Breakthrough Technical Recruiting

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Summary: We enthusiastically recommend this book
Review: Bookstall 99 is proud to add "Breakthrough Technical Recruiting" to our list of recommended business and professional books. We look at many books, recommend very few, and our reviewers must be in total agreement before we issue our approvals. This book we felt was exceptional in it's use of resources, in-depth research, timliness, and ease of reading. It is the only book on recruiting we are recommending. Dr. Wayne Ford has done an excellent job in producing a complete text for the technical recruiter, regardless of the level of experience. He logically lays out a sequential approach to learning the business, setting up an effective strategy, and following proven methods in achieving success. Especially helpful to technical recruiters, we felt, was the section on how to specifically interact with the technical professionals who are the target applicant population. This single text will get a new recruter started of make an experienced recruter a more effective professional. The bottom line is profitability and this work most certainly facilitates greater amounts. A particularly well thought out book with the reader in mind.

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Summary: NO BREAKTHROUGH HERE
Review: I am usually discerning about authors and books I purchase. This one really took me for a ride. Written by a Ph.D. who has served as the 'president' of a 'national training corporation' (not mentioned which corporation), this book contains utterly useless information such as 'Prepare for your interview with the candidate, Get a good general feel, and other generic statements which can be obtained without shelling out (price). The reviews for this book stated that it contained a lot of valuable information about managing client expectations - it contained one page - and it was far from valuable. Much of the book was full of 'building your pyramid', 'telemarketing stunts' and other strategies that had little to do with the topic of the book or the reviews it obtained. I am starting to believe the reviews are fake - as is the book...Am going to return it in a hurry and never look at anything by this PhD ever again.

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Summary: The best book yet on succeeding at a tough job
Review: Technical recruiting is tougher than it ever has been, and this is the book that will ease your pain and soften the bumps in your road. The author only uses technical jargon when he explains it to you, which is a big help. (If I already knew the jargon, I wouldn't need a book like this.) There is plenty of help here for every level of expertise. Other books tend to either treat you as an idiot or assume you know it all already. Neither of those approaches is helpful. This is easy to read and gives real meat to every area of explanation. I sincerely feel this is worth every cent of it's price and much more.

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Summary: Don't Buy It
Review: This book reads like a pamphlet that you might get in a high school "Careers" class. Most of the "chapters" are no more than five pages long. When I paid 50 bucks for this book, I assumed that it would be sophisticated and intelligent. It is not.

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Summary: NO BREAKTHROUGH HERE
Review: This rating is coming from someone who has been working in the contingency and retained technical recruiting industry for the past 10 years. I forced myself through the book (cover to cover) in a little more than one hour. I understand why experienced recruiters who were expecting an innovative exposition, were annoyed and dissatisfied. They are justified. Certain raters of this book have misrepresented its quality and the intellect of the material within. Moreover, I am surprised that no one has called the numerous spelling and grammatical errors into question. If you want a superficial, one-dimensional outline of the technical recruiting industry, then this book may satisfy you. If you are already a competent recruiter, don't expect a breakthrough here. This book was not written through the mind and heart of a real-world, front-line, technical recruiter.