Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest
by By Mercer, Michael W.
Category: Business & Economics , General

Everybody wants to hire super performers - but people don't come with a guarantee attached. So how do you know which prospective employees will perform successfully on the job - and which will not?You'll be far better able to predict success if you follow the proven techniques in Michael Mercer's Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest. This pragmatic guide removes much of the uncertainty and inefficiency from the hiring process, showing you how to make the most of the three key tools: interviewing, testing, and reference checking.For many employers, testing, interviewing, and reference checking can pose a tough dilemma: how to gain essential, sometimes sensitive, information without violating legal and ethical constraints. Throughout the book, Mercer emphasizes four guiding principles: Make sure every action you take is objective, valid, reliable, and applied in a nondiscriminatory manner. You'll find out everything you need to know to hire the best and avoid the rest - fairly and legally.Hiring dependable, honest, and productive employees has always been a key management need. "Not all benefits can be measured strictly in dollars and cents. Yet many bottom-line improvements can probably be traced ultimately to hiring high-achievers and avoiding underachievers, asserts Mercer. Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest provides a proven model for selecting the most promising candidates and improving your entire company's performance for years to come.