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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 14, 2012 | CEO's, Consulting, Hank Blank, Job Hunting Tips, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business process., New Normal, Purpose Driven Networking, Working |
I often speak on networking to companies and organizations across the country and Canada. I also have been networking for years. It is the primary fuel driving my consulting career. I know that one’s network can be a very powerful force. It has been in my life. Your...
