Jun 17, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business Development, Social Networking, Well Networked Companies, Working |
I network and speak on networking often. I included a truism that somebody sent me years ago in a recent blog I wrote on The Currencies of Networking. It was that “The Opposite of Networking is Not Working.” My thanks to the person who sent me that a few years ago....
Jun 13, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Business, New Business process., New Normal, Personal Branding, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Media Experts, Social Networking, Transition, Well Networked Companies, Working |
I listened to a webinar today put on by Keith Ferrazi a master networker. He wrote a book published in 2005 called Never Eat Alone. I think I bought it at Borders. That was before the world melted and we moved to the New Normal except for Borders. That was a very...
Jun 7, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, Networking, New Business, New Normal, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Successful Companies, Well Networked Companies |
I am sure that wherever you live there are publications that yearly publish their list of Best Companies to Work For. Both OC Metro and the OC Register do in my hood. CNN and Fortune have their lists as well. We have all read about the great perks like free food, on...
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 |
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...
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 |
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...
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 |
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...
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 |
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...
Mar 28, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Recruiters, Working |
As a Co Founder of Laguna Niguel Connectors and a person that has spoken to numerous transition groups throughout Southern California I am ecstatic that the employment outlook is getting better. As a native in the New Normal I know that you have to be prepared for all...
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 |
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...
Mar 11, 2012 | Career, Change, Finding a Job, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal |
We all know about the term Glass Ceiling which refers to the unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements. I think that today’s glass ceiling...
