May 23, 2016 | Advertising Agencies, Best Way to Get a Job, Career Success, Career Tips |
The longer you stay in this business the greater the chances are that you are going to get fired. The algorithm of the workplace today. Sad but true. Don’t focus on the sad but anticipate and prepare for the true. You may not believe this but I only report what I...
May 19, 2016 | Best Way to Get a Job, Linkedin, Millennials, Networking |
I’ve spent my entire working life in the Advertising world. When I started my career there were basically two kinds of agencies, Advertising and PR. Today, the marketing world is much more fragmented and segmented as Marketers like to say. In the New...
Apr 4, 2016 | Recruiting |
Today we live in a word where blunt instruments rarely work and yet many companies continue to use them in their hiring practices. I’m often on the phone with a client or meeting in person and they look at a resume I’ve submitted. They scan the resume and...
Sep 27, 2015 | Best Way to Get a Job, HR |
The perfect resume came to me the other day. It was for an Advertising position. Client side. Career track. Great spot but very corporate. I knew it would scare my client even before I sent it. I have a huge reservoir of being scared. I have worked with agencies in...
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...
Jul 12, 2014 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Best Way to Get a Job, Hank Blank |
Yes. Jump in with both feet. Enjoy the splash. Many people would say no. They’d rather work at Google and get free lunches. I want to work at action sports companies and get free T Shirts and be equally cool. Oh sure people can give you a litany of reasons not...
Dec 1, 2013 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business Development, Recruiting |
I have written about how to create an agency culture in the New Normal. I have also written about the slash generation, another way to leverage the power of today’s youth by capturing their passions. When I read articles by agency principals that have successfully...
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...
Oct 29, 2013 | Best Way to Get a Job, Hank Blank, New Normal |
Many of the people who grew up in the Old Normal often ask me “Is there any professionalism left in the Job Hunting Process Today?” I am a funny guy to ask because I stopped looking for a job 10 years ago when I started Blank and Associates. I saw the writing on the...
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...
