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Adler's insightful new POWER hiring methods enable managers to attract, assess, and recruit the best candidates through the integration of online tools and offline behavior modifications. New information on hiring and the Internet, diversity, and legal compliance issues is included. | | | |
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 A definite must read for any manager Nov 28, 2006
I highly recommend Lou Adler's book, Hiring with Your Head, for any hiring manager seeking to hiring the best talent. Hiring with Your Head provides an overview of a proven systematic approach for hiring superior people by focusing on their past performance rather than relying on intuition.
Lou Adler provides a methodology for critically assessing candidates' potential for evaluating how well their past accomplishments meet the requirements for a position. He also goes into depth on how to successfully source and recruit talented individuals to your company.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 The star is for the digital version, and Amazon customer service! Jun 04, 2006
Beware: If you buy the digital version from Amazon, it forces you to use Microsoft identity, and you will not be able to download the file then load it in your reader... No, you must open up a security hole in your firewall to make the pre-file send encrypted information to God knows where, then you can only read it on that identity. It is Microsoft bound so I don't know if you Mac guys or Linux guys are covered here, on PDA side, forget PDA that is not the right terminology, Pocket PC it should say.
The whole thing is Microsoft bound, and if you like me are behind a corporate firewall you are unable to get the book at all.
Customer service will read 1% of what you write and even ask you to include the order # on your replies... not via email, but like all corporations with customer service which really sucks. You must login to there webpage and email from there, no inconvenience to great... When you at the end ask if they can replace with the paperback version, they ignore it completely and send an auto- responder returning the money to your credit card... I wanted the book, but that is not possible unbelievable enough, the order I ordered it with which still is not shipped from Amazon could not have the paperback added, so if I wanted it they could send it as an extra for 12 $ in shipping costs on top, instead of helping me save by tossing it in a pack still to be sent!
I believe this book could be great, but due to the extreme restrictions on this e-book and lack of service mentality I will never find out. So for all I recommend you to buy the paperback version, to avoid the dissapointment.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Good Practical and Relevant Mar 22, 2006
OK let's get it out there... people who have very little to live for read business books. 99% of the stuff written is of the most egregious quality known to mankind -- people with any sense avoid the business section in any bookstore. It is the special writer indeed that can make their experiences relevant to the rest of us, impart knowledge and wisdom, who goes beyond the pump-me-up-and-let's-all-feel-good-and-happy-clappy version of corporate America -- the kind commonly encouraged in some national sales conventions. You know! The type that tries to convince you they have secrets of business success by regaling you with stories on how important their "new" business discoveries really are, when really they are variations on the benefits such banal things as getting up early, not watching too much TV, changing your socks, and giving people hell the occassional time (preferably all of the above done based upon some abstruse mathematical formulation).
No... Lou Adler is the real thing. Not full of beans or full of himself most of the time. The advice he gives is practical, well organised and starts with the premise that, when you hire someone you should use the job as the screen for the candidate -- in order to draw those qualities out of the candidate and also to organise your presentation of the job. Adler says, "do not start with percieved requirements of the position" as these do not deliver the results needed.
There is a lot of technical detail and healthy, not corny or forced anecdotal evidence such as is legion in most of this genre.
I have seen Lou Adler on two occassions and can concur that he is one of the most down-to-earth people you can meet. In a world rife with industry setting unrealistic targets Lou is able to lay it on the line and tell you what you need to do and not what you want to do. There is no percieved, strained intellectualism or claims of revealed truth or knowledge that you get in other such reads as Zig Ziglar or Gerardi, or (horror or horrors, Wess Roberts -- author of the worst sales coaching book in history "The Leadership Secrets of Atilla the Hun).
I have recommended it for my corporate clients on occasion and can do so with a straight face and strong measure of encouragement. It actually reinforced those elements of hiring that we were doing right, and forced us to change those elements we were doing wrong - can there ever be a stronger recommendation for any book?
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Packed With Knowledge! May 06, 2004
Lou Adler, president of the Power Hiring consulting and training company, provides a systematic approach for finding, interviewing and hiring the best candidate for a job. He emphasizes making an objective assessment and, to this end, he provides techniques for overcoming first impressions. He identifies four key interview questions you can use to determine job candidates' competency and motivation, and to match their skills and interests to your company's needs. The book includes charts and checklists that highlight important points. We recommend this well-organized guide to effective hiring to company owners, human resource personnel and managers involved in the hiring process. Alert job seekers may also find it useful to learn what a good interview will demand.
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An On-Target Update Nov 22, 2002
The second edition of Lou Adler's Hire with Your Head takes the best of the original concepts and updates it with the latest insights on interviewing and the entire selection process. I've been able to introduce the POWER Hiring concepts to a major professional services with significant results including better retention and a reputation as an employer of choice. I've seen hundred's of clients report more confidence in their ability to accurately interview candidates.One excellent example of this update should be a revelation to many managers and human resource professionals who have been inundated with books recommending the "152 Best Interview Questions." It's the answers, not the questions that count. Adler's POWER Hiring formula recognizes the importance of getting and properly evaluating candidate answers. From the starting point of Performance Profiles to the insights on the latest recruiting tips, Lou Adler courageously tells managers and HR professionals what they're not doing right -- and what to do to make it right. It's rare that I read both a first and second edition of the same book -- but this second edition captivated me with every chapter.
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