Strategic Interviewing: How to hire good people
In today's fast paced economy employers must hire, train, and retain the right employee for the right job. This is no easy task in an increasingly competitive environment with a dwindling talent pool and a growing number of workers who lack the appropriate job skills.Strategic Interviewingoutlines a proven process for managers to use to attract and retain quality employees from top-level executives to entry- level workers. Step-by-step, Richaurd Camp, Mary E. Vielhaber, and Jack L. Simonetti show managers how to overcome the two most common interview mistakes-subjectivity in asking questions and interpreting answers, and not knowing the kind of questions to ask that will predict employee performance. Using the authors' Strategic Interviewing Approach managers will learn to reduce subjectivity during the interview process, ask the right questions, and dramatically improve the accuracy of hiring decisions. In addition, managers can use the information gained from the strategic interview process to coach, counsel, and conduct performance appraisals more effectively.Each of the book's chapters contains invaluable self-assessments and questions that will help you evaluate your current approach and identify areas for improvement. Filled with numerous illustrative case examples and grounded in an extensive knowledge base, the six-step interview process outlined in Strategic Interviewing is a reliable guide for helping you make the best hiring decisions across your organization.