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...
May 19, 2016 | Best Way to Get a Job, Linkedin, Millennials, Networking |
I’ve spent my entire working life in the Advertising world. When I started my career there were basically two kinds of agencies, Advertising and PR. Today, the marketing world is much more fragmented and segmented as Marketers like to say. In the New...
Sep 29, 2013 | Millennials |
I received an infographic from a Millennial the other day. The headline asked if Millennials are the lost generation. It outlined that Millennials are the generation with the highest joblessness and debt out of school. I reflected about the headline for a bit. I...
Mar 27, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Career, Millennials, Small Smart Agencies |
I grew up in the Old Normal working at agencies like JWT. When I was transferred from JWT Toronto to Chicago 700 people worked there. It was hard to find me when I first arrived. JWT Chicago was founded in 1891 and went away in the New Normal. Lehman Brothers was...
Jan 18, 2013 | Career Planning, Job Search, Millennials, Networking |
“I’m just trying to figure it out.” People often tell me that they are trying to figure it out. After all the books, blogs, free and paid webinars and seminars on how to get to the next place – yet the majority of people don’t have a roadmap on where...
Dec 21, 2012 | Career, Career Advice, Millennials, Networking |
The other day, I received an e-mail from a friend of mine. I asked him if he knew somebody I wanted to get in touch with. His response was that, although they used to work together, she isn’t a great networker. She accepted his LinkedIn invite, but has been...
Dec 6, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Training, Career, Millennials, Training |
I had a glass of wine the other night with a friend who runs a large local agency. He talked how committed his agency was to training its young people really well by rotating them around into all the areas of their product so they would be well rounded. He lamented...
Nov 23, 2012 | Career, Finding a Job, Millennials, New Normal |
This is a post that I recently wrote for MENG. I am a consultant and have used paid interns for the last ten years. First my kids, then their friends and recently graduates who are looking for their first real career job but need to get some real world experience. I...
Nov 4, 2012 | Career, Graduates, Job Hunting, Job Hunting for Graduates, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Millennials |
I spend a lot of time with Millennials. I knew many when they were teenagers. Some younger. I have used smart, paid interns for over a decade. My first intern now works at Oakley. Another intern that worked for me in the past recently got married. His new bride works...
Oct 20, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Advice, Finding a Job, Graduates, Jobs, Millennials |
I had a great time recently speaking to the students at CBU Graphic Design class on How to Rise Above the Crowd. My presentation was about how to transition learning into a career. My expertise comes from my experience as a person who has to create a job each and...
