by John G. Self | Aug 29, 2014 | Career Management, Recruiting
There is a common theme from executive level candidates who are frustrated that someone with lesser skills, record of success or credentials, was selected. How did that happen? And with that common theme, there is this common candidate question: What could I have...
by John G. Self | Aug 27, 2014 | Recruiting
You have a critical choice between two employees. You can hire only one. So who will it be? One is an articulate Harvard MBA who is cool, confident and calculating, someone with excellent references from professors and friends and from a highly successful family, a...
by John G. Self | Jun 27, 2014 | Recruiting
There have been many things written about the executive search process. Some are amusing with a ring of truth – executive recruitment is like getting married after four dates – and others are less flattering, that recruiters are the world’s worst communicators. But...
by John G. Self | Jun 9, 2014 | Recruiting
Here is what we know: Great talent is critical to the success of business Great talent is hard to come by; most of our employees are not “A”s, the best, but “Bs” and “Cs” Hiring the wrong person is a very costly and very painful [Tweet “Most organizations do a...
by John G. Self | Mar 21, 2014 | Career Management
If you haven’t heard, the job search market for executives is changing, and judging by the quality of the vast majority of resumes we receive, many candidates haven’t. In healthcare, the perfect storm of structural, regulatory and reimbursement reforms are driving...
