High Impact Hiring: How to Interview and Select Outstanding Employees
Author: Del J. Still
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ISBN: 0965465985
Publisher: Management Development Systems LLC (August, 2001)
Sales Rank: 5,561
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Costly mistake!
In December 2001 I recruited a person to our business and because I hired on my gutfeeling I made a very expensive mistake. Now seven months later after enormous amounts of energy and resources devoted to that person I had to fire him. This book has thought me the importance of looking at working habits and past actions when hiring people. Maybe you can teach a old dog to sit - but who has the time and money for that!
If you are hiring - buy this book and do it right!
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Hiring Process - Will make or break your business
"High Impact Hiring" by Del Still is a must read for everyone from the President of a Company to the Dept. Manager charged with interviewing & hiring decisions. Once you have read this book you will find you are more equiped to gather the pertinent information on candidates which will ultimately give you greater success in this most important decision. Hiring the right individual is one of our Corporate clients greatest challenges so we have been giving this book to them to assist in facing the hiring hurdle. With the assistance of the book they are capable of meeting the hiring challenge with confidence. As the President of one of Southern California's premier CPA firms I am involved in all of our own internal hirings and am so grateful to have read this book. My advise to those of you who are involved in this process is "Don't hire without first reading this exceptional book!" Your business cannot afford the wrong individual. Creating an exceptional company can only be acheived with exceptional people within an organization.
Rating: 5 out of 5
"You win by building an exceptional work force"
"Making the right hiring decision is more important today than ever before." Del J. Still writes, "I don't have to tell you about the impact of smarter competition and globalization of today's business on profits. I'm sure you've felt the pressure. If not, you will. Even the smallest company cannot afford to operate as they have in the past and expect to suceed in today's pressure-filled environment. How do you win? You win by building an exceptional work force"(p.19).In this context, throughout the book, he presents his 7-Step interview model that can be summarized by one seven-letter word- 'PROCEED.' He argues that "It is an acronym where each letter represents one step of the process. 'PROCEED' is your blueprint to interviewing success. You'll be amazed at the results you achieve when you follow this process, step-by-step"(p.42).
Step 1: Prepare
* Identify existing superior performers
* Create a job description for the position
* Identify the competencies or skills needed to do the job
* Draft interview questions
Step 2: Review
* Review questions for legality and fairness
Step 3: Organize
* Select your interview team and your method of interviewing
* Assign roles to your team and divide the questions
Step 4: Conduct
* Gather data from the job candidate
Step 5: Evaluate
* Determine the match between the candidate and the job
Step 6: Exchange
* Share data in a discussion meeting
Step 7: Decide
* Make the final decision
Finally, he writes that "Even though the material I have included in this book is based on years of research and practical experience, it can always be improved. I encourage you to experiment with the methods and discover what works best for you...The cardinal rule is to 'stay legal' and 'play fair.' The 'best' thing you can do is put someone in a job where their competencies closely match the requirements. The 'worst' thing you can do is the opposite"(p.221).
Highly recommended.
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