by John G. Self | Jan 13, 2014 | Career Management
Candidates far and wide, be forewarned. If your resume is lacking, there will be less than desirable consequences in your job search. Last week my colleague, Nancy Swain, wrote about Jack and his frustrating job search. Jack’s biggest problem, along with apparently...
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...
by John G. Self | Aug 14, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting
Recruiting a key executive, outlining client expectations, pushing him or her through new employee orientation, and then hoping for the best. The results are usually mixed and mixed is not an outcome hospitals can afford in this challenging economic R&R...
by John G. Self | Mar 18, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting, Stories
Why am I an executive recruiter? That is a question that I am frequently asked, given my background — from being a newspaper reporter and the first director of Hermann Hospital’s acclaimed Life Flight program and national marketing manager for the aircraft company,...
by John G. Self | Sep 19, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
Many parents will identify with this story: You are sound sleep, your back turned to the edge of the bed. Suddenly you are awakened with a sense of dread that something really bad is standing beside you. Something really scary. There is that split second of fear...
