by John G. Self | Jul 15, 2015 | Recruiting
Our Firm has been offering my executive search clients a three-year placement guarantee for more than 20 years. We do it on every search, not just when it is forced by market competition, which some national and regional firms do. How can JohnGSelf + Partners afford...
by John G. Self | Jul 10, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
Some of the worst answers I ever heard in candidate interviews came in response to one question. What are your weaknesses? Candidates know, or should know, that this question is coming, just as certain as the sun will rise in the East and set in the West each day. ...
by John G. Self | Jul 6, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
The meeting with his boss was a shock. What a 55-year-old Chief Operating Officer thought was a routine weekly update meeting would be his last with the company. He was informed “the organization wanted to go in another direction.” He was being terminated. They...
by John G. Self | Jul 3, 2015 | Recruiting
NEW YORK — This is an important subject as far as I am concerned. There is always something special in writing about the hand that feeds. Search firms play an important role in the talent acquisition process. That said, they certainly do not dominate in terms of the...
by John G. Self | Jun 29, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
Computer-to-computer video technology will revolutionize the interim candidate placement business, facilitating timely, more on-target selection decisions. Video profiles of candidates, typically a summary of the face-to-face interview with the recruiter, while still...
by John G. Self | Jun 26, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
CHICAGO — When my seat mate on a recent flight found out that I was a recruiter, she told me she was not impressed with her recruiter who insisted on charging her a fat fee to find her a job. She then used a phrase that can best be translated as people like me are...
