by John G. Self | Oct 16, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
If you ask late night talk show hosts like David Letterman or Jay Leno what frustrates them the most, it is the guest who comes on the set and sits there like a lump, answering questions but hardly working up a sweat; a mechanical interview of no insight or real...
by John G. Self | Oct 11, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting, Technology
Why the latest technology might not be part of the mix. The health care recruiting industry is constantly evolving and looking to tighten and reallocate budgets or business plans to become more efficient – it is a must in order to be successful in today’s economy. In...
by John G. Self | Sep 25, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
John Self is off this week. We hope you enjoy this blog from July 2010 on the top of telephone interviews. The telephone interview is a killer. More potentially good candidates are eliminated from consideration based on their performance at this stage of the...
by John G. Self | Sep 16, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
When someone tries to answer the interview question, what are your weaknesses, it is followed by stumbling, fumbling and mumbling to an answer which is totally devoid of authenticity. They might as well stand up and announce that they are simply not prepared for the...
by John G. Self | Sep 9, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
Over the past 20 years I have spent much time with early careerists, hundreds of freshly minted graduate school would-be senior executives. They all think they know where they are going, but clearly, the vast majority do not know how to get there. So they ask for...
by John G. Self | Aug 26, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
Not being adequately prepared for an interview is a common reason candidates are unsuccessful in an executive search process. To be perfectly blunt, I am increasingly baffled by the simple lack of readiness. Question: Which senior executives go into a board meeting...
