Product Description

You want to fill your company with smart ideas, fill it with great people. In times of boom or bust, it is the people that provide competitive advantage. Recruiting excellence explains how the dynamics of the modern work place have changed, and how this has impacted on recruiting strategies.

Split into three sections, Part one takes a step back, looking at the strategic environment: the candidate's agenda, changing employment market, employer branding, alternative means of sourcing new recruits and alternatives to taking more staff on board.

Part two takes a practical look at recruitment – addressing the process, use of consultancies, headhunters, advertising, CV's and application forms. It also explains the psychometric texts, their use and effectiveness. It gives tips on interviewing and the final selection.

Part three – After the selection- examines making the offer, probationary period and how to retain the key recruits.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306394 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Professional Manager, September 2002
"This is the best guide to date on how to do it [recruit excellence] sucessfully"

About the Author
Jeff Grout is a respected adviser, commentator, columnist and speaker on the subjects of recruitment, retention and motivation. He is former UK Managing Director of Robert Half International, the largest specialist recruitment consultancy in the world.

Sarah Perrin is a freelance journalist and writer, contributing regularly to numerous business and professional magazines. She is also the author of The Guardian Careers Guide to Accountancy.

Customer Reviews

Good book - gives good overview
Thought this was an excellent book. Read it as wanted to understand the whole recruitment industry more clearly. Also read "How to Handle Your Recruitment Consultant", very different style and obviously approaching the area from the opposite angle - but very useful when read in conjunction with Recruiting Excellence.

At last - a great book on recruitment
I've been training recruiters for 15 years, and this is one of the best books I've read. It's a great combination of 'how to' advice and looking at the big picture. Grout and Perrin are particularly strong in two areas: discussing employer branding and how this impacts on candidates' attitudes (Virgin and Accenture attract huge numbers of talented applicants simply because of their brand as an employer). Secondly, there is plenty of support and advice around difficult issues of timing around job offers, and the best ways of handling salary negotiation.

Not the best book
Fair book, but not detailed enough to be of real help. GCSE recruitment advice. Think long and hard before buying this.