Jason Albar

"I've come to believe that informational interviews are the most important tactical thing a job seeker can do today."

JibberJobber was designed by Jason Alba during his first real job search beginning January 2006. After having a successful career in IT and business strategy, Jason found himself in the job market, which was supposedly a "job seeker's market."

Jason quickly found that a job seeker's market does not mean the job search will be easy or short. Frustrated by the lack of real tools for job seekers, he decided to move forward on a tool that allowed a job seeker to manage and organize a job search.

As the months passed, and as Jason learned the importance of networking, he incorporated a major networking piece into JibberJobber. This has shifted its focus from a tool just to be used during one job search into a tool to be used to manage job transitions during your entire career.

So what is JibberJobber? Well Jason is here to tell us, and he has an offer for those 400 Monster Worldwide employees who just got laid off.

David Perry

"Every year, fifty million jobs are filled in the United States, almost all without a job posting."

If you're idea of conducting a job search means cutting a pasting your resume into applicant tracking systems on job boards and company career sites, call your doctor and get a prescription for Zoloft. You'll need it.

David E. Perry is coauthor of the Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters series (now in it's third edition), the Guerrilla Job Search System DVD series, as well as the author of Career Guide for the High-Tech Professional. Nicknamed the "Rogue Recruiter" by the Wall Street Journal, he is a veteran of more than 1000 recruiting and executive search projects - with a 99.7% success rate. David has negotiated more than $185 million in salaries as Managing Director of Perry-Martel International, an executive search firm based in Ottawa, Canada. I'm pleased to have him back for a Career Strategies Podcast on TotalPicture Radio.

Stay Tuned... A complete transcript of David's interview will be available soon!

Diane Dolinsky-Pickar

Think about the time when you felt your absolute best in your career. You were excited, you loved what you were doing, and you had no problem answering the question, “What do you do?” because you had mojo.

And now, for whatever reason – the economy, a soul-sapping job, fear of change – you have lost that mojo feeling and are stuck.

While there are plenty of career advice sites out there, why isn’t there a practical one to help people over 40 get over those roadblocks and get unstuck? Welcome to a Career Strategy Channel podcast on TotalPicture Radio. This is Peter Clayton reporting. Joining me today is the co-founder of Mojo40.com. Diane Dolinsky-Pickar – who met my partner at SprialWorks Marking, Valerie LaSusa, a short time ago. Val called me and said, "Peter, you have to have Diane on TotalPicture Radio." Now, Val’s recommendations are few and far between so I paid attention!

Diane sent me this bio: "Among the things Diane loves best: learning, taking initiative, and being an 'executrix' extraordinaire. (That’s like a dominatrix, but lose the whip.) She has worked for more than 6 years in digital marketing and lead generation, and has focused on the online world for more than 3 years. She is also a serial entrepreneur, having earlier built a successful food and beverage export firm."

Debra Fledman

"If you don't have a complete profile on Linkedin, you're going to be skipped by recruiters." Debra Feldman

How effective is your LinkedIn profile? Have you done nothing more than copy and paste your resume on LinkedIn? If so, you're missing a huge opportunity to connect with thousands of recruiters searching LinkedIn everyday.

When was the last time you updated your LinkedIn profile? Recommended a former colleague -- without being asked?

Welcome to a special Career Strategies channel podcast on TotalPicture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. We're delighted to have back with us today a frequent contributor and nationally-recognized expert who designs and personally implements swift, strategic, and customized senior level executive job search campaigns Debra Feldman. Debra is the JobWhiz - executive talent agent.

James Marvin

James Marvin: "You can pack your parachute a thousand times, but at some point you're going to have to jump and trust that you're going to know what to do in the unlikely event you have a malfunction."

{mosimage} Welcome to a special Career Strategies channel podcast on TotalPicture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us today is retired Navy SEAL, Commander James Marvin.

Among many assignments during his distinguished twenty year military career, James was the Executive Officer at the Naval Special Warfare command, located on the Island Kingdom of Bahrain. In November of 2004 Commander Marvin was transferred to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island where he received a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies.

James retired from active duty in 2009, and now lives in Seattle, Washington, where he's formed a consulting practice, Federal Green Solutions. James is helping the Department of Defense reduce its dependence on oil and increase operational capability. I was introduced to James by executive career coach Beth Ross, who told me, "James really gets it. He did the transition from his military career exactly right."