Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest [Hardcover]

Michael W. Mercer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 1993

This pragmatic guide provides a three-pronged approach that helps employees choose the most promising candidates - and eliminate hiring risks. The book shows readers how to: interview effectively using such specific tools as a job analysis checksheet; use pre-employment tests to evaluate behaviour, mental abilities, character and technical skills; make the most of references to reveal useful information about a candidate. A multitude of tips and tools enable employers to ask the right questions, interpret answers, and co-ordinate the information they've gathered. The book's testing section contains numerous test samples. Michael W. Mercer is the author of "Turning Your Human Resources Department Into a Profit Center".

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About the Author

Michael Mercer, Ph.D., is a developer of pre-employment tests, business psychologist, author and speaker. He is founder and president of both The Mercer Group, Inc. & Mercer Systems, Inc. based in Barrington, Illinois, U.S.A. Dr. Mercer provides organizations with his expertise in... + creating customized Hire the Best & Avoid the RestTM methods + delivering exciting keynotes, speeches, management retreats & seminars + leadership & secrets of leaders + how to lead highly profitable organizational change + profit improvement techniques + motivational speaker + teamwork & teambuilding Dr. Mercer developed 2 pre-employment tests used by companies to help them select superstar employees who are profitable and productive: + Behavior ForecasterTM Test + Abilities ForecasterTM Test Dr. Mercer authored 5 important management books: + Hire the Best & Avoid the RestTM + Absolutely Fabulous Organizational ChangeTM: Strategies for Success from America s Best-Run Companies + How Winners Do ItTM: High Impact People Skills for Your Career Success + Spontaneous OptimismTM: Proven Strategies for Health, Prosperity & Happiness + Turning Your Human Resources Department into a Profit CenterTM --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 1 edition (November 8, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814402070
• ISBN-13: 978-0814402078
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,544,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me avoid many costly mistakes, June 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest (Hardcover)

As a solo chiropractic practitioner with no B-school background, this book came as a revelation to me! There is actually a systematic way to evaluate potential employees! Some of the chapters about psychometric testing, etc., applied more to small-to-midsize companies instead of micro companies like mine with 10 employees. Yet, I use the interview format from this book every single time I have a job opening for the last four years. What a difference it has made in my clinic staffing!

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to help plan an interview to hire the best!, February 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hire the Best...and Avoid the Rest (Hardcover)

Mercer offers practical help in how to determine exactly the kind of person you want to hire, and gives sample questions to help you get answers that will allow you to determine if that person is a match.