by John G. Self | Jun 16, 2014 | Recruiting
Traditional human resource departments – those that are transactional in their approach – are like the once popular MD 80 airplane – inefficient and out of step with the times. What was once the transformational darling of airlines chasing efficiency in the 1980s –...
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 | Dec 13, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
Please enjoy this post from December 2012 and share your hiring and interview tips in the comments. A CEO I knew, who was a Chief Operating Officer of a small academic medical center, once bragged that he interviewed every new hire for his organization. He called...
by John G. Self | Aug 19, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting
We are entering an era in healthcare where mistakes, especially errors in hiring, will become too costly to tolerate. Executives and managers should be held accountable for their track record in hiring. While Human Resources may run the recruiting and employment...
by John G. Self | Apr 24, 2013 | Leadership, Recruiting
References and the process of reference checking are an important part of the recruitment process but employers should be cautious before they place too much emphasis on “the truth” gleaned from these pre-employment interviews, especially from those...
