Hire for Fit : Select the Best Executive for Your Organization
Author: Don Andersson
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ISBN: 1886939454
Publisher: Oakhill Press (01 February, 2001)
Sales Rank: 502,799
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 2 out of 5
Could've been sumed up in a paragraph.
Basically the book makes one point -- it just keeps making that point over and over again and explaining it detail. I read the book cover to cover in just under 2 hours. Hire people who click with your organization. Just because someone is successful someplace, doesn't mean they will be in your organization. It's because of poor hiring that the average executive lasts only two years. Analyze your specific needs and how the candidate will help you overcome it. A better book for hiring is: "Sales Management" -- details about hiring a sales person, but very applicable with all employees.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Strongly recommended reading for corporate recruiters
The very high (on average, 40%) turnover rate of executives within 18 to 24 months of entering new positions creates an financial and operational burden on today's corporate efforts to be profitable in a highly competitive marketplace. Don Andersson's Hire For Fit: Select The Best Executive For Your Organization walks the reader through the entire process of selecting executives that would work productively and competently within their companies structure and culture. Of special interest is Andersson's step-by-step interactive action plan that will assure the next hire as being able to do the expected work within a particular corporate structure. Hire For Fit is invaluable, strongly recommended reading for corporate recruiters, managers, and human resource directors.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Hiring Answer Every Manager Needs
Bravo! Here's a book that fills a long-ignored niche. I haven't seen anything else that approaches it.The text is very readable. The clever chapter titles add a dash of seasoning and the illustrations are obviously drawn out of real-life experience. It's clear throughout that Don Andersson has "walked his talk." A CEO's voice rings through loud and clear and gives an authenticity that can't be duplicated without hands-on experience.
It was especially interesting find out why it's so difficult for older executives to start over in a new environment. Don Andersson puts his finger on the why - along with explaining what to do and how to do it. "What Does Clarence Think?" ought to be taught in every leadership seminar. And Chapter 24, "The Productive Entrance Strategy", A Resource for Success," should be required reading for every manager. This book synthesizes everything we have known, suspected, wondered about and ignored into an easy-to-follow guide to hiring the right person.
It's especially valuable that Hire for Fit is as valid for the new employee as it is for the employer. I can think of six colleagues who need to read it right now - and dozens who would have benefited from it over the years. Those of us who've survived the awkward ages and emerged wiser - if grayer - have long needed this guidebook for hiring into the new corporate environments.
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