Executive Recruiting for Dummies - Paperback

by David E. Perry (Author), Mark J. Haluska (Author)

Tips and strategies to fill executive-level positions

Recruiting for high-end executives requires a special skill-set, and Executive Recruiting For Dummies is here to help you add this niche talent to your arsenal. Whether you're an in-house human resources manager or a professional recruiter at a search firm, this friendly guide walks you through each step of filling that senior, executive, or other highly specialized position. This book covers the globalization of talent and the advantages of executive recruiting. It provides expert guidance on finding the right candidates, conducting hardy screening and interviewing processes, closing deals, and more.

There are 10,000,000 businesses in America that hire at least one senior executive a year, and most turn to commissioning a third-party organization, such as an executive search firm. Rather than losing that next top-tier recruiting job, let Executive Recruiting For Dummies show you how to add this highly desirable and sought-after skill to your resume.

• Learn to recruit with precision
• Create a robust interview process
• Close the deal with a winning offer
• Find out how to work with professional recruiters

Discover how to find the best talent and retain and attract clients with the help of Executive Recruiting For Dummies.

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• Recruit and retain top-tier talent
• Fast-track your hiring success
• Gain insider secrets to hire the optimum fit

Build a recruiting process that provides a killer competitive edge

Add real and significant value to your business by looking at executive recruiting in a new way. Don't just be satisfied hiring the best talent currently looking for work--land the best talent period. Executive Recruiting For Dummies fuses strategy, values, and behavioral science with expert-driven insight and information to the benefit of everyone tasked with hiring real leaders. If you're ready to build a winning executive team stacked with the best talent money alone can't buy, then Executive Recruiting For Dummies is for you.

Inside…

• Best Practices explained
• Influencing stakeholders
• Engaging passive candidates
• Recruiting the C-Suite
• Benchmarking for "fit"
• Reducing opportunity costs
• Leading meaningful interviews
• Recruiter-proofing your hires
• Negotiating the win-win

Author Biography

David E. Perry has completed more than 1,000 searches on five continents negotiating over $300 million in salaries. His near perfect success rate is 300% better than the industry average-- one reason why The Wall Street Journal dubbed him the "Rogue Recruiter."Mark J. Haluska works internationally to fill positions from upper- middle management to president and CEO -level positions. Mark is a self-taught recruiter and has packaged deals as high as $4.2M.