Success for Hire

Simple Strategies to Find and Keep Outstanding Employees

Alexandra Levit

• Publisher: Association for Talent Development
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607282570
• Topic: Negocios y empresa
• Subtopic: Cultura del lugar de trabajo

The Recruiting Animal Award Winner 2008 for Best Book!It's coming: as early as 2010, the baby boomers will start retiring en masse, and employers large and small will be facing a nationwide "brain drain."Will you be ready?The time to address your hiring issues is now. Many of the best practices for recruitment and retention aren't complicated—it's all just a matter of setting priorities and following a concrete process that will avoid poor hiring decisions and increased turnover.Success For Hire provides such a process. You'll learn from experts who have discovered what works and what doesn't, and you can benefit from case studies about companies who have successfully transformed their hiring processes.With these practical tools and cutting-edge strategies to guide you, you can eliminate guesswork from the hiring process. Your organization can minimize the "turnover treadmill" and be solidly competitive when others are scrambling to find talent.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Content
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction: Dodge Recruitment Disasters and Win the War for Talent
• 1 Analyze Your Required Positions: Forethought Trumps Knee-Jerk Every Time
• 2 Search for the Best Candidates: Your Talent Is Out There, If You Know Where to Look
• 3 Narrow the Field of Applicants: Assess Where They've Been and Where They're Going
• 4 Create a Strategy for Interviewing: Make Every Minute in Your Office Count
• 5 Do Effective Background Research: Verify Your Impressions with Supporting Data
• 6 Make the Job Offer: Expedite Your Decision and Finish Strong
• 7 Improve New Hire Orientation: Help Employees Start on the Right Foot—and Reap the Benefits
• 8 Develop Strong Training and Growth Plans: Empower New Employees with a Culture of Learning
• 9 Achieve Long-Term Retention: Combat Wandering Eyes by Motivating People to Stick Around
• Afterword
• References
• Suggested Reading
• About the Author
• Index