Swan's How To Pick The Right People Program

by William S. Swan

Written by a well-known lecturer and consulting expert, this book shows how to attract, interview and select the best employees. Based on the author's seminars and extensive consulting practice, each chapter deals with a specific interviewing and selection skill. The chapters are short, practical, and easy to read. They detail methods of defining desirable qualities and how to shape questions that focus on these needs. The author covers every aspect of the process from sequencing and timing, to honing listening skills and interpreting the resulting information, and discusses how to overcome the difficulties that arise from many how to be interviewed books. The text will be of interest to managers, human resources personnel, job seekers and small-business owners.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published April 6, 1989