Wajsbrem, feeds, forums, hitech, Israel, jobs, RSS, startup, students     Filed under: Tools You Need