Recruting Excellence - Couverture rigide

Grout, Jeff; Perrin, Sarah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0077099680 ISBN 13 : 9780077099688

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 2002

Synopsis

'From factory floor to board, good people matter, and recruiting them is the first step in the process of building a winning team. This is the best guide to date on how to do it successfully'.

Andrew May FCMI, Professional Manager, September 2002

`Recruiting Excellence makes an excellent contribution to recruitment literature. It goes beyond the practical selection and recruitment process to explore the match between the candidate and the organisation’s strategicenvironment. This contains nuggets of useful information that should help attract, select and maintain quality employees.’

Professor Cary L. Cooper, BUPA Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, UMIST & Director, Robertson Cooper Ltd. (a UMIST spin off business psychology consultancy)

`This is a well-written and well-researched book that deals with the subject of recruitment and selection in a wide-ranging and exceptionally thorough manner. It takes a perspective that is both strategic and firmly business-focused, and offers many practical insights into the complexities of recruiting and keeping the best talent available.’

Professor Clive Fletcher, Managing Director of Personnel Assessment Ltd. Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths’ College, Visiting Professor at Henley Management College

`Successfully recruiting leadership talent has to be one of the most critical activities of any organisation. This is a first class effort in bridging the enormous gulf between strategic rhetoric and operational reality.’

Chris Long, Partner, Whitehead Mann Consumer Division, London Office

`Jeff Grout’s career industry expertise coupled with the clear writing style of Sarah Perrin deliver some timely lessons for all those engaged in recruitment. A compellingly argued book filled with strong ideas andpractical solutions.’

Richard Donkin, Author of Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Evolution of Work, Columnist for Financial Times

`..whilst there’re lots of recruitment books around, this highly practical and pragmatic guide succeeds in putting it within the broader context of increasing a company’s value. It clearly reflects the depth of the authors’ experience and knowledge…’

Robert Peasnell, UK Managing Director, McCann-Erickson Recruitment

If you want to fill your company with smart ideas, then fill it with great people.In times of boom or bust, it is your people who provide competitive advantage.

Quality employees drive organizational performance and shareholder value, making recruitment a mission critical business activity. However, the changing dynamics of the modern work place are impacting on recruiting strategies. It is now essential to create a strong employer brand - a positive,distinctive public perception of the organization as an employer.

Recruiting Excellence is an insider’s guide to identifying, attracting, selecting, motivating and retaining top talent: The guide reveals the strategies, tactics and practical procedures that maximise the people-power driving your business to success.

Recruiting Excellence looks at:

the strategic environment: from the changing employment market and employer branding to alternative means of recruiting.

the practical approach: from defining the vacancy need to reviewing CVs and application forms. It includes practical advice on effective interviewing,highlighting the questions that reveal candidates’ performance potential, as well as tips on the final selection.

after selection: from making the offer and negotiating the reward package to retaining key recruits. It also considers how to minimize the negative impact of poor performers and unavoidable redundancies.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jeff Grout is a respected adviser, commentator, columnist and speaker on recruitment, retention and motivation. He is former UK Managing Director of Robert Half International, the largest specialist recruitment consultancy in the world, and has helped organizations recruit thousands of people during a professional recruitment career of twenty years. Jeff has appeared on TV and radio, worked with the BBC in producing an interview training video, and has run interview technique courses for a number of the UKs leading companies. He is co-author of three books: The Adventure Capitalists, My Brilliant Career and Kickstart Your Career.

Sarah Perrin is a freelance journalist and writer, contributing regularly to business and professional magazines on a broad variety of topics. She is also the author of The Guardian Careers Guide to Accountancy and co-author, also with Jeff Grout, of Kickstart Your Career.Sarah qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in London before ultimately making a successful career shift into journalism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0077099680
• ISBN 13: 9780077099688
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible