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The Complete Guide to Recruitment

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The Complete Guide to Recruitment

A Step-by-Step Approach to Selecting, Assessing and Hiring the Right People

Kogan Page,

15 mins. de lectura
10 ideas fundamentales
Audio y Texto

¿De qué se trata?

Learn to plan your recruitment efforts as carefully as your business strategy.

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Well Structured
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

This solid primer on recruitment features nearly all you need to know about the subject. Recruitment expert Jane Newell Brown offers a superbly organized, savvy book. Though her writing is dry at times, Brown teaches the basics and nuances of recruitment. The book has a strong UK orientation, but getAbstract finds its resource materials and principles useful for anyone who is new to recruiting and hiring, though the book also contains some tips for established HR professionals and for managers.

Summary

The Rudiments of Recruiting

The best recruiting advice may seem obvious at first and then might appear to be only basic common sense. Sadly, though, few organizations prepare and strategize their recruiting according to common sense. Most, though they don’t realize it, hire on a whim or base their choices on a witty remark in an interview. Successful companies recognize that good recruitment involves standardized methods and practices. Those firms begin with the basics and build from there.

Recruitment involves finding the best people, assessing their capabilities, engaging them to become excited about joining your firm and retaining them over the long term. This approach ensures the maximum return on investment (ROI) in a new staff member. Failure to recruit the best candidates results in substandard corporate performance, dissatisfied customers and reduced profits. Good recruitment incorporates a series of well-established steps. If you implement those processes, your organization will recruit, hire and retain outstanding employees.

Identify the Job, Then Find the Employee

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About the Author

Management consultant Jane Newell Brown is a leadership trainer and writer in the recruitment industry.

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    J. S. 9 years ago
    A good outline of the considerations and sensible processes that can be adopted to professionalize your recruitment efforts.