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...
Nov 6, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Networking |
I got a call tonight from somebody who was let go yesterday by her company. She was very articulate, well-educated and in the ad game. It is an industry where the adrenaline runs high but job security runs on empty. Her voice still had the crackle of youth. Anyone...
Nov 4, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking |
I was listening to Arcade Fire’s new song Reflektor the other day. There were two words in the lyrics that jumped at me in opposing harmony. Are you a Reflector or Connector? A couple days later I heard Arcade Fire being interviewed on Q on CBC while I was working...
Sep 15, 2013 | Hank Blank, Mobile, Networking, Social Networking |
I just came back from my 6th visit to Buenos Aires. I first went to Argentina in 2005. The country had had a recent financial haircut in 2001 when everybody woke us and found out that their personal worth had been cut dramatically. The country offered great value...
Aug 15, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, Networking |
I have been doing a lot of recruiting and talent sourcing these days. Another way to leverage my network. Still hunting and connecting which I love to do but in another way. The ad world has changed a lot and at the same time some stayed the same. One thing that has...
Jul 21, 2013 | Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Networking, New Normal |
The New Normal was created in the fall of 2008 when the global financial crisis took place. I was in Argentina which had its melt down a few years earlier. All of a sudden my American Express card didn’t work. When the clerk gave me the card in confusion I saw that it...
Jul 16, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking |
When I was a student at the University of Western Ontario I spent a couple of summers taking French Immersion Courses in Trois-Pistoles Quebec That’s a long way from the OC but it would come back to the OC. The Canadian Government wanted everybody to be bilingual so...
Jul 5, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking, Social Networking |
I recently wrote this article for Marketing Executives Networking Group or MENG. I often speak on networking and New Business development. I wanted to learn about the best practices in the industry. I remember talking to somebody who worked for a National Speakers...
May 28, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking |
I was listening to a story on NPR the other day about whether the stock market recovery had led to an increase in hiring. And the bottom line answer was a quick and emphatic no. I read another article that said if job growth continues at 2012 levels it will be another...
May 14, 2013 | Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, The Great Recession |
I read an e mail today from LinkedIn telling me that it was their 10th anniversary. I watched their video. Time does fly. LinkedIn was launched in May 2003. Five years before the world melted and the New Normal was created. That occurred in September 2008 and the...
