Hot and Cold Networking Doesn't Work

Jun 2, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Networking, Training, Transition, Well Networked Companies, Working | 6 comments

Hot and Cold Networking Doesn’t Work. The new Jobs Report came out yesterday and the report wasn’t too cheerful. Very tepid job growth. That’s life in the New Normal. We live in a world with an unemployment rate of 8.2% in the U.S. My friend Lynn Marie Hammond...

The New Employer Employee Dance.

May 28, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Training, Well Networked Companies, Working | 6 comments

While travelling recently I read a new survey in USA Today Snapshots on Loyalty Gap perceptions between Employers and Employees.  It shared that 59% of employers in 2011 felt that they were very loyal to their employees and that percentage had increased from 52% in...

Successful Companies Will Train Their Employees to Network..

May 5, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Social Media, Social Networking, Successful Companies, Training | 1 comment

In the New Normal we live in a world where companies are cash rich but are slow to hire and banks are more liquid than they have ever been in decades but don’t lend money. Companies want loyal and motivated employees but will fire people at the drop of a hat....

The Best Graduation Gift You Can Give Your Children.

Apr 22, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, New Normal, Personal Branding | 2 comments

I have spoken on many campuses on networking for over a decade now and I have written many posts hopefully helping today’s young people become better networkers. One of my most popular blogs remains Networking Tips for Young People and College Students Who Hate to...

Has Your Job Search Passed Its' Expiry Date?

Apr 13, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, Personal Branding, Transition | 11 comments

Although the employment outlook is getting better, many great people remain on the sideline.  Some are getting increasingly frustrated as they see others get hired. As a Co Founder of Laguna Niguel Connectors and a person that has spoken to numerous transition groups...

How I went from UWO to California.

Mar 18, 2012 | Advertising Agencies, Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Working | 8 comments

I live in Laguna Niguel about two miles from the Pacific Ocean. I grew up in Toronto and went to UWO in London.  I had never been to London before I arrived the first day at residence.  London was 12o miles from where I grew up. When I went to Western I was reading a...

Sorry. It’s my Network Not Yours.

Feb 16, 2012 | Career, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process., Personal Branding, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition | 33 comments

I often speak on networking to companies and organizations across the country and Canada.  I have been networking for years.  It is the primary fuel driving my marketing consulting career. I am also one of the Co Founders of Laguna Niguel Connectors which was started...

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