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 29, 2016 | Networking |
I am GUILTY big time. Guilty as charged. I was listening to an interview on NPR the other day with Billy Bragg. I don’t know him well but I know he is British and a singer that embraces protest. He was very humble in many ways. He said he was grateful to play in the...
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...
Jun 22, 2016 | Downsizing |
I read the news today. The unemployment rate in the U.S. is 4.7%. I have read worst news often in the Great Recession so I felt happy about that. The Federal Reserve considers a base unemployment rate of 5% to 5.2% full employment. I wondered if that included the...
Jun 14, 2016 | Advertising, Advertising Agencies, New Business |
What can agencies count on every day? Each day and in every way, another agency is trying to pitch your clients. You can count on it. I have talked to many clients that share their stories. They only listen when there is an alignment of their pain and an agency’s...
May 23, 2016 | Advertising Agencies, Best Way to Get a Job, Career Success, Career Tips |
The longer you stay in this business the greater the chances are that you are going to get fired. The algorithm of the workplace today. Sad but true. Don’t focus on the sad but anticipate and prepare for the true. You may not believe this but I only report what I...
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...
Apr 21, 2016 | Networking, Networking Tips |
I meet a lot of people each and every day. Recently, I’ve met with some great connectors that I’ve known but not at a networking event. One on one. In their offices for a glass of wine, a coffee or over lunch. They said they were tired of the old...
Apr 4, 2016 | Recruiting |
Today we live in a word where blunt instruments rarely work and yet many companies continue to use them in their hiring practices. I’m often on the phone with a client or meeting in person and they look at a resume I’ve submitted. They scan the resume and...
Mar 21, 2016 | Finding a Job, Transition |
Yes you need to change your wiring and learn a new way to land a job these days. It is the New Normal. People in transition try to figure out their new life by what worked for them when they were successfully working and how they got a job in the past. If they have...
