by John G. Self | Sep 29, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Millennials
Today John is following up on Wednesday’s blog post, When Outplacement Becomes A Guilt Payment. In today’s podcast, John argues that companies which invest heavily in hiring the right people but then scrimp on outplacement costs, are making a big mistake....
by John G. Self | Sep 25, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Millennials
KANSAS CITY — The difference between what we think we do and what we actually do can reveal some surprising opportunities for enhanced performance. By honestly documenting our actual practices — our daily routines — and then comparing the series of tasks we think we...
by John G. Self | Sep 23, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Millennials
Are you looking for a job or a career? This is not some glib throw away line. It is the question of a lifetime. Are you looking for a career or will you be satisfied, will you settle for a job? From my perch, a career is about achieving a professional career goal — ...
by John G. Self | Sep 20, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Millennials
Editor’s Note: John is taking the day off to prepare for Chief Executive Officer candidate interviews in Dallas and Kansas City. This post was originally published on Friday, September 6, 2013. Over the past 20 years I have spent a lot of time with early...
by John G. Self | Sep 19, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Military Career Transition, Millennials
Here is the rundown for our SelfPerspective podcast: Today job focuses on three ideas to govern your job search, some different concepts to help you differentiate yourself in an increasingly crowded job market. His theme is that we need to avoid conventional wisdom in...
by John G. Self | Sep 18, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Leadership, Millennials
Random thoughts about career brand management and my advice to the very talented and values-conscious Millennial generation at the start of a new week. Do your job, get it done. Understand your targets – aka your boss’s targets — and make him or her look good. ...
