by John G. Self | Apr 3, 2015 | Leadership, Recruiting
CEO candidates DO NOT like serious game-changing surprises with new jobs, especially those that surface AFTER they have accepted the position and relocated their family. This happens far too often. One rhetorical question I frequently hear: “The recruiter didn’t know...
by John G. Self | Feb 16, 2015 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership
BALTIMORE — The importance of smart networking in career management, always important to support personal brand management, is now a critical must-do. Continued government-driven efforts to reform America’s healthcare delivery system will promote “shrinkage”...
by John G. Self | Feb 9, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
DENVER – When searching for a more rewarding job, candidates for senior leadership positions often must jump through hoops, so to speak, and the odds can be against them. Typically, for each executive healthcare position offered, dozens of candidates apply. From...
by John G. Self | Jan 28, 2015 | Career Management
The concept that led to the creation of the so-called elevator speech is dead. Thank goodness. As most of you know it was a favorite term, a tool, a recommendation that career coaches liked to pass along to those who were thinking about, or actually looking for a new...
by John G. Self | Dec 22, 2014 | Career Management, Leadership
You are on the spot. You are one of the top candidates to be Chief Executive Officer of a highly regarded, financially stable community hospital. So far, you feel the interview with the recruiter is going well. Then, without warning, he shifts gears and asks one of...