by John G. Self | Nov 16, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
Recruiting is not a one-way street. No give and take, no tough challenging questions, and no candor and transparency, is a formula for a costly disaster in the waiting. Employers, their recruiters, and the candidates, all have a responsibility and duty to be...
by John G. Self | Nov 13, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
There is a cost — sometimes high, sometimes painful — for making bad career decisions. Consider these consequences: Inability to secure a new job because of a checkered resume Relegated to higher risk, lower tier organizations where you will earn less money and be...
by John G. Self | Sep 18, 2015 | Recruiting
Birmingham, Alabama — The secret fear of every search consultant is that a candidate with an unknown sordid background will blow up in the client’s face. No one, and I mean NO ONE, wants to spend time and money on an executive search only to see everything go to waste...
by John G. Self | Sep 11, 2015 | Recruiting
For a staff level position a hiring mistake is costly but never fatal. When you start rolling the dice for the C-Suite – the Chief Executive, the Chief Financial or Chief Nursing Officer – making an employment mistake can be painfully costly, even...
by John G. Self | Apr 20, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
In a critical game of the season, the best team — the one with the most talent and depth, the clear favorite— lost. They were well-prepared for all possibilities but they played without inspiration. The problem? They were overly prepared. They had been given so...
