2007 Personal Brand Award – Jason Alba
July 18, 2007 at 1:10 am | In Networking, Personal Branding, Success Methodologies, award | 9 Comments
Jason Alba is the brand behind JibberJobber.com, which was created 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. The tool is like a personal relationship manager that allows you to do everything you need to do to manage a job search and optimize your network relationships.
Jason is one the the smartest, outgoing personal relationship managers himself. He, in my opinion, is not only the face of his company, but actually lives his idea through his passion. Jason’s brand is outgoing, creative and willing to form a relationship and a network between any professional he meets. He understands the power of building relationships, and uses his blog as a conversation starter. If you read his blog, you will gather that it is almost as if he were to speak it himself and that is Personal Branding at it’s best. Jason is well deserving of the bronze Personal Brand award for 2007, being one of only 6 chosen to receive these awards a year. He has a high impact on your life, in a short period of time, with both his toolset, blog and brand. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him on some projects and he is one of the people that helped me jump-start this blog.
Visit JibberJobber.com today and see for yourself!
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Jason is wonderful! He and I both write for the National NetWorker eMagazine and that is where I first “met him”.
He IS his company. He is a wonderful connector and always eager to help. The more I read about personal branding on the web, the more impressed I am with Jason.
Great post!
Comment by Maria Elena — July 18, 2007 #
Great news, Dan! And congratulations to Jason!
Comment by Walter Akana — July 19, 2007 #
Jason has been living what he has been talking for as long as I have known him.
There are a ton of people who will talk about a problem and very few who will make the effort to understand, productize, and implement the problem to a solution. Jason did that.
Much more fun to be in the arena — pounded by pundits and the marketplace — than in the stands watching.
A well-deserved award.
Comment by Scot Herrick — July 19, 2007 #
I’ve known Jason for less than a year, but in that time I’ve grown to be a huge fan. He’s as smart, authentic, friendly, pioneering, connecting, and giving as they come. I’ve been enriched both personally and professionally through our association and I know his many contacts across the blogosphere, careers, business, employment, and networking communities have as well. And job seekers – well, let’s just say they have within Jason a passionate advocate with a unique and devoted voice who gives the best darn information and tools I’ve seen in a long time. Well done, Jason, and congratulations!
Deb Dib, CEO Coach and unabashed Jason Alba evangelist
Comment by Deb Dib — July 19, 2007 #
Hm. How to respond…
First, thank you Dan, for the recognition. Just a year ago I couldn’t get anyone to reply to an e-mail or voice mail (I was a job seeker, below the lowest rung on the ladder)… and to get this recognition now is pretty sweet.
Second, to those that have left comments… wow. The thing is, each of you are such superstars and examples to me, so to read these overly kind words is very humbling. I can’t really say more than “thank you!”
Jason Alba
CEO – JibberJobber.com.com
:: self-serve career management ::
Comment by Jason Alba — July 19, 2007 #
[...] already know me and don’t need to read my own words about how great I am…! So you can read about the award here, and now let me turn it around and talk about [...]
Pingback by JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Jason Alba… The Award Winner — July 27, 2007 #
I’ll add my testimony here to the greatness of Jason Alba, AKA Start Up WIZARD
Jason is not only a mentor, a friend, and an all around great and FUNNY person (you really need to go to Applebee’s buy him a brownie sundae and just LISTEN to the guy). I love how he’s promoting networking and created a company around it. Great stuff. Thanks for giving Jason a chance in the limelight, he deserves it.
Kelly King Anderson
Founding Fairy Godmother
Start Up Princess
http://www.startupprincess.com
Comment by startupprincess — July 27, 2007 #
Yup — Jason, you rock! Congrats on this. And the book coming out will only boost your reputation that much more. Happy to call myself a friend and fan as well as colleague.
Comment by Scott Allen — July 27, 2007 #
Congratulations, Jason. I’ve only used JibberJobber a short time but I find it to be a great tool and also appreciate your useful information in your blog posts.
Comment by Norman Reiss — July 28, 2007 #