by John G. Self | Nov 17, 2016 | Career Management, Interviewing Skills
Editor’s Note: Currently John posts three blogs and two podcasts per week. Our goal has always been to ensure that we provide our listeners and readers with quality, valuable content so we are re-evaluating the current posting several schedule to ensure we can...
by John G. Self | Nov 16, 2016 | Podcast, Uncategorized
The Curse of Knowledge makes it hard for you to communicate knowledge or information to less informed people. Just think of a business consultant with vast knowledge and expertise who is unable to understand how little you know about an issue so he or she uses so many...
by John G. Self | Feb 29, 2016 | Career Management
Here are three takeaways for executives in the job market: Here is your first brand differentiator – A recurring theme in career management literature is the lack of candidate preparedness. They go to the trouble to pursue a new executive leadership position and then...
by John G. Self | Feb 24, 2016 | Career Management
VICTORIA, Texas — “I don’t understand what happened. Their references were really good.” That is a common statement made when board members or human resource executives are asked to explain why the candidate they hired did not work out, was “not a good fit.” Note to...
by John G. Self | Feb 10, 2016 | Career Management
JACKSON, Mississippi — There are two ways to approach an interview — with a messaging plan that is based on an understanding of what the client is looking for and the client intelligence to successfully execute, or a more passive approach, simply responding to...