Interviewing and Selecting High Performers: Every Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing Techniques

Beatty, Richard H.

ISBN 10: 0471593591 / ISBN 13: 9780471593591

Published by John Wiley, New York, 1994

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24 cm, 213, wraps, acid-free paper, illus., index, usual library markings, covers somewhat worn and soiled, black mark on title page some corners creased.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interviewing and Selecting High Performers: Every Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing Techniques
• Publisher: John Wiley, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471593591
• ISBN 13: 9780471593591
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: fair to good, ex-lib.

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Synopsis

Take the guesswork out of the most important decision you make!Interviewing and Selecting High Performers Every Manager's Guide toEffective Interviewing Techniques Current studies show thathigh-quality workers outproduce poor ones by 25% to 50%. Moreover,these findings reveal the alarmingly high direct and indirect costscompanies pay when they hire the wrong people. So why, asks RichardBeatty, would you want to rely on "hit-and-miss" approaches toselecting new employees? In his latest practical, career-orientedguide, Beatty says you no longer have to. Instead, this renownedconsultant and author shows how you can consistently choosehigh-quality performers who fit both your company's immediate needsand long-term strategic goals. Interviewing and Selecting HighPerformers provides you with an integrated, airtight, step-by-stepselection process. Using a high-performance predictive model, thissystem clarifies the key qualifications needed by candidates forhigh performance of specific jobs and provides a rigorous interviewdesign approach that enables you to objectively measure whether aparticular candidate meets that criteria. With the help ofreproducible evaluation forms, you're able to accurately weigh thestrengths and weaknesses of various prospects and account for theinevitable tradeoffs involved in the selection process, so that youminimize the risks inherent in the employment decision. Inaddition, Interviewing and Selecting High Performers offers youunmatched support, including:
* Sound, field-tested interviewing techniques
* Step-by-step instructions for designing effectiveinterviews
* Guidance on opening, conducting, and closing the interview, sothat you get the information you need while putting your company inthe best light
* More than 500 behaviorally-based questions covering 32 topicareas that help you determine a prospect's overall job fitness

About the Author

RICHARD H. BEATTY heads his own human resources consulting firm, whose clients include several of America's top companies. He is the author of six other highly successful career books, including The New Complete Job Search (now in a second edition), 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Get the Right Job in 60 Days or Less, The Resume Kit (now in a second edition), The Perfect Cover Letter, and The Five-Minute Interview, with a total of over 500,000 copies sold.