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...
Feb 6, 2014 | Career Planning, Hank Blank, Networking |
I got an email the other day from a very smart young lady that worked in the agency game. She always knew her stuff. I was checking in with her. She replied that all was good. Love my job she said. I just want to keep it. It struck me with reflection. Yes keeping...
Nov 16, 2013 | Account Executive, Advertising, Best Companies to Work For, Career, Career Success, Career Tips |
When I was growing up I loved watching movies about Shangri-La. Just the name evoked numerous senses and sensors. The word Shangri-La danced in my young ears. A place that was the epicenter of enchantment. I am still looking for Shangri-La. I have had a glimpse...
Nov 12, 2013 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career Tips, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Networking |
I love people and I love to network. Every encounter leaves a life impression. I have learned that if you have big ears and a small mouth you will learn a lot. I had coffee today with somebody who I met years ago but haven’t seen for some time. They a prominent...
Apr 13, 2013 | Career, Hank Blank, Job Hunting for Graduates, Job Hunting Tips, Networking |
It will be graduation time soon. So what kind of world will you be graduating into? There will be at least two worlds. The first is one you can’t control and that world is called the New Normal. The New Normal Started in September 2008 when the world almost melted...
Mar 27, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Career, Millennials, Small Smart Agencies |
I grew up in the Old Normal working at agencies like JWT. When I was transferred from JWT Toronto to Chicago 700 people worked there. It was hard to find me when I first arrived. JWT Chicago was founded in 1891 and went away in the New Normal. Lehman Brothers was...
Mar 3, 2013 | Agency Review Consultant, Branding, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Hank Blank, Job Search, Linkedin, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, New Normal |
So how are things going so far as we enter year five of the New Normal? Having a jolly old time? The New Normal was created when the world melted in the fall of 2008. Lehman Brothers went away. Remember those days? I am sure that the 2.8 million people that lost...
Feb 16, 2013 | Account Executive, Agency Training, Career, Career Success, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, Social Networking |
I live surrounded by young people. I have hired paid interns for ten years and often speak on campus colleges on networking and why young people shouldn’t try to get a job. That’s how I got this nice poster designed by Kyle Ready when I spoke at CBU in Riverside. I...
Jan 18, 2013 | Career Planning, Job Search, Millennials, Networking |
“I’m just trying to figure it out.” People often tell me that they are trying to figure it out. After all the books, blogs, free and paid webinars and seminars on how to get to the next place – yet the majority of people don’t have a roadmap on where...
