by John G. Self | Aug 3, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Military Career Transition, Millennials
How to dress for an interview, once a non-issue, is now a bit more complicated with the rise in the number of senior executives in casual attire and the emergence of Skype/FaceTime and video conference interviews. The TV factor – actually the video factor...
by John G. Self | Aug 2, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Military Career Transition, Millennials
Here is the rundown for today’s podcast. John focuses on the ‘ trick’ question, also known as the curveball. Recruiters like to use this technique when they sense a candidate is becoming too complacent, that they are successfully anticipating the...
by John G. Self | Jul 28, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Recruiting
Here is the rundown for today’s podcast. John reflects on his early career as a reporter, editor and an investigative journalist for newspapers in Tyler, Lubbock and Houston Texas. He was loved what he was doing, even on the bad nights covering gruesome crime...
by John G. Self | Jul 26, 2016 | Career Management, Military Career Transition, Millennials
BOISE, Idaho — It is always good to differentiate your brand. You want to stand out. Be remembered — in a positive way. There are a lot of colleges with football teams. Some play in incredible temples of sport adjacent to academic centers of excellence. On game...
by John G. Self | Jul 26, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Millennials
Here is the rundown for today’s podcast. Today, in the first half of the podcast, John discusses the importance of drilling down on a candidate’s personal and business values in deciding whether they can deliver effective leadership. In the second half,...
by John G. Self | Jul 25, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Early Careerists, Military Career Transition, Millennials
There is a huge disconnect in America between corporate and political pronouncements of “what we believe” and how we act or react. Recruiters frequently hear that disconnect in the candidate screening process. Candidates trying to put forward their best version of...
