'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.
- ISBN13 9780077099688
- Publish Date 16 March 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English