Jul 21, 2013 | Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Networking, New Normal |
The New Normal was created in the fall of 2008 when the global financial crisis took place. I was in Argentina which had its melt down a few years earlier. All of a sudden my American Express card didn’t work. When the clerk gave me the card in confusion I saw that it...
Mar 31, 2013 | Branding, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business process., New Normal, Social Media, Successful Companies |
I recently wrote this article for The UPS Store Small Business Solutions. In today’s small business environment there is intense competition. It’s a crowded world out there. That is nothing new to the readers of The UPS Small Business Solutions blogs. But one major...
Mar 3, 2013 | Agency Review Consultant, Branding, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Hank Blank, Job Search, Linkedin, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, New Normal |
So how are things going so far as we enter year five of the New Normal? Having a jolly old time? The New Normal was created when the world melted in the fall of 2008. Lehman Brothers went away. Remember those days? I am sure that the 2.8 million people that lost...
Dec 14, 2012 | Great Recession, Hank Blank, New Normal |
I live in the New Normal. I think I got here before a lot of people, when I started my marketing consulting business back in February 2001. We had just witnessed the dot-com bubble, and 9/11 was coming up. Maybe I have lived in the New Normal all my life. Time is...
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 21, 2012 | Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Networking, New Normal |
I am one of the Founders of Laguna Niguel Connectors. I remember the original touch point as if was today but I could be all wrong. It was in the summer of 2008. Somebody introduced me to Randy Miller and we had a Starbucks in my hood called Laguna Niguel....
Sep 29, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Success, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Personal Branding, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Working |
I read an interesting article by Jan Norman in the OC Register today on Solopreneurs. Yes, I get the OC Register and the LA Times delivered. I read the article after I scanned the New York Times and the Globe and Mail on my iPad. Now I have written about How to Create...
Sep 14, 2012 | Career Success, Finding a Job, Fired, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Networking, New Normal |
I meet with a lot of people. I am a networker. I speak on networking across the country and get to meet with a variety of different people from lots of places. Networking creates the path in my life journey. Occasionally networking sessions can be more like therapy...
Aug 25, 2012 | Career, Finding a Job, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business Development, New Normal, Social Media, Social Networking, Well Networked Companies |
I had a light bulb moment one time. The switch was turned on by a great guide that helps from time to time. Like all self employed people during the Great Recession I was chasing the Yankee Dollar. I was going through the desert looking for the oasis of money. My...
Jul 31, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Best Way to Get a Job, Finding a Job, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Well Networked Companies |
I recently read or dreamt about how employees will be evaluated in the future. The article basically outlined that employees will not be assessed based on what they functionally do but how they impact their company. That’s an interesting concept. Making your personal...
