Nov 9, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing |
I had lunch the other day with an advertising agency owner. I showed him some resumes of potential candidates for a position he had been trying to fill for a long time. He scanned one with his finger and said that the person had only worked at some companies for a...
Nov 6, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Networking |
I got a call tonight from somebody who was let go yesterday by her company. She was very articulate, well-educated and in the ad game. It is an industry where the adrenaline runs high but job security runs on empty. Her voice still had the crackle of youth. Anyone...
Nov 4, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking |
I was listening to Arcade Fire’s new song Reflektor the other day. There were two words in the lyrics that jumped at me in opposing harmony. Are you a Reflector or Connector? A couple days later I heard Arcade Fire being interviewed on Q on CBC while I was working...
Oct 29, 2013 | Best Way to Get a Job, Hank Blank, New Normal |
Many of the people who grew up in the Old Normal often ask me “Is there any professionalism left in the Job Hunting Process Today?” I am a funny guy to ask because I stopped looking for a job 10 years ago when I started Blank and Associates. I saw the writing on the...
Oct 27, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business Development |
I was up in Santa Monica the other day meeting with an agency that somebody referred me to. The referral was my foot in the door and my online presence was my validation. I started that presence a decade ago. I turned left onto Santa Monica Boulevard and Sheryl Crow...
Oct 4, 2013 | Account Management, Hank Blank |
“I would love to work there.” I have said it. You have said it. If you run an agency at one time you said it. We have all dreamt it. Longed for it. Envied it. Myths were created about those types of ad agencies. When I...
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...
Sep 15, 2013 | Hank Blank, Mobile, Networking, Social Networking |
I just came back from my 6th visit to Buenos Aires. I first went to Argentina in 2005. The country had had a recent financial haircut in 2001 when everybody woke us and found out that their personal worth had been cut dramatically. The country offered great value...
Aug 27, 2013 | Consulting |
I recently posted a blog on MENG that I wanted to share. I was having a networking Starbucks with a new consultant the other day. He was picking my brain as the expression goes. Now getting your brain picked for free doesn’t really sound that nice and the practice...
Aug 15, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, Networking |
I have been doing a lot of recruiting and talent sourcing these days. Another way to leverage my network. Still hunting and connecting which I love to do but in another way. The ad world has changed a lot and at the same time some stayed the same. One thing that has...
