by John G. Self | Apr 8, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Interviewing Skills
Being confident in a job search is a good thing. Being overly confident, teetering on the edge of arrogance, is a bad play. Your experience or your record of accomplishment does not automatically qualify you for a particular job. Allowing yourself to...
by John G. Self | Mar 31, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career Transition/Outplacement, Interviewing Skills, Job Search
The deck is stacked against me. That is what many job applicants think as they submit their resumes to company web sites and, to a lesser degree, search firms. Frequently their interest in a job, as well as the time and effort to make the submission, is met with...
by John G. Self | Mar 27, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career Transition/Outplacement, Interviewing Skills, Video Interviewing
“TV is the thing this year. Radio is great but it is outta of date. TV is the thing this year.” A song written in 1953 by jazz musician Bill Sanford and orchestra leader Phil Medley who also co-wrote “Twist and Shout” TV/Video is indeed the thing this...
by John G. Self | Mar 18, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement
Most executives would rather sit in their home office, make on-line applications and then wait for the recruiters to call, than to do what it really takes to find their next better job. No research, no cold calls – just submit that resume from your computer to a...
by John G. Self | Mar 12, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career counseling, Career Management, Early Careerists
What is the difference between a job and a career? When I take on a new career management or transition client, one of the first questions I ask is whether they are looking for a job or a career. A surprising number of people equate the two, but actually there is a...
by John G. Self | Mar 3, 2020 | Career Coaching, Career Transition/Outplacement, Recruiting
We all take things for granted. We assume that job applicants know how the recruiting process works. But it just ain’t necessarily so. Canva.Com One of my favorite quotes, attributed to Mark Twain, but that ain’t so either, goes like...
