How to Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team- Even If You Don't Have a Recruiting Department

How to Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team- Even If You Don't Have a Recruiting Department

Now more than ever, it is vital that executives make smart hiring decisions. Lost time, wasted money, and squandered opportunities all stem from sub-par hiring decisions. To be a great business leader, you must be a great recruiter. In the end, you will be judged by the ability of your people to produce "A-Player" results.

How to Hire A-Players explains that recruiting is just marketing and sales in different garb. To improve your recruiting results, you simply refocus these marketing & sales abilities on the labor market. You have to know how and where to prospect for high-quality employees. Your current marketing, sales, and networking efforts provide terrific recruiting opportunities.

Eric's insights include:

• Would You Know An A-Player If You Met One? Define Your A-Player Profile.
• Don't Fill Positions. Build A Great Team.
• Would You Want To Work With This Person? How to Generate Worthwhile Employee Referrals.
• "Recruiter-in-Chief"
•  How to Use Recruiters (Wisely)
• What's In It For Me? How To Advertise For A-Players
• Never Underestimate The Economic Value of Good Looks & How to Identify Candidates Who Perform Well Rather Than Just Look Good.
• Pop the Hood, Don't Kick the Tires. How to Use Personnel Assessments in the Interview Process
• It's Not The A-Players You Hire ...