by John G. Self | Jul 8, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting
When a major national health services organization acquired a major group purchasing organization (GPO), there was no question that the more than 250 employees who were part of the reduction in force would receive outplacement. The financial mavens raised their...
by John G. Self | Jul 3, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare, Recruiting
The critical component of an outplacement session is when the candidate comes face-to-face with the power that is their value proposition. This includes experience, skills and quantifiable accomplishments and the realization of who they really are, what they are good...
by John G. Self | Jul 1, 2013 | Healthcare
Like everything else in healthcare, the outplacement industry is changing. The services they offer are being scaled back based on what health systems and hospitals are willing to spend. The timing couldn’t be worse. With the arrival of the Patient Protection and...
by John G. Self | Jun 21, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
For some executives, profits are the be all, end all. That is the reason you are in business, they emphatically argue, to make profits. Nothing else matters. Pardon me, but that is a large pile of El Toro Poo Poo, especially the “nothing else matters part.” In...
by John G. Self | Jun 19, 2013 | Career Management
A note to graduate students in healthcare administration: The career and the career progression you thought you would have are probably not going to happen the way you envisioned it. Consider this scenario: Dan landed his dream job at age 47. He was CEO of a...
