Hiring Great People

Most companies are largely unaware of the high cost of just one poor hiring decision. Learn how your company can avoid these costs by consistently selecting the best candidates. Hiring Great People, published in 11 languages by McGraw Hill, is a Business Bestseller authored by Select International’s 3 founding partners – Kevin C. Klinvex, Matthew S. O’Connell, Ph.D., and Christopher P. Klinvex.


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This book walks you through the process of hiring great people. It’s a journey that starts with identifying the competencies people need to succeed in the job and leads to selecting the best candidates, negotiating an offer, and bringing new hires on board. Ultimately, it results in developing a complete staffing strategy that meets your business goals. Whether you’ve hired hundreds of people or are looking to hire your first, we show you how to do it successfully in ways that save you time and money and avoid legal landmines.

Why bother? Your business survival depends on it. Hiring the wrong people jeopardizes performance, productivity, customer relationships, and other employees. Hiring the right people gives your business the potential to excel far beyond expectations. Topics covered include:

  • Chapter 1—Competency-Based Job Descriptions
  • Chapter 2—Legal Issues
  • Chapter 3—Attracting the Right Employees
  • Chapter 4—Applications as Screening Tools
  • Chapter 5—Screening Resumes
  • Chapter 6—Interviewing Basics
  • Chapter 7—Structured Interview Techniques
  • Chapter 8—Evaluating Motivation to Perform the Job
  • Chapter 9—How to Use Testing
  • Chapter 10—Background Checks
  • Chapter 11—Making Final Selection Decisions
  • Chapter 12—Offer and Orientation
  • Chapter 13—Alternative Staffing Options

Hiring Great People gives managers and anyone interested in sound, modern hiring practices ideas on how to find, select, and keep a high-performance workforce. The book offers practical advice and information on how to recruit in a tight labor market, how to evaluate motivation, what legal issues to watch out for, and why even the best interviewers can't tell you all you need to know about an applicant. Following the thoroughly researched and tested principles in this book, you can create a consistent, foolproof system for hiring people. Visit www.amazon.com to order the book.

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