Jun 12, 2019 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Tips, Downsizing, Finding a Job, Job Search, Transition |
We are all guilty of it. You more than me if you work for a company. In songs about work it is often referred to as working for the man. I got an email from somebody in my network the other day. It was a LinkedIn message. Is your LinkedIn email connected to your work...
Aug 24, 2017 | Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Tips, Hank Blank |
Sorry but true. I got an e mail from somebody in the Bay Area the other day. The place where rents are sky high. Homelessness climbing at double digits and the commutes are as long as the Sunday drives of the past. She said that nobody in Silicon Valley would hire...
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...
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...
Mar 6, 2016 | Career, Career Success, Career Tips |
I had a networking coffee with a person today who was in transition. He was much younger than me. He expressed his concern that he was getting too old to get a job. He still had kids in college. I told him that Ray Kroc started McDonald’s when he was 55....
Jan 21, 2016 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Success, Career Tips |
I remember being in elementary school in downtown Toronto and my teachers would do a history lesson about how many people in the Middle Ages or before thought the world was flat. Many countries believed that their navy could fall off the end of the world. How could...
Dec 26, 2014 | 2015, Career Tips |
Yes a New Year is upon us. Happened faster than we thought. What else is new? I think that there will be a lot of changes in the workplace in the coming year. There will be a shortage of talent especially top notch digital talent. Today, Digital Marketers, Digital...
Aug 5, 2014 | Career Planning, Career Success, Career Tips, Hank Blank, Networking |
I do because many people that I hardly know have given their friends to me. You get a call or an e mail from a former co-worker or a friend. “Hey buddy I just got let go. No way. That sucks. You are great. You will find a job soon. They will miss you and be sorry...
Apr 6, 2014 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Success, Career Tips |
A young friend shared with me the other day that they had recently been promoted. Congrats I said. I shared her story with another friend and she asked me a simple question that made me reflect for a bit. “Does she have anyone to supervise?” Probably not I thought. ...
Apr 1, 2014 | Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Career Success, Career Tips, Hank Blank |
I got a couple of emails recently. Both had graduated from the same school decades apart. One introduced to me a young man who had recently graduated and was looking for a job. A solid networking strategy is to reach out to your Alumni. I went to the University of...
