by John G. Self | Aug 27, 2014 | Recruiting
You have a critical choice between two employees. You can hire only one. So who will it be? One is an articulate Harvard MBA who is cool, confident and calculating, someone with excellent references from professors and friends and from a highly successful family, a...
by John G. Self | Aug 13, 2014 | Recruiting
While some executives may poo poo the idea, there is no doubt that an organization’s recruiting brand — how they are perceived in the marketplace by the best talent — plays a huge role in their ability to hire and retain top performers. [Tweet “An org’s...
by John G. Self | Jul 25, 2014 | Healthcare, Recruiting
As healthcare providers, large and small, move toward accountable value-based reimbursement and population health management, those of us who serve those companies are preparing for change as well. Like our customers, we, too, must be prepared to be more accountable...
by John G. Self | Jun 27, 2014 | Recruiting
There have been many things written about the executive search process. Some are amusing with a ring of truth – executive recruitment is like getting married after four dates – and others are less flattering, that recruiters are the world’s worst communicators. But...
by John G. Self | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ten years ago, executives at Monster.com and other computerized job boards were smugly predicting the death of retained search as expensive, inefficient relics of a by-gone era. Today, the retained search firms, particularly those in healthcare, are reporting strong...
