by John G. Self | Mar 5, 2021 | Career Transition/Outplacement, Early Careerists, Interviewing Skills, Job Search, Your Career Success
There are two kinds of questions in a job interview: Core Questions and Categorical Questions. The latter is about specific information regarding your performance. The Core questions are essentially behavior and value questions that should afford you an opportunity...
by John G. Self | Feb 27, 2021 | CEOofYou, Early Careerists, Executive Leadership
For more than four years, seven days a week, I curated, designed, and published to various social media platforms, the “Quote of the Day.” I started the daily feature in late 2015 when our political discourse, I believed, had entered a dark period. I felt...
by John G. Self | Feb 25, 2021 | Career Transition/Outplacement, Early Careerists, Job Search, Millennials
https://youtu.be/9ELCzrxSf1A (c) 2021 | JGS+P Productions We all have things we like to do and those things that we dislike, even hate with a passion. It is human nature to do those things we like to do first. The things we dislike come second, at some point,...
by John G. Self | Feb 22, 2021 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Early Careerists, Resume
There are a lot of people who want to sell you an expensive redo of your resume, but it is hard to huckster a product that once you buy it, you need to change it. https://youtu.be/Alltkzlg9GQ JGS+P Productions That is precisely what is happening with the resume...
by John G. Self | Feb 12, 2021 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, CEOofYou, Early Careerists
Telling your story is a critical strategy for career success. This means touting your accomplishments and, in some cases, explaining your setbacks. The most commonly asked question is how to execute such a strategy without coming off as an arrogant self-promoter. This...
by John G. Self | Feb 11, 2021 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, CEOofYou, Early Careerists
https://youtu.be/EdsfiBZQ7YE It is Thursday. You Got A Minute? If you want something in life, you must be prepared to work for it. In a day when most recruiters are transactionally oriented, the thought that they will invest the time to identify the absolute...