The Smart Interviewer: Tools and Techniques for Hiring the Best - Couverture rigide

Smart, Bradford D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471513318 ISBN 13 : 9780471513315

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1989

Synopsis

Focusing on the interview and person specifications, this text explain how to build excellent professional rapport, how to apply the TORC Technique for motivating the interviewee to be totally candid and reveal the negatives, how to conduct productive reference calls and how to correctly interpret an interviewee's responses. You'll also learn how to prepare for an interview, how much time to take during an interview and how to focus your questions in ways that will reveal whether the interviewee meets your organization's needs or not, plus the latest hiring legalities of which you should be aware. Valuable appendices feature sample person specifications for the general interviewee, technical professional manager, assistant computer programmer and retail clerk; a sample application form, an in-depth reference check guide, a professional rapport rating form and an order form. The text will interest anyone in business responsible for hiring and/or promoting individuals.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

The Smart Interviewer In 20 years of specializing in interviews, management psychologist Brad Smart has successfully interviewed more than 4,000 candidates for selection or promotion, trained over 3,000 hiring managers in how to interview, and counseled thousands on how to manage their careers. The Smart Interviewer is a culmination of this vast experience. In it, Smart shares with you the secrets to successful interviewing. Written in a most readable style and featuring humorous cartoons, this book will immediately help you improve your interviewing effectiveness. You’ll learn:

• How to build excellent rapport
• How to apply the TORC Technique for motivating the interviewee to be totally candid and reveal negatives
• How to conduct productive reference calls
• How to correctly interpret an interviewee’s responses
• How to prepare for an interview, how much time to take during an interview, how to focus your questions in ways that will reveal whether the interviewee meets your organization’s needs or not plus the latest hiring legalities you should be aware of

The Smart Interviewer will help you avoid costly mishires and mispromotions and give you strategies and tools to hire productive, high–caliber employees that meet your company’s needs.

Biographie de l'auteur

DR. BRADFORD SMART has interviewed more than 4,000 candidates for selection or promotion, and has trained more than 3,000 managers and human resource professionals in various interviewing approaches. His clients include many Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. Government, and a variety of profit and nonprofit organizations in 47 countries. After completing his doctorate in industrial psychology at Purdue University in 1970, he entered consulting. Since 1972, he has been in private practice in management psychology as President of Smart & Associates, Inc., a firm based in Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471513318
• ISBN 13: 9780471513315
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible