Jan 13, 2013 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Training, Career, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, HR, Managing Agencies., Public Relations |
Something is missing in advertising today: training. It used to be the basic foundation of how agencies operated. It provided direction to all. Unfortunately, there is no training anymore. Nada. Zero. Here are your business cards, here is your cube or office, there is...
Dec 21, 2012 | Career, Career Advice, Millennials, Networking |
The other day, I received an e-mail from a friend of mine. I asked him if he knew somebody I wanted to get in touch with. His response was that, although they used to work together, she isn’t a great networker. She accepted his LinkedIn invite, but has been...
Dec 13, 2012 | Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Evaluations, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Career Success, CMO, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process. |
I have heard a lot of stories during my advertising career. When I did a review for a client a few years ago I remember a client telling me about a meeting they had with their agency in New York before they announced that they were doing a review. They had scheduled...
Dec 6, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Training, Career, Millennials, Training |
I had a glass of wine the other night with a friend who runs a large local agency. He talked how committed his agency was to training its young people really well by rotating them around into all the areas of their product so they would be well rounded. He lamented...
Nov 23, 2012 | Career, Finding a Job, Millennials, New Normal |
This is a post that I recently wrote for MENG. I am a consultant and have used paid interns for the last ten years. First my kids, then their friends and recently graduates who are looking for their first real career job but need to get some real world experience. I...
Nov 4, 2012 | Career, Graduates, Job Hunting, Job Hunting for Graduates, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Millennials |
I spend a lot of time with Millennials. I knew many when they were teenagers. Some younger. I have used smart, paid interns for over a decade. My first intern now works at Oakley. Another intern that worked for me in the past recently got married. His new bride works...
Oct 20, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Advice, Finding a Job, Graduates, Jobs, Millennials |
I had a great time recently speaking to the students at CBU Graphic Design class on How to Rise Above the Crowd. My presentation was about how to transition learning into a career. My expertise comes from my experience as a person who has to create a job each and...
Oct 12, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Advice, Millennials, Networking |
I was having a coffee with a friend the other day and she said something that stuck with me. It was about the plight of young people graduating into a recession. It was clear that she had children or at least felt their pain. Her browl furrowed. The frustration was...
Sep 29, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Success, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Personal Branding, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Working |
I read an interesting article by Jan Norman in the OC Register today on Solopreneurs. Yes, I get the OC Register and the LA Times delivered. I read the article after I scanned the New York Times and the Globe and Mail on my iPad. Now I have written about How to Create...
Sep 19, 2012 | Career, Career Success, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business |
I had a networking meeting at Starbucks the other day with a smart person. She is in professional services and is probably very successful. She lives in a nice beach community and drives a nice car. She didn’t seem very comfortable, but days can be like that: Life...
