by John G. Self | May 9, 2018 | Career Management, Career Networking, Interviewing Skills
There is a career transition myth that the size of a job applicant’s network or absent his own, the size of his outplacement consultant’s network, is critical in the process of finding a new job. It is simply not true. This myth has been around for a long time. For...
by John G. Self | May 8, 2018 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills, Resume
There are four basic categories of what we generically refer to as a resume – Chronological, Functional, Curriculum Vitae, and Electronic. Opinions of, and recommendations about, each resume category are as varied as someone’s preference for the best style...
by John G. Self | Apr 25, 2018 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills
Managing Your Career through a crisis — it is rarely as bad as most executives in this situation think it is but there are important caveats to that rule. Short of murder, rape, embezzlement or pedophilia most career missteps are not as devastating as one may want to...
by John G. Self | Apr 24, 2018 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills
“The worst crime you can commit as a screenwriter is telling the audience something they already know.” That from Aaron Sorkin, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright who, I believe, knows a thing or two about the telling of compelling stories. MSNBC’s ...
by John G. Self | Apr 18, 2018 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills
Many job candidates are eliminated at two critical choke points in the executive search process: The resume review, and The face-to-face interview. We will zero on the latter in today’s podcast. Here is the problem. Most candidates tend to talk and talk about...
