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...
Nov 21, 2012 | Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Networking, New Normal |
I am one of the Founders of Laguna Niguel Connectors. I remember the original touch point as if was today but I could be all wrong. It was in the summer of 2008. Somebody introduced me to Randy Miller and we had a Starbucks in my hood called Laguna Niguel....
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 14, 2012 | Career Success, Finding a Job, Fired, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Networking, New Normal |
I meet with a lot of people. I am a networker. I speak on networking across the country and get to meet with a variety of different people from lots of places. Networking creates the path in my life journey. Occasionally networking sessions can be more like therapy...
Aug 21, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Great Recession, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, Working |
What Kind of Job are you Looking For? I had coffee the other day in Laguna Beach with a very smart person. I am grateful that I live close to Laguna. When I was going to college in Canada I sat on a beach in Laguna and said I want to live here. I wanted a piece of...
Jul 25, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Change, Finding a Job, Fired, Graduates, Great Recession, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Personal Branding, Social Networking, Transition, Working |
I recently wrote a blog called Out of the Game which outlined the importance of staying current and connected on your career path and personal development. There used to be an expression I would hear quite often. “They are a dinosaur.” It was really a description of...
Jul 14, 2012 | Career, Finding a Job, Fired, Great Recession, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Networking, Personal Branding, Social Networking, Transition, Well Networked Companies |
I learned a lot from the Great Recession. A lot. It was a very difficult time for many people and continues to be for many that haven’t emerged. I have spoken to many transition groups multiple times and have met with countless people during those years. It is not...
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...
