Don’t Be That Guy – It’s a Small World After All
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
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How Not To Suck At…Looking For a Job
"See this? Our website? I just want it to suck less. Can you make it suck less? I have a big bag of money for…
Don’t Be That Guy – The Jehovah’s Witness
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t Be That Guy – The Cracker Barrel Conundrum
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t be “That Guy”
So this being the first blog entry, I had to share my favorite story. Amazingly enough, when I share this story in…
2012: The Steep Ride Up
From the familiar stomping grounds of the Blackfinn to a new fave of Rochester Mills Beer Company, 2012 was…
Don’t Be That Guy: Oily Weasel Guy
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t Be That Guy – One Page Resume Guy
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t Be That Guy – Doesn’t Know How To Say “No” Guy
"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out." - BC Forbes
Everyone…
Don’t Be That Guy: There Are No IT Jobs in Metro Detroit
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank
"Y'all gonna make…
The ‘Tactic’ Sales Guy
You've heard the radio commercials. You've seen the books at Borders. You've heard the feedback from recruiters and…
Why You Need To Stop Using ZipRecruiter Immediately
Sure, we're a networking group, and so we have a certain bias towards people doing things in person. But this one…
Drunk Guy
So this DBTG is all about me. I am a little embarrassed about it, but I think it seriously needs to be said. I…
Everyone Is In Sales. Yes, Even You.
Anyone who's known Bob and I for more than two weeks has heard me give him a hard time about being "overhead"…
Announcing International Prune Your Network Day!
It's time to prune your network.
Networks are like trees, folks. Sure, they're nice to look at, provide shade…
Evolution
Now that I'm taking some time to gather my thoughts beyond "Thank you" after last night's event at the BlackFinn,…
The Alphabet Soup Recruiter
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank
"Bachelor’s degree…
Thoughts On Basements and Networks
"Those who fail to plan...should plan to fail." - unattributed, many sources
"I am never doing that again...and…
Whooooooooooo Are You? Ooo Ooo, Ooo Ooo
In case you were wondering...no, I don't karaoke.
You're welcome.
Anyway...so LinkedIn actually did something…
The “Elevator Pitch”
So I was watching the morning news today and there was a "business coach" on, talking about the elevator pitch. All…