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 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...
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...
Nov 16, 2015 | Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Career |
This is the New Normal and all bets are off. It’s not what they promised you when they hired you. Work hard and you will rise to the top. There are lots of opportunities for career growth here. That is true to a degree but the problem is that you often won’t stay at...
Oct 11, 2015 | Transition |
Yes there are still people in transition but the press doesn’t write about them much anymore. If you live in the New Normal you know the truth. When people get launched into the world of not having a job there is often pain, disappointment, surprise, anger and the...
Sep 13, 2015 | Career, Finding a Job, Job Hunting, Networking |
I had a Starbucks with a stranger the other day. I asked him how he got connected to me. He said I helped one of his friends get a job at a great company. I didn’t readily recall her name but her photo on LinkedIn returned her to my memory. I never got any business...
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 26, 2014 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Advice, Career Planning, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank |
I love PR speak. I am an advertising guy. I have helped promote jargon and word speak. I started my career aspiring to be an Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man. When corporate America fires people their PR machines fire up the corporate jargon of today. We have all...
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...
