Networking Tips for College Students and Young People Who Hate to Network

I have spoken on college campuses for many years now.  The thought of networking was a foreign concept to students in the past.  Oh, and I am not talking about being on Facebook. That is socializing, not really networking in a business sense. I think when students...

More Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network

I wrote a blog last week called Hank Blank’s Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network.  I published it on Memorial Day and got the most readers on a single day for any of my blogs. I must have addressed a need. Or maybe, people had nothing to do on Memorial Day!...

Hank Blank's Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network.

I have spoken to companies and organizations across the country on networking. I didn’t start that way. I started like everyone else by going to networking events with friends and talking to people I know. I was socializing but I called it networking. People always...

It’s Time for Agencies to Stop Being Cobbler’s Children

I’ve heard it time and time again, from many agency principals across the country on how they are the Cobbler’s Children. First, I am truly amazed that many of these agency principals impress me with their knowledge and their smarts, yet they acknowledge dumping...

Even More Networking Tips from Hank Blank

Tip # 1 Teach your Children to Network Well. I have written a blog about this in the past and as time passes, I increasingly think networking expertise will be imperative to your children’s career success.  I recently heard a radio recruitment ad for a local college;...

Seven More Networking Tips from Hank Blank

Tip Number 1 Amplify Your Voice. Have you ever sent out a press release on Business Wire or another wire service to have your brand rise above the crowd?  I sent out four last year.  This isn’t about me – it’s about Google.  My electronically optimized press releases...

Ten Networking Tips By Hank Blank

I spoke this week to Mark James’ ExecuNet Group here in The OC this week.  My presentation was called the Top Secrets of Professional Job Search Networking.  Thought I would share some of my thoughts here. Tip Number 1. You will land. The momentum is going in the...

How to Stay Strong When the Search is Long.

I recently posted this on the MENG blog. Marketing Executives Networking Group which is comprised of over 1800 Senior Marketing people across the country. I recently heard on NPR news that the majority of those who are in transition have been without a job for over 39...

The Second Benefit of Networking

The second benefit of networking is that it makes you smarter. We’re an amalgam of everyone we meet. It’s like a melting pot. You know, the more people you encounter, the more you get a broader base of experience. You know more things, more options, you learn a lot....

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