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Daterviewing: Similarities between Interviewing and Dating that Helps You to Hire the Right Candidate

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First, let me expose my own bias: I edited this book. Having done so gave the opportunity to read it several times, and I enjoyed it more each time. Greg has come up with a simple process that is easy to understand for making hiring decisions based on logical criteria rather than the various emotional standards we're all prone to use. Well organized and well written, this book lays out a step-by-step plan anyone can implement to make smarter hiring decisions.

We have all experienced the anguish and the joy that accompanies the development of any relationship. Our diverse experiences, backgrounds and "wiring" are precisely what makes relationship building so intriguing and challenging.

Understanding that these same fundamentals drive the selection of employees was an eye-opening experience. Reading this book was like a release . . . it allowed me the freedom to examine my own perspectives and encourage other managers in our company to do the same without the threat of injuring our egos.

The organization of the text along with the specific exercises allows the reader to immediately apply the concepts. I highly recommend this book to anyone who desires more insight into the challenges of recruiting, hiring, placement and retention. You will receive an added benefit of gaining insight into yourself.

Having spent the last 10 years of my professional life in HR organizations, I can honestly say this book hits the mark on identifying mistakes every company, and just about every hiring manager, has made in the course of hiring a person.

Mr. Churchman's insight is such that it makes you wonder where in the room he was hiding when you made that fateful hiring decision that leapt off the page in one of his masterfully told stories.

We've all experienced this phenomena to one degree or another, but this book really tells you how to get past your own filters, at work and away. This is the information I want all of my hiring managers to see before they interview another person.