Jun 13, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Business, New Business process., New Normal, Personal Branding, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Media Experts, Social Networking, Transition, Well Networked Companies, Working |
I listened to a webinar today put on by Keith Ferrazi a master networker. He wrote a book published in 2005 called Never Eat Alone. I think I bought it at Borders. That was before the world melted and we moved to the New Normal except for Borders. That was a very...
Jun 7, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, Networking, New Business, New Normal, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Successful Companies, Well Networked Companies |
I am sure that wherever you live there are publications that yearly publish their list of Best Companies to Work For. Both OC Metro and the OC Register do in my hood. CNN and Fortune have their lists as well. We have all read about the great perks like free food, on...
Jun 2, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Networking, Training, Transition, Well Networked Companies, Working |
Hot and Cold Networking Doesn’t Work. The new Jobs Report came out yesterday and the report wasn’t too cheerful. Very tepid job growth. That’s life in the New Normal. We live in a world with an unemployment rate of 8.2% in the U.S. My friend Lynn Marie Hammond...
May 28, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Training, Well Networked Companies, Working |
While travelling recently I read a new survey in USA Today Snapshots on Loyalty Gap perceptions between Employers and Employees. It shared that 59% of employers in 2011 felt that they were very loyal to their employees and that percentage had increased from 52% in...
May 20, 2012 | Career, Hank Blank, HR, Linkedin, Networking, New Business, Successful Companies, Well Networked Companies |
I recently posted a blog outlining that the Most Successful Companies Will be the Best Networked Companies and will train their Employees How to Network. The bottom line of that blog was that well networked companies will be better able to compete in the New Normal...
May 13, 2012 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Branding, Client, Clients, CMO, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business, New Business Development, Product Managers |
I started working in the Advertising Business in the New Normal. When I was a puppy and worked on my first account, McDonald’s, I was told that it was basically a privilege and to act and work accordingly. You were basically challenged to rise to the occasion. The...
May 10, 2012 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Clients, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process. |
Yes winning New Business is easy but it does take more work and that’s the catch because many agencies don’t or won’t work that hard. I have hunted for many agencies and have also conducted a number of reviews for companies like Jacuzzi and Jenny Craig. I really enjoy...
May 5, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Social Media, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Training |
In the New Normal we live in a world where companies are cash rich but are slow to hire and banks are more liquid than they have ever been in decades but don’t lend money. Companies want loyal and motivated employees but will fire people at the drop of a hat....
Apr 29, 2012 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, CMO, Hank Blank, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process. |
I am lucky to have a unique perspective about New Business as I began my career working on New Business at major agencies in Canada and the U.S. I have also conducted agency reviews for a number of companies including Jenny Craig, Jacuzzi, and Raley’s Supermarkets. I...
Apr 22, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Personal Branding |
I have spoken on many campuses on networking for over a decade now and I have written many posts hopefully helping today’s young people become better networkers. One of my most popular blogs remains Networking Tips for Young People and College Students Who Hate to...
