by John G. Self | Oct 26, 2020 | career advancement, Career Building, Career Coaching, Career Management, CEOofYou
Read Time: 2 minutes CFO: What if we invest in our employees, and then they leave? CEO: What if we don’t and they stay? This joke has certainly made the rounds over the years, from professional meetings and trade shows to employee engagement seminars and blogs....
by John G. Self | Oct 12, 2020 | Career Building, Career Management, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement
In Goodnight and Good Luck, the movie about Edward R. Murrow’s epic dustup with Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s House Committee on Un-American Activities, there was a great jazz song sung by Dianne Reeves, TV is the Thing This Year. Radio was still...
by John G. Self | Sep 24, 2020 | Career, Career Building, Career Management, Diversity, Your Career Success
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Author unknown I am encountering an increasing number of out of work senior executives — capable, up-to-date, energetic, with an impressive record of success, who cannot find a...
by John G. Self | Sep 17, 2020 | Career Building, Career Networking, Personal Brand
What does buying a home have to do with a blog on career management? That’s easy: equity. The great American dream for most Americans is to buy a home, make improvements over time and, hopefully, build equity so that when you sell it, you end up...
by John G. Self | Apr 23, 2020 | Career Building, Career Transition/Outplacement, Job Search, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Strategic Networking
There are two ways to conduct a job search – random, also known in the South as ‘willy nilly’, or strategic, which is to say purposeful. The first option is the least productive approach. It requires less homework. It is reactive; a...
by John G. Self | Mar 19, 2020 | Career Building, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement, Military Career Transition
LinkedIn – is it a silver bullet that will ensure you find a job or is it just an overrated global billboard of hype with so much information and noise that you cannot possibly stand out from the other job seekers in your field? No, to both questions. Is it a...
