by John G. Self | Dec 20, 2013 | Stories
The best time to be in a retail bakery is in the morning. The aroma is overpowering. Freshly baked coffee cakes and breakfast danish loaded with cinnamon and almonds. The smell of breads and cakes just out of the oven. Wow, the aroma alone will sell the products....
by John G. Self | Dec 9, 2013 | Career Management
I think most career counselors and recruiters have this recurring dream: they take the time to share helpful tips on brand management with job seekers but the vast majority are not listening, or, they are just lazy and hoping the extra effort with the resume will not...
by John G. Self | Nov 4, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
I am not a great golfer. In fact, if you know anything about the game, and then watched me play it, you could argue that my “I am not a great golfer” disclosure was a grand overstatement of the truth. I probably could do better if I used a golf launch...
by John G. Self | Oct 2, 2013 | Career Management, Leadership
This is by far the most popular blog post on Self Perspective so we thought we’d share it again given how much our audience has changed since it was originally posted. Enjoy and feel free to share your comments and questions! The use of academic credentials...
by John G. Self | Sep 9, 2013 | Career Management, Recruiting
Over the past 20 years I have spent much time with early careerists, hundreds of freshly minted graduate school would-be senior executives. They all think they know where they are going, but clearly, the vast majority do not know how to get there. So they ask for...
