by John G. Self | Mar 14, 2018 | Interviewing Skills, Job Search
Most executive candidates rarely differentiate themselves from their competition. They use the same predictable resumes and bland performance in interviews. Today’s big idea: I will provide examples of a storytelling approach in an interview that will make you stand...
by John G. Self | Feb 8, 2018 | Interviewing Skills, Leadership
Do you understand what I just said? I can recall dozens of times my mother asking that question, usually when I was but one small step from incurring serious discipline. It was a question loaded with a serious warning. I have used that question, less as an advance...
by John G. Self | Nov 30, 2017 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills
If you want to move to top of the candidate interviewing pool you must be an effective communicator, a well prepared storyteller who can weave career experiences and important accomplishments with supporting metrics into interesting answers that the interviewer will...
by John G. Self | Nov 29, 2017 | Career Management, Podcast
LISTEN ON iTUNES Hello, I am John Self and welcome to SelfPerspective, a weekly podcast with information and insight to help you manage your career. Today, our big idea is an intriguing emerging concept in interviewing, a technique that could help you break through...
by John G. Self | Oct 10, 2017 | Career Management
There is one thing job candidates do not like to think about – the odds. Of course there is a reason, the odds are usually so depressing that candidates block the thought from even passing consideration. In many executive searches there may be anywhere from 20...
