Mastering the Art of Recruiting: How to Hire the Right Candidate for the Job

by Michael Travis

Overview

A priceless resource for seasoned as well as first-time executives, this is the playbook that explains how to recruit better people and build stronger, more effective teams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440831454
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	145
File size:	789 KB

About the Author

Michael Travis, named by BusinessWeek as one of the World's Most Influential Headhunters, is the principal of Travis & Company, an executive search firm.

Table of Contents

1. The Messy Business of Assessing People
2. Attitude Adjustment: Get in the Recruiting Mindset
3. Seek and You Shall Find (If You Know What You're Looking For)
4. Finding, Attracting, and Screening Candidates
5. Selling, Questioning, and Listening: The Art of the Interview
6. Common Problems (And How to Fix Them)
7. How to Get Meaningful References
8. Making Offers That Are Accepted
9. You Thought You Were Done? After the Hire
10. The Path to Mastery
Index

What People are Saying About This

Narv Narvekar

"You can’t succeed without a great team, and this book shows how to build one. It’s an essential and highly practical guide to recruiting top talent."

Eric Davies

"At once brilliantly insightful and wonderfully entertaining, Mastering the Art of Recruiting is an indispensable guide for anyone who recognizes that hiring talented employees is the most critical factor in building successful businesses. Michael Travis has done a masterful job of laying out a clear and simple recipe anyone can follow for dramatically improving their hiring practices. In doing so, he offers organizations a powerful strategic advantage."

Richard A. Packer

"Well written and fast-paced, this book provides all the basics of how to recruit great people, with the bonus of lessons learned from a seasoned veteran of the recruiting business. The focused, boiled-down lists should be in every executive's recruiting tool kit!"

Editorial Reviews

For more than two decades, Michael Travis has recruited CEOs, function heads and board members for top corporations in multiple industries. Mastering the Art of Recruiting: How to Hire the Right Candidate for the Job is a straight-forward tutorial for anyone who wants to avoid the most common mistakes of screening, interviewing and hiring people for important jobs. His tips are well worth the read.” —Forbes

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