Oct 12, 2012 | Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Career Advice, Millennials, Networking |
I was having a coffee with a friend the other day and she said something that stuck with me. It was about the plight of young people graduating into a recession. It was clear that she had children or at least felt their pain. Her browl furrowed. The frustration was...
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...
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 31, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Best Way to Get a Job, Finding a Job, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Normal, Well Networked Companies |
I recently read or dreamt about how employees will be evaluated in the future. The article basically outlined that employees will not be assessed based on what they functionally do but how they impact their company. That’s an interesting concept. Making your personal...
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 21, 2012 | Best Companies to Work For, Best Way to Get a Job, Career, Finding a Job, Job Hunting, Job Hunting Tips, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Personal Branding |
I was recently in one of my favorite cities Montreal. Salut mon ami. I caught a free concert by Rufus Wainwright. I have been enjoying his current album and his song “Out of the Game”. Now Rufus’s game is a lot different than mine but the melody stuck with me and came...
Jul 5, 2012 | Agency Relationships, Best Way to Get a Job, CMO, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Networking, New Business, New Normal, Personal Branding, Social Media, Well Networked Companies |
I was having dim sum the other day with Debbie Moysychyn a consummate networker. Debbie shared one of her networking truism that resonated with me. She said, “It is Not About Who You Know. It’s Who Knows You.” I let that sink in while I was having a bite of Har Gau....
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 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...
