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Authors: Harvard Business School Press
ISBN-13: 9781591399728, ISBN-10: 1591399726
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Harvard Business School Press

Book Synopsis

Hiring smart can give your company a vital edge over rivals - and build your reputation as a savvy and talented manager. But today's shifting terrain has made the hiring process as tricky as it is crucial. This hands-on guide offers potent strategies for sharpening your interviewing skills and hiring the right candidates for the right jobs.

Table of Contents

Sharpen your interviewing skills
How to shift the burden of hiring onto the candidate : an interview with Pierre Mornell21
Conducting a great job interview31
Use case interviewing to improve your hiring44
Interviewing your prospective supervisor48
Don't ask these questions! : how to avoid breaking the law in a job interview52
Assess candidates' cultural fit
Cultural fit : why hiring good people is no longer good enough65
Personality tests in hiring : how to do it right74
Hiring (emotionally) smart82
Managers : to make a good hire, take a good look inside86
The lessons of "brand you" : advice for managing talent94
Tap the right talent pools
Do you know what's in your leadership pipeline?105
Which schools of experience should your executives attend?114
The war for managerial talent121
How to choose - and work with - consultants128
Hiring crunch? : here's an untapped labor pool137
Use the Internet to recruit
Online hiring? : do it right143
Finding talent on the Internet151

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