by John G. Self | Feb 10, 2016 | Career Management
JACKSON, Mississippi — There are two ways to approach an interview — with a messaging plan that is based on an understanding of what the client is looking for and the client intelligence to successfully execute, or a more passive approach, simply responding to...
by John G. Self | Dec 9, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
Tell me your strengths. That is the question every candidate enjoys answering, more so than the typical tell me about yourself opening question that amazingly makes so many people uncomfortable. Well, I hate to the bearer of bad news, but this nice tell me about your...
by John G. Self | Mar 13, 2015 | Career Management
“My son just got a great paying consulting job with a major accounting firm right out of college and he is not going to have to be a salesman,” or so said the rather proud mother who apparently didn’t know that Junior would never make partner unless he could sell. A...
by John G. Self | Apr 15, 2013 | Career Management, Leadership
In the realm of leadership, executives must successfully manage their departments, their divisions or their companies. At the same time they must apply these same leadership principles to their own career management. That said, for the Baby Boomer and older Gen X...
by John G. Self | Aug 13, 2012 | Career Management, Recruiting
In the early years of my executive recruiting career, my hobby was to umpire high school baseball. For me it was a passion and a labor of love for a game that combined athletic ability, strategy and elegance. If it was Tuesday, Thursday or Friday during baseball...
