How To Use Coaching Interface

How To Use Coaching Interface The worst part about being the designer of JibberJobber is that I am asked how to do things that I think are simple but they are simple to me because I spend hours each day living in JibberJobber. Heres the latest: How do I set myself up as a coach? Ill answer this from start to finish note that coaching is Beta and there are some cool enhancements planned, so if you have any ideas or suggestions please let me know asap! And, you have to be logged in to do this stuff ?? First, click on the My Account link on the main menu. Second, youll see a Coach tab click on that. Third, you will see a checkbox that says I am a Coach. Just click in the checkbox (so it is checked), and then hit the Save button. Thats it! You are a coach! But lets make this a little more useful, and explore a little. If you mouse-over the Tools link on the menu, youll see the option My Coach Landing Page click on that. It should have a bunch of panels with a message like this: So now what you need to do is have the person you are coaching set you up as their coach. The best way to do that is over the phone or in person, have them login, and mouse-over Tools, and then click on the My Coaches link. This brings up a page that will likely say they dont have any coaches. Have them click on the Add a Coach link. Then, tell them your username in JibberJobber, and when they hit the Add Coach(es) button you will immediately see them in YOUR coach landing page! Pretty nifty, eh? A few things to note: You can have as many coachees as you want. In other words, if you want to coach your brother-in-law in his job search, and then his friend, and then their other friend, just have all three of them add you as their coach. You can also have as many coaches as necessary! It doesnt make a ton of sense to have many different coaches but if you want, you can have more than one. I realize there are real, professional job coaches out there that do this kind of thing for a living. I would like each of them to use JibberJobber, of course. But I know there are plenty of folks (like me) who cant afford a job coach. I maintain that a coach needs to (1) teach by true principles, (2) have a process, and (3) have a set of tools. JibberJobber is a great tool to help in a coaching relationship, but if you get a yahoo who doesnt know current job search (and networking) principles or have a real process then you dont have a real coach. If you have a suggestion on who a good coach would be, shoot it my way as one of these days I plan to blog on my favorite coaches How To Use Coaching Interface The worst part about being the designer of JibberJobber is that I am asked how to do things that I think are simple but they are simple to me because I spend hours each day living in JibberJobber. Heres the latest: How do I set myself up as a coach? Ill answer this from start to finish note that coaching is Beta and there are some cool enhancements planned, so if you have any ideas or suggestions please let me know asap! And, you have to be logged in to do this stuff ?? First, click on the My Account link on the main menu. Second, youll see a Coach tab click on that. Third, you will see a checkbox that says I am a Coach. Just click in the checkbox (so it is checked), and then hit the Save button. Thats it! You are a coach! But lets make this a little more useful, and explore a little. If you mouse-over the Tools link on the menu, youll see the option My Coach Landing Page click on that. It should have a bunch of panels with a message like this: So now what you need to do is have the person you are coaching set you up as their coach. The best way to do that is over the phone or in person, have them login, and mouse-over Tools, and then click on the My Coaches link. This brings up a page that will likely say they dont have any coaches. Have them click on the Add a Coach link. Then, tell them your username in JibberJobber, and when they hit the Add Coach(es) button you will immediately see them in YOUR coach landing page! Pretty nifty, eh? A few things to note: You can have as many coachees as you want. In other words, if you want to coach your brother-in-law in his job search, and then his friend, and then their other friend, just have all three of them add you as their coach. You can also have as many coaches as necessary! It doesnt make a ton of sense to have many different coaches but if you want, you can have more than one. I realize there are real, professional job coaches out there that do this kind of thing for a living. I would like each of them to use JibberJobber, of course. But I know there are plenty of folks (like me) who cant afford a job coach. I maintain that a coach needs to (1) teach by true principles, (2) have a process, and (3) have a set of tools. JibberJobber is a great tool to help in a coaching relationship, but if you get a yahoo who doesnt know current job search (and networking) principles or have a real process then you dont have a real coach. If you have a suggestion on who a good coach would be, shoot it my way as one of these days I plan to blog on my favorite coaches