Hiring the Best: Manager s Guide to Effective Interviewing and Recruiting, Fifth Edition 
Znašajke: - ISBN13: 9781593374037
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Opis proizvoda: - Employees are a company s number one asset. Yet poor hiring selection can sabotage productivity, morale and the bottom line. With Hiring the Best, 5th edition, managers and HR personnel can direct every interview their way, and obtain the information they need to take the best possible choice. This new edition includes: 400 questions to interview candidates A new section on electronic recruitment A revised resource section Updates on new laws and guidelines influencing hiring practices
Korisniški Ratings: - A lot of good info. Much of this might be considered common sense, but we tend to forget & overlook. Will be using many of the suggestions here for several new hires.
- One of the Best. This is one of the best books on the topic out there.
I went with four stars because the author gives a very one-sided view of drug testing. - Great Wisdom on Hiring. I first read this book 10+ years ago. The advice has gotten better with age. Hiring is not complicated. It takes some discipline and focus. Yate boils it down to 3 questions, restated in the most direct terms:
1. Can you do the minimum requirements of this position? (behavioral interviewing techniques follow naturally)
2. Are you highly self-motivated? (more behavioral interviewing ... give me another specific example ... )
3. Are you manageable? Do you willingly pursue the manager/firm s goals? (more behavioral interviewing ... with some sharper questions and pointed follow-up to trigger honest reactions and discussion)
This approach greatly reduces the risk of hiring errors, especially if you require a team of interviewees to agree that a candidate passes all three tests. The chosen candidate may not be an ideal highflyer, but they will be able to do the job, be low maintenance for their manager and not derail the work of others.
This approach forces hiring managers and HR to agree upon essential qualifications up front, it scripts interviews for consistency, it reduces the allure of only hiring people just like me, it eliminates ethereal discussions about future growth potential, it neutralizes the sparkling personality advantage, it creates some tension and variety that yields more honest answers AND it sets the clear tone for managing the candidate once hired.
This approach also allows you to evaluate internal transfers in a fair way and give priority to them even if external candidates seem to be slightly more qualified or to provide internal candidates with clear feedback on what they could do to become more qualified for a position when you have to turn them down.
At the end of an interview, I have even posed these questions to candidates one at a time to give them a final chance to convince the interview team of their qualifications. The very best candidates really shine when the questions are asked directly. They are talented, motivated team-players and can speak to these qualities. The pretenders make faces and sputter!
In the current 10-15% unemployment market, this approach is especially valuable, since it focuses two-thirds of the time on the subjective drivers of success: self-motivation and selfless teamwork. Can you do the job? has evolved into a search for who can prove best beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have done every bit of this job repeatedly in the past - a very low ROI approach that leads to the future discovery of hiring failures and individuals who do not have another promotion left in their repertoire. - Too simple. Very bad book, everything it says is intuitive. I dont recomend it if you have just a little experience interviewing people.
- Nine Years of Use And Nine Years of Success. I have been using Martin Yate s Hiring the Best since the late 1990s. This is an excellent reference book for human resource departments, hiring managers, and, also, for those in-transition. I refer to the book when hiring key employees and I encourage those who work for me to use it for interview preparation.
Yates provides a review of situational, personality profile, stress, and behavioral interviewing approaches, knock-out questions, and over 200 questions that will be useful in assessing ability, willingness, and manageability.
Hiring capable, motivated people is considered to be the most important management task. A poor decision results in a whole host of negative outcomes including lost time,expense,poor morale, and, possibly, irreversible negative outcomes. Hiring the Best will serve you well when filling open positions in the private, public, or the social sector.
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Hiring the Best: Manager s Guide to Effective Interviewing and Recruiting, Fifth Edition (ID: 1593374038)
