JobTabs Job Search & Resume

JobTabs Job Search & Resume 2011 has been officially released.  JobTabs Job Search & Resume is blockbuster job search software that has done much to tip the scales to the job seekers advantage.  In 2005 job seekers had little in the way of computer software while recruiters and employers had a slew of powerful software applications to manage their applicants.  JobTabs changed all of that with the arrival of JobTabs 2005 and has been empowering job seekers ever since.  JobTabs enables job seekers to network better, qualify for a larger number of jobs, apply for a larger number of jobs and ultimately have an edge over other applicants.  JobTabs 2011 gives job seekers an even greater advantage than its predecessor with the following new features.

Resume Personal Information Removal

Unbeknown to many job seekers, MS Word can keep a record of all the editing changes of any resume.  This includes,

• Comments.
• Previous authors and editors.
• User name.
• Personal summary information.
• Revision marks.
• Versions.
• VB Macros. Descriptions and comments are removed from the modules.
• The ID number used to identify your resume/cover letter for the purpose of merging changes back into the original document.
• Routing slips.
• E-mail headers.
• Scenario comments.

JobTabs removes all of this information from MS Word 2002 to MS Word 2010.  The built-in JobTabs word-processor does not store this personal information by design.

Powerful Calendaring

• Easily identify priorities with color assigned events encompassing every facet of the job search process.
• Minimize typing and scheduling by creating recurring events occurring over any number of time periods.
• Never forget an interview/phone call/meeting by using built-in reminders.
• Save time with one click access to a day view, 5 day view, 7 day view, Month view and a Timeline of all calendar events.
• Multi-month calendar view for quick access to any day, week or month of your choosing.
• Dual time zone facility to facilitate job searching in different countries, opposite coasts or across the globe.

Follow-up

• Look like a real detail person by following up on job applications fastidiously.  Accessible from the apply wizard, calendar or the Job Applications grid.

Resumes

• Submit resumes that are dated as if they haven’t been modified in weeks even though you just tailored it to the job requisition that morning!  JobTabs will automatically backdate the ‘Last Modified’ field for any resume emailed or uploaded from JobTabs.  This will allay any concerns by the hiring company that your resume – ideally suited to the needs of the firm – was modified to meet the job posting.
• Added full resume preview of all pages for all resumes types.  Resumes in pdf format can now be previewed inside the JobTabs application.

Licensing

• Updates were confined to the version you purchased.  Now all users get one year of free updates regardless of which version of JobTabs they purchased.
• Customers are now licensed to install as many copies of JobTabs on as many machines as they want provided they use only the db they purchased.

General Enhancements

• Rock solid stability is now even more solid.  JobTabs now runs virtually autonomously compared to its predecessor.  It has even weaned itself from many files supplied by the operating system.  Installs/uninstalls from other applications will have a near zero impact on its stability and performance.
• Added user initiated real time, online support over the web!  If you invite us to your PC we can fix problems on the fly right there in front of you.  Best of all, we can only see your PC if you explicitly invite us to do so.
• Enhanced the aesthetics of JobTabs across the board.  Color scheme is more consistent with Vista and Windows 7.
• Added additional fields for grouping activities on the All Activities report.
• Saved Jobs and Job Applications – One-click access to the original job posting!
• Closer to multi-user!  Added an “Open Data File…” to the JobTabs menu so that more than one person can use their copy of JobTabs on the same machine.
• Integrated a dedicated tab to common connections on LinkedIn for all employers.  Networking contacts are soon to follow.
• Added a number of rulers with visible tab stops to improve layout across Resources, Activities and any number of editors.
• Many, many other enhancements.

JobTabs Job Search & Resume is a free download and can be downloaded from the JobTabs, LLC  website at http://www.jobtabs.com.  It sells for $49.95.  While tax circumstances vary widely, if you can deduct the purchase of JobTabs, the real cost of purchasing JobTabs can be  as little as $20.

John Coffey is the President of JobTabs, LLC.  Through JobTabs Job Search & Resume, thousands of job seekers have taken control of their destiny in finding new and fulfilling careers.  JobTabs Job Search & Resume motivates job seekers by making the job search easier by a huge order of magnitude.  John Coffey can be reached via his website at JobTabs Job Search & Resume, by email via jpcoffey at jobtabs.com, and by phone at 404-255-0248.

My name is John Coffey and I have the distinction of having been a professional job seeker.  For fifteen years I was an IT Contractor and made the process of landing a new job every three to twelve months part of my life.  I was generally pretty good at getting a new gig and then I learned how to be really good at getting a new gig.  Then I got even better.  Along the way, I also learned to be an expert programmer.  The convergence of these two skills formed the basis of JobTabs, LLC and this is my story.

In the summer of ’02, I was between contracts.  This was a rare thing for me as I usually was able to roll off of one contract and roll right into another.  It was almost like a game to me at times to see how well I could minimize down time between contracts however, in the midst of the dot com bust the IT market was in a state of turmoil.  Some friends of mine from my church were organizing a men’s Mastermind Alliance to serve as a job networking/support group for those who had been affected by the downturn.  I figured the camaraderie would be healthy and fun, so I decided to join them every week.

Wow.  What an eye opener.  It was as if I had been thrown back to my college days when I didn’t have a clue as to what to do to get a job.  The resumes were appalling.  What was worse is the sense of futility and complete lack of motivation.  While there were exceptions, many of the guys honestly weren’t sure what it was they were supposed to be saying.  It was as if their career to date had been some kind of exception and they really weren’t qualified to do anything other than what they had been doing for their former employer.  I was nominated as the group facilitator and quickly set about guiding the group through a regimen of action.  The Mastermind Alliance was so successful that the attrition into new jobs was happening faster than we could find newly unemployed people to take their place.  The Mastermind Alliance disbanded within a year for lack of people looking for jobs.

One of the key elements of my success as a job seeker had been a program I had written to manage my job search.  I was able to log every conversation with every recruiter, employer and networking contact I had worked with since I wrote the initial version of the program ten years prior.  I was able to convert every job I had ever been considered for  into a bevy of inside intelligence.  This even included those jobs that I had been passed over.  Even when I didn’t get a job offer, I was always able to get the names of the people who worked there, the type of project that was being undertaken, the hardware/software environment that was in place, the gist of the company culture, the money they were willing to pay – you name it.  In addition to helping me be a better candidate for future openings, it allowed me to help the other contacts in my network.  The more I helped others the more they helped me.  When my IT contracting peers asked me about this company or that, I could share information that they could never hope to find elsewhere.  Even if I didn’t have any intel on the company I would still jot down which job seeker was interviewing with which company.  By doing this, I would be able to refer my other networking contacts to them to get key information.  John Coffey had the dirt on everybody.  I will unabashedly state that this program was a cornerstone of my success.  Of course since it was for my personal use, it had no help file and had been supremely tailored to my own idiosyncrasies  Fortunately, I had written many applications for clients over the years and the skills I had garnered in that endeavor served me well in transitioning it into a commercial grade application.  The initial release in March of 2005 was focused on IT Contractors as I was keenly aware of their needs.  Before long, regular job seekers started trickling in and soon their numbers seemed to eclipse the IT contractors who had been our target market.  Upon the release of JobTabs 2006, I abandoned any bias for contractors.

JobTabs has been a tremendous success and an endeavor that has allowed me to grow in ways that I never expected it to.  I will expand on what I have learned in future posts.  JobTabs 2006 has evolved into Job Search & Resume 2008 which is a job searching powerhouse.  The job seekers who employ JobTabs Job Search & Resume are collectively known as the taberatti and they are a formidable force.  Think about it for a second.  A typical job seeker is in contention for a job against someone,

• who knows the people on the inside of the company or at the very least knows someone who knows someone on the inside,
• who knows the details of the job beyond what is publicly posted,
• who spent a fraction of the time qualifying himself as the ideal candidate the employer is looking for,
• who is exuding all of the confidence of someone who has more options than this position alone.

Who do you think is going to have an advantage?  The taberatti are evolving as a game changing force in the job search space.  Look closely at JobTabs Job Search & Resume and we believe you will agree.  You can join the taberatti by investing in a license via our online store at,

http://store5.esellerate.net/store/catalog.aspx?s=STR4089852848&pc=

Alternatively, you can download a trial of JobTabs Job Search & Resume by clicking

http://www.jobtabs.com/Download/tabid/56/Default.aspx

Welcome to our world.  Join us as we navigate one of the most emotionally draining endeavors we can expect to go through – the job search.