Dec 9, 2020 | Career, Networking, Networking Tips |
I wrote a blog in the beginning of April called How To Network In the Newer New Normal. April seems like years ago today. I miss my networking. The 2 to 3 coffees a day. Drinks after work at the office. The networking events exchanging business cards and standing...
Jun 12, 2019 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Tips, Downsizing, Finding a Job, Job Search, Transition |
We are all guilty of it. You more than me if you work for a company. In songs about work it is often referred to as working for the man. I got an email from somebody in my network the other day. It was a LinkedIn message. Is your LinkedIn email connected to your work...
Aug 24, 2017 | Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Tips, Hank Blank |
Sorry but true. I got an e mail from somebody in the Bay Area the other day. The place where rents are sky high. Homelessness climbing at double digits and the commutes are as long as the Sunday drives of the past. She said that nobody in Silicon Valley would hire...
May 3, 2017 | Advertising Agencies, Career, Hiring |
I know many companies that want to create the impression they are a great place to work. Every city has its local awards. The best companies to work for in your (city). Where I live in Orange County it comes from the Orange County Register. Companies that would never...
May 2, 2017 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Success, HR, Networking |
A NEW BOSS. I remember what a new boss meant in the Old Normal. The talk was often boy they are really smart and I am looking forward to learning from them. Today not so much. I have written in the past that an agency client relationship can be most perilous when the...
Apr 29, 2017 | Career, Hank Blank |
Company Performance Well that is a no brainer you are thinking. Today there are new measures of company performance. In the New Normal Company performance can kick you in the butt from afar. It used to be that your career was based on your performance in your...
Oct 25, 2016 | Career, Career Advice, Millennials |
I remember a TV show in the old normal called “Who Do You Trust?”, that you have probably never watched. We all read the articles about young people bouncing from job to job and not being loyal. I wonder why. I got an email from a young person today. In...
Aug 19, 2016 | Career, Hiring Best Talent |
It may have worked in the Old Normal when there were more people that wanted jobs than there were jobs. Not so much today. In my world I meet with agency owners and clients and digital agencies and social media agencies and PR firms and ask them what the biggest...
Jul 21, 2016 | Career Tips |
Not too much that is valuable. I had somebody the other day tell me that he was a little surprised that the candidate I sent him didn’t send a follow up note after their interview. I half agreed with that because that’s what I learned. But in those days you didn’t...
