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- Have you ever wondered why traditional job offers often fail to attract top-tier talent, and when you should stop being the buyer and start being the seller in the recruitment process?
- What if you could rewrite your entire recruitment process—from the very first job advert to the final interview—to ensure you’re only attracting the best of the best?
- What's the secret to moving beyond 'standard' recruits and landing the high-potential employees who will actually transform your corporate culture?
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Key Takeaways from Hire With Your Head
- Discover why you should wait at least 30 minutes after an interview before making a hiring decision to eliminate personal bias and focus objectively on a candidate's capabilities.
- Learn how to replace ineffective, traditional job descriptions with 'performance profiles' that highlight measurable goals and attract highly ambitious talent.
- Find out how simple tweaks to your career website, such as enabling auto-fill on application forms, can boost candidate completion rates by 75 percent.
- Understand the value of treating job candidates like potential customers and reaching out to top prospects within 24 hours to secure them before they lose interest.
- Master the art of performance-based interviews by asking the 'most significant accomplishment' (MSA) question to quickly uncover a candidate's true abilities and track record.
Hire With Your Head — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Don’t be misled by widespread myths in recruiting today.
Chapter 3: Conventional job descriptions aren’t effective for finding top candidates today.
Chapter 4: Get creative with your recruiting methods.
Chapter 5: Interviews ought to be truly fact-finding missions, not popularity contests.
Chapter 6: You’ll miss out on top candidates if you rely on your initial impression alone.
Chapter 7: Verify your candidates’ references and backgrounds.
Chapter 8: Successful recruiting is a process of buying and selling.
Hire With Your Head Summary & Overview
Hire With Your Head (2007) will make you think twice before drafting a standard job offer that’ll only attract standard recruits. Learn when to be the seller and when to be the buyer in the HR market so that you’re guaranteed the pick of potential employees. By rewriting the recruitment process from advert to interview, Hire With Your Head will revolutionize your hiring practice.
Who Should Listen to Hire With Your Head?
- Recruitment and HR managers
- Team leaders
- Anyone involved in hiring
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