by John G. Self | May 28, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Military Career Transition, Podcast
Happy Memorial Day weekend. For those of you who do not know, or have forgotten, Memorial Day honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an...
by John G. Self | May 20, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Early Careerists, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Home Care, Hospice, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials
The era in which healthcare afforded college graduates a secure career future is over. This at a time when there has been a proliferation of graduate healthcare management programs. While early conventional wisdom suggested that there will be ample employment...
by John G. Self | May 16, 2016 | Current Affairs, Leadership, Millennials, Technology, Uncategorized
VICTORIA, Texas — Change is often uncomfortable. It is disruptive to our peace of mind, the things we love, but it is inevitable. Over the weekend, I posted on my Face Book page a picture of my first desk-top word processor — a 1950’s Royal Touch Control Manual...
by John G. Self | May 10, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Early Careerists, Millennials
One of the many great things about May is the college graduation season. We are on the receiving end of a tidal wave of reports regarding the great, and the not so great, commencement speeches. The great commencement speeches include the famous Steve Jobs’ 2005...
by John G. Self | Apr 11, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Current Affairs, Early Careerists, Healthcare, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Recruiting
Racial diversity is not social engineering as some think. It is good business. For too many years businesses across the US did not pay much attention to diversity hiring. Executive suites, especially in hospitals, reflected that lack of attention – mostly...
by John G. Self | Mar 27, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Millennials, Recruiting
Our economy is undergoing an irreversible shift and let’s be honest, things will never be the same again, regardless of who we elect as President. Symbolically, global trade and the loss of thousands upon thousands of manufacturing jobs have given way to the rise of...
