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Summary: The Hiring Process - Will make or break your business
Review: "High Impact Hiring" by Del Still is a must read for everyone from the President of a Company to the Dept. Manager charged with interviewing & hiring decisions. Once you have read this book you will find you are more equiped to gather the pertinent information on candidates which will ultimately give you greater success in this most important decision. Hiring the right individual is one of our Corporate clients greatest challenges so we have been giving this book to them to assist in facing the hiring hurdle. With the assistance of the book they are capable of meeting the hiring challenge with confidence. As the President of one of Southern California's premier CPA firms I am involved in all of our own internal hirings and am so grateful to have read this book. My advise to those of you who are involved in this process is "Don't hire without first reading this exceptional book!" Your business cannot afford the wrong individual. Creating an exceptional company can only be acheived with exceptional people within an organization.
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Summary: "You win by building an exceptional work force"
Review: "Making the right hiring decision is more important today than ever before." Del J. Still writes, "I don't have to tell you about the impact of smarter competition and globalization of today's business on profits. I'm sure you've felt the pressure. If not, you will. Even the smallest company cannot afford to operate as they have in the past and expect to suceed in today's pressure-filled environment. How do you win? You win by building an exceptional work force"(p.19).In this context, throughout the book, he presents his 7-Step interview model that can be summarized by one seven-letter word- 'PROCEED.' He argues that "It is an acronym where each letter represents one step of the process. 'PROCEED' is your blueprint to interviewing success. You'll be amazed at the results you achieve when you follow this process, step-by-step"(p.42). Step 1: Prepare * Identify existing superior performers * Create a job description for the position * Identify the competencies or skills needed to do the job * Draft interview questions Step 2: Review * Review questions for legality and fairness Step 3: Organize * Select your interview team and your method of interviewing * Assign roles to your team and divide the questions Step 4: Conduct * Gather data from the job candidate Step 5: Evaluate * Determine the match between the candidate and the job Step 6: Exchange * Share data in a discussion meeting Step 7: Decide * Make the final decision Finally, he writes that "Even though the material I have included in this book is based on years of research and practical experience, it can always be improved. I encourage you to experiment with the methods and discover what works best for you...The cardinal rule is to 'stay legal' and 'play fair.' The 'best' thing you can do is put someone in a job where their competencies closely match the requirements. The 'worst' thing you can do is the opposite"(p.221). Highly recommended.
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Summary: The Hiring Process - Will make or break your business
Review: "High Impact Hiring" by Del Still is a must read for everyone from the President of a Company to the Dept. Manager charged with interviewing & hiring decisions. Once you have read this book you will find you are more equiped to gather the pertinent information on candidates which will ultimately give you greater success in this most important decision. Hiring the right individual is one of our Corporate clients greatest challenges so we have been giving this book to them to assist in facing the hiring hurdle. With the assistance of the book they are capable of meeting the hiring challenge with confidence. As the President of one of Southern California's premier CPA firms I am involved in all of our own internal hirings and am so grateful to have read this book. My advise to those of you who are involved in this process is "Don't hire without first reading this exceptional book!" Your business cannot afford the wrong individual. Creating an exceptional company can only be acheived with exceptional people within an organization.
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Summary: "You win by building an exceptional work force"
Review: "Making the right hiring decision is more important today than ever before." Del J. Still writes, "I don't have to tell you about the impact of smarter competition and globalization of today's business on profits. I'm sure you've felt the pressure. If not, you will. Even the smallest company cannot afford to operate as they have in the past and expect to suceed in today's pressure-filled environment. How do you win? You win by building an exceptional work force"(p.19). In this context, throughout the book, he presents his 7-Step interview model that can be summarized by one seven-letter word- 'PROCEED.' He argues that "It is an acronym where each letter represents one step of the process. 'PROCEED' is your blueprint to interviewing success. You'll be amazed at the results you achieve when you follow this process, step-by-step"(p.42). Step 1: Prepare * Identify existing superior performers * Create a job description for the position * Identify the competencies or skills needed to do the job * Draft interview questions Step 2: Review * Review questions for legality and fairness Step 3: Organize * Select your interview team and your method of interviewing * Assign roles to your team and divide the questions Step 4: Conduct * Gather data from the job candidate Step 5: Evaluate * Determine the match between the candidate and the job Step 6: Exchange * Share data in a discussion meeting Step 7: Decide * Make the final decision Finally, he writes that "Even though the material I have included in this book is based on years of research and practical experience, it can always be improved. I encourage you to experiment with the methods and discover what works best for you...The cardinal rule is to 'stay legal' and 'play fair.' The 'best' thing you can do is put someone in a job where their competencies closely match the requirements. The 'worst' thing you can do is the opposite"(p.221). Highly recommended.
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Summary: A Book That Delivers All it Promises -- and MORE!
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· A seven-step process anyone can use to create and conduct error-free interviews that get results;
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· 175 pre-written interview questions to jump start any interview;
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Summary: HIGH IMPACT HIRING IS A "MUST READ."
Review: As a management consultant and professional speaker focusing on human resources I read a lot of background. I am already frequently quoting Dr. Still's work in HIGH IMPACT HIRING. His writing style and common sense treatment of this very important subject makes building an all star team easier. I Will be reading chapters from this book over and over again.
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Summary: Undoubtly, the best book on this subject in years.
Review: I was very impressed with Dr. Still's book. His method of interviewing was easy to understand and apply. I recently used his techniques to make a tough hiring decision. The book almost made the choice for me. This is a book that every one who participates in the hiring process should own.
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Summary: The best interviewing process I have ever used. Impressive!
Review: I've been interviewing job candidates for a number of years and I thought I knew it all! I must admit, I learned a lot from Dr. Still's book. He makes the hiring process straight forward and easy to understand. His book is the first "how-to" management book I have read that is practical and delivers a lot more than it promises. Take my word for it, every person who participates in the hiring process (even you recruiters) should own this book. It's written in a language that is easy to understand and does not try to over power you with technical details. And, it's not an academic treatment. By-the-way, the author gives you a who series of useful interview questions to help you get started. I used several of them in a recent interview and I was very impressed with the amount of high quality information I received from the applicant. We need more books like this one -- no fluff, just good, common sense, practical advise.
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Summary: Don't Let Hiring Mistakes Hurt Your Career!
Review: In a recent survey of managers in America's top companies, more than 50% admitted they felt it necessary to improve their selection interviewing skills. As a young manager, I made some hiring decisions that I am not proud of. I realize I not only caused my employers to lose money, I gave myself some needless management headaches. As I became a bit more informed and experienced in hiring, I came to realize that this responsibility was not only a key to my personal success, but also to the success of my organization. Hardly anyone will deny that people are an organization's most important asset, yet we often take a haphazard approach to hiring and expose ourselves to future problems. Hiring mistakes are so costly - they rob a person of time, time to build a productive, satisfying relationship with an employer. These mistakes make your job even more difficult than necessary. Everyone loses when a mismatch is made between the person and the job. Are you certain that you are hiring the best person for a job? Is there a way to consistently make high quality hiring decisions? I can say with confidence that there is and it's explained in detail in this book. However, the process was not developed overnight. It took years to refine. I learned how to do it through a combination of research, experience in the "school of hard knocks," and with a great deal of help from my client companies. I wrote High Impact Hiring to help you build a superior workforce. The book outlines a systematic, skill-based hiring process. It focuses on the application of practical principles for selecting outstanding performers. Wouldn't it be great if you could significantly improve your organization's productivity while reducing unwanted turnover? With my 7-step approach, you can. I know this sounds like a "soap-box" sermon, but the interviewing process I describe in the book - works. I've dedicated the past 12 years of my life teaching others how to apply this system with outstanding results. Please accept my personal invitation to read High Impact Hiring and try it yourself. I know you'll be pleased with the result. Please write and let me know how High Impact Hiring is working for you. Best regards, Del Still
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Summary: Costly mistake!
Review: In December 2001 I recruited a person to our business and because I hired on my gutfeeling I made a very expensive mistake. Now seven months later after enormous amounts of energy and resources devoted to that person I had to fire him. This book has thought me the importance of looking at working habits and past actions when hiring people. Maybe you can teach a old dog to sit - but who has the time and money for that! If you are hiring - buy this book and do it right!
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