Making Million-Dollar Decisions - How the Best Companies Find the Best People

Overview of the book:

Making Million-Dollar Decisions - How the Best Companies Find the Best People views hiring events as investments...ones that can yield a great return, or result in a great loss.  Breaking the recruiting and hiring process into all its stages...from sourcing, to screening, assessment, selection, onboarding, and post-hire tracking...it provides a guide to raising the financial payoff, and reducing the risk, that come with every hiring decision.  Based on decades of proven results, it lays out with clear real-world examples all the tactics, tools, and technology that today's leading companies...large and small...use to capture the best talent. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
"Dr. David Jones has practiced as an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and human resources consultant for over 30 years.  In Making Million-Dollar Decisions: How the Best Companies Find the Best People, he assembles his hands-on experience in designing, implementing and defending recruiting and hiring systems for companies ranging from the Fortune 500 and start-up ventures around the world.  A pioneer in bringing technology solutions and recruitment process outsourcing to the world of employment, his work continues to shape how “the best companies find the best people.”   

Chapter 1 - Three Things We Know about People
Chapter 2 - Four Things We Know About Process
Chapter 3 - Some Basic Thinking Models
Chapter 4 - Measuring Payoff in "Hard Numbers"
Chapter 5 - Measuring Payoff in "Soft Numbers"
Chapter 6 - Technology Comes to Recruiting and Hiring

Stay tuned... As new chapters continue to offer insight to the tools and practices today’s leaders use to gain a competitive edge…and to capture the best talent.

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