Product Description

From candidate searches to growth plans for long-term employee retention, author Alexandra Levit, details how to create a successful employee acquisition program. Success for Hire: How to Find and Keep Outstanding Employees has appeal for any business professional who needs to hire the right person for the right job in a 24/7 global business environment.

Success for Hire offers a logical methodology for finding and keeping the best talent available. Included is an analysis of the essential hiring steps and detailed instructions for conducting an efficient talent search, developing a candidate screening process, interviewing, making the offer, conducting new hire orientation, and creating a retention plan. Success for Hire will help readers avoid knee jerk reactions to hiring needs, use every minute efficiently during the interview stage, and use available research tools to ensure they pursue the right candidate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #892830 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

Review
Success for Hire is an excellent guide for anyone concerned about attracting and retaining great talent. It is a comprehensive compilation of leading contemporary talent practices...a one-stop resource for developing strategies to ensure your organization has the talent needed to succeed. --Bob Paxton, Vice President of Human Resources, Whirlpool Corporation

A very well-constructed, thoughtful, practical template for attracting, developing and retaining the talent necessary to successfully compete in the 21st century. --Doug Conant, President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company

Alexandra Levit has written a highly informative book, which strikes a perfect balance in providing specific best practices and checklists, while also inspiring readers to think more broadly and creatively about their human capital challenges. Anyone who is responsible for recruiting, staffing, and developing high performing employees and managers, no matter how senior or experienced, will benefit from the wisdom that has been collected and synthesized so masterfully. --Ben Dattner, Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York University

About the Author
Alexandra Levit is the founder and president of Inspiration @ Work, a career consulting firm, as well as a vice president for Edelman, a global marketing communications firm. Her career and workplace advice has been featured in over 800 media outlets, including: the Associated Press, ABC News, USA Today, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and Fortune. She is the author of They Don't Teach Corporate in College and How'd You Score That Gig?. Levit currently lives in Oak Park, IL.