by John G. Self | Nov 27, 2008 | Healthcare, Stories
Hospitals get a bad rap for poor service and embarrassing cost shifting. We are ridiculed – deservedly, more often than not – for not being able to deliver quality service in the manner of luxury hotels. In addition, if that is not enough, we hear the inevitable...
by John G. Self | Nov 13, 2008 | Career Management
BUFFALO, New York (Nov. 13, 2008) – The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, the once mighty crown jewel of the UT health science center system announced yesterday that they were laying off 3,800 employees. The UT System Board of Regents confirmed...
by John G. Self | Nov 5, 2008 | Career Management, Recruiting
Would you get engaged to marry a person who you met only through one or two video conference sessions? You would be crazy. That is exactly what an increasing number of top-tier executive search firms are asking their clients to accept. With increasing frequency, some...
by John G. Self | Oct 10, 2008 | Career Management, Recruiting
JOHN G. SELF, Founder JohnMarch Partners | Advisors in Executive Search DALLAS, October 9, 2008 — I have been telling my healthcare colleagues over the past couple of years that at long last, candidates seem to have gotten the message – that career/resume...
by John G. Self | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Now is not a good time for hospital CEOs to wait and see. While the modern day equivalent of the great depression may be more of a fear than a reality, there seems to be no question that the U.S. is heading for a period of significant economic slowdown that will lurch...
