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What happens when you can’t get to work?

julie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:37:50 +0000

So recently I had someone ask me “What do I do? I can’t get to work because I’ve had a car accident and it was totaled!”. This is a common problem and puts employees in a precarious situation. If you don’t have a car, then you can’t drive to work. And of course most people don’t wan to use personal days or vacation days to just sit at home (collect them and get thee to Hawaii or somewhere warm!). So what do you do? Here are some ideas:

Ask coworkers to carpool- you can always make a deal with coworkers that if they can pick you up and drive you for a week, then when you get your car back, you’ll do the same for them. Who doesn’t want a little time off from driving?
Rent a car- this obviously costs money, but some car rental places have cars for around $30 a day. While you won’t be driving a Ferrari for that, at least you’ll be mobile.
Take public transportation- explore what your city has to offer in terms of various modes of public transportation. There may be more possibilities than you think.
Take the company van- many large companies have company vans, buses or shuttles that will take employees to work for free. Some of them even have wifi on board!
Contact a lawyer- yes, it may be time to call a car accident lawyer. Why? Because they are experienced at getting insurance companies to pay you more than you’d be able to get on your own. That could more than compensate for having to rent a car. Also if you were injured in the crash, a car accident lawyer will be able to refer to you the appropriate doctors and help you get the medical care you require.
Work from home- many employers are becoming a lot more flexible in allowing employees to work from home. If you explain to your boss that you were in a car accident and that you currently don’t have any transportation, he or she may be willing to let you just work from home until things get sorted out. And with applications like Skye and GoToMeeting, you can even be face to face with other employees while you’re at home.
Go on vacation- if all else fails, go on vacation! Why not? You can get some great discounts on last minute vacations. Just take a cab to the airport and fly away to somewhere fabulous. You’ll soon forget that your car is wrecked.

So while getting in a car wreck is the pits, it happens to almost all of us at one point or another. The best thing to do is to remain calm and sort out all of your options. In the best case scenario you may be able to work a few days from home, and you may even end up with a new car!

Ten elite universities launch Ivy Plus Job Fair

julie — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:08:50 +0000

Ten Ivy Plus universities are partnering with Jobnob to launch the Ivy Plus Virtual Job Fair www.ivyplusjobfair.com. The Ivy Plus Job Fair is the first of it’s a kind- an Ivy Plus consortium involved in a truly interactive virtual job fair where recruiters and students can meet online using video and chat and interact in meaningful ways. Companies can recruit on ten elite campuses in one day without every leaving their office!

The schools involved in the Ivy Plus Virtual Job Fair are:

Harvard
Princeton
MIT
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
University of Chicago
NYU
University of Illinois

There will be two components to the virtual job fair:

Ivy Plus General Fair- includes undergraduate students (mostly liberal arts)
November 1-12th, Main Event Nov. 4th at 5pm ET
Ivy Plus Engineering Fair- includes undergraduate and graduate Computer Science & Engineering students
November 8-19th, Main Event Nov. 9th at 5pm ET

Only students from participating universities will be allowed to attend.

Participating companies can offer both full time jobs as well as internships. Companies interested in participating should visit www.ivyplusjobfair.com for more information.

Jobnob on NBC News: Jobs Outlook for 2010

julie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:47:45 +0000

Jobnob’s own Alan Shusterman was interviewed on NBC News regarding the Jobs Outlook for 2010.

Employment expert Alan Shusterman says job seekers need to move beyond onlilne job boards and ramp up their networking, in person, at job fairs, and through volunteer and part time work.

“What companies are looking for is performance. They want to see you are capable of making their business better and its hard to do that when you’re at home all day searching for jobs,” says Shusterman.

Shusterman says, “Every company wants to make something or sell something so if you can help build or sell it, they’re gonna hire you.”

The entire video included below:

Jobnob YouTube Channel: jobnobdotcom

julie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:33 +0000

We finallly set up a YouTube channel for Jobnob so now everyone can watch pitches from our events. To get to our channel you can go to http://www.youtube.com/user/jobnobdotcom or just do a search for “Jobnob” on YouTube and all of the videos should come up.

Here are some of the videos we took from the Jobnob Docstoc Happy Hour in Los Angeles on December 9, 2009.

This first one gives you a sense of the crowd and the venue (Air Conditioned Supper Club in Venice)

This one shows the Mahalo company pitch at the event:

And you can find videos for all of the other companies who pitched too at our YouTube Channel jobnobdotcom. Enjoy!

20 companies pitch at Jobnob-Docstoc LA Happy Hour

julie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:50:32 +0000

We’re starting a new tradition where after an event we’ll post the 20 companies who got to pitch at the last happy hour. Since those companies get a chance to get up in front of the crowd, they always get a lot of attention. So now you can just look here and see who they were.

We had some really terrific startups and companies pitching at our Los Angeles Happy Hour on Dec. 9th at the Air Conditioned Supper Club. You can click on any of their names which will tak you to their Jobnob profile. From there, you can email any of the companies you are interested in talking to.

They 20 companies who pitched at the event were:

There will also be some YouTube videos of the pitches.

Jobnob Docstoc Los Angeles Happy Hour a Huge Success!

julie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:14:38 +0000

Wednesday night over 300 of LA’s hottest startups and most talented jobseekers crammed into the Air Conditioned Supper Club to attend the first Jobnob-Docstoc Happy Hour . Space was tight as people moved around the room to get their free food (courtesy of Docstoc) and schmooze with the hundreds of people at the event. Twenty companies also got the chance to pitch the crowd on their companies and jobs.

The idea behind Jobnob is to connect jobseekers and startups both in an online community at www.jobnob.com as well as at in person events. Jobnob has already put on 9 successful events in the Bay Area, but this was the first time the event was brought to the Los Angeles startup scene.

While the event was open to anyone, special partners included: USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC Marshall School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Business, UCLA Henry Samueli Engineering School, Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business, and the Technology Council of SouthernCalifornia (TCOSC).

You can see a list of companies and jobseekers who attended at http://www.jobnob.com/happy-hour/LosAngeles-dec-9-2009. Just click on the blue buttons JOBSEEKERS ATTENDING and COMPANIES ATTENDING and click on a profile if you want to contact someone. You can also download a pdf file of all of the startups and their jobs at http://www.jobnob.com/files/Jobnob-Docstoc-Happy-Hour-Company-Jobs-List.pdf

Special thanks to Jason Nazar and Docstoc for making this such a terrific event!

Women2.0 interviews Julie Greenberg of Jobnob

julie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:30:55 +0000

Women2.0 recently interviewed me for their In Conversation video series on what it’s like to be a woman founder of an internet startup. Women2.0 is an organization that is dedicated to increasing the number of women entrepreneurs in tech ventures. You can see the whole video below. I talk about the following questions:

What is Jobnob?
What’s a mistake that you made early in your career that you don’t want others to repeat?
Who was one of your role models?
How did you find interns for your startup?
What was the value of earning your MBA before starting Jobnob?

Jobnob is Heading to Seattle Next Week!

julie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:04:15 +0000

So we are getting our things in order to head to Seattle next week for our very first Jobnob Professional Success Network Seattle Happy Hour. We have already had five very successful events in the Bay Area (with our sixth this Thursday with Cal Jobnob-Berkeley Happy Hour), but this will be our first time having an event outside of Northern California. It will actually be my first time in Seattle, and I’m excited to get to know the start up and tech community up there as it seems like a very vibrant community. Our events here in the Bay Area have been very well-attended and the feedback we’ve received has been terrific. People are finding great companies and great people. We know of companies who have found CTO c0-founders, engineers, business development executives and marketing pros. We’re hoping for the same great crowd in Seattle. We have the top schools promoting the Seattle event to their alums including: Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Yale, UPenn, Northwestern, UMichigan, UWashington and the list goes on and on.

While I was searching for places to stay in Seattle, I came across a nifty little website called Dealbase that says they find the best deals and then compare them for you. I checked out their section on Seattle hotels and actually found their deals to be very good. I was looking for a good site to tell me what to do in Seattle, but then I realized that unfortunately I’m not going to be there long enough to be able to see anything. I’m a little disappointed tough that I won’t get to see the Space Needle, and some other things, like the Klondike Gold Rush Museum sounded (strange but) fun. So I guess that means that I’ll just have to come back to Seattle at some point!

If you haven’t registered for the Seattle Jobnob PSN Happy Hour there’s still time! But hurry up, space is limited.

Jobnob & PSN Happy Hour Seattle (9/30): connecting jobseekers with startups

julie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:00:29 +0000

Hey Jobseekers: Frustrated with your job search? Meet cool new startups!

Hey Startups: Strapped for cash? Buy a few drinks and find volunteers!

Come “Jobnob” with cool new startups and other job seekers at this informal networking happy hour where unemployed people who want to keep their skills sharp are matched up with startups that could use their help.

Industrious Job Seekers—are you willing to volunteer at least 5-10 hours a week for a startup? Help out a startup up and you’ll get a leg up on the competition, keep your skills sharp and have some good experience to put on your resume.

Cash Conscious Startups—are you looking for smart and talented people to help grow your company? Come with one or two specific projects that you need accomplished and we’ll help you find the perfect person to get the job done.

Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 4:00pm

Location: Copper Cart Café & Lounge www.coppercartcafe.com

Address: 113 Bell St., Seattle, WA 98121

RSVP: http://www.jobnob.com/happy-hour/seattle-sept-30-2009 (Registration is required)

Cost: $10.00 for jobseekers; $20.00 for companies (100 company spots available)

For an additional $30.00, 20 companies can promote themselves with a 60 second elevator pitch. Company pitches will start promptly at 4:30pm and will be Skyped.

Hosted by: Professional Success Network www.psnetworkllc.com & Jobnob www.jobnob.com
Julie Greenberg, julie@jobnob.com; Kim Gianotti-Keltto, kim@psnetworkllc.com

And feel free to forward to others you think might be interested!

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The information related to the Jobnob Networking Happy Hour events are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to employment laws and issues and comply with all local, state and federal laws.

Jobnob-Berkeley Happy Hour 9/24 SF: connecting jobseekers and startups

julie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:11:25 +0000

Jobnob Happy Hour connecting jobseekers with startups

Hey Berkeley Jobseekers: Frustrated with your job search? Meet cool new startups!
Hey Startups: Strapped for cash? Buy a few drinks and find volunteers!

Berkeley alums, come “Jobnob” with cool new startups and other job seekers at this informal networking happy hour where unemployed people who want to keep their skills sharp are matched up with startups that could use their help.

Berkeley Alum Job Seekers*– are you willing to volunteer at least 5 hours a week for a startup? Help out a startup and you’ll get a leg up on the competition, keep your skills sharp and have some good experience to put on your resume.
*Please note that this event is only open to Berkeley alumni jobseekers.

Cash Conscious Startups**– are you willing to buy a smart, talented, unemployed person a drink? Come with one or two specific projects that you need accomplished and we’ll help you find the perfect person to get the job done.
**Companies do NOT need to be Berkeley alumni.

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 4:30pm (Company pitches*** start promptly at 5pm).

Location: Jillian’s at the Metreon

Address: 101 4th St., San Francisco, CA (paid parking garage at 4th & Mission)

Registration Required: http://www.jobnob.com/happy-hour/Berkeley-sept-24-2009
*you must be a Berkeley alum to register for this event as a jobseeker
**you do NOT need to be a Berkeley alum to register as a company
***Company Pitches: 20 companies will have 1 minute to present their projects. Each spot costs $40 and can be purchased by clicking the “Pay Now” button at the bottom of the registration page.

Event Organizer: Jobnob and MBA Career Services, Haas School of Business

Contact person: Julie Greenberg (julie@jobnob.com) and Rebecca Ricksen