The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Falcone (96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire), director of employment and development at Paramount Pictures, offers a comprehensive look at virtually all hiring issues, including application and termination procedures, evaluation, recommendation and lawsuits. This objective q&a-style guide offers step-by-step directions for managers, owners and HR execs on handling both commonplace and stickier situations, such as disciplinary problems and union considerations. The information will be particularly useful for start-up or small companies with no formal hiring, firing or evaluation procedures. An appendix of forms, including a termination agreement, recommendation letter and interview questions, is also helpful.

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Review
"Paul Falcone's book is sure to be viewed as a godsend by people who deal with hiring and firing." -- Dallas Morning News: January 2002

A practical reference for staffing and lay-off procedures. -- Philadelphia Business Journal, April 4, 2002

The accessible,easy-to-use guide answers more than 100 questions that can confound and overwhelm even the most experienced managers,HR professionals,executive recruiters. -- BizLife May 2002

”…a comprehensive look at virtually all hiring issues. -- Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 1st edition (October 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814471102
• ISBN-13: 978-0814471104
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,063,947 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Reference Book!, December 17, 2001

By	Roger E. Herman (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Whether you're a human resources professional or an executive or manager in a company without a human resources department, you are confronted by all sorts of difficult personnel questions. Hiring and firing can be highly complicated subjects. Scary. Unless you have someone you can turn to for reliable advice.

Never fear. Paul Falcone is here! The author of "96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire" and "101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems" has authored a book that will relieve the stress in your people-management life. Falcone is Director of Employment and Development Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and teaches for UCLA. Here's a resource who knows what he's talking about.

This book is organized into two main sections: Hiring and Firing. Under the Hiring Section, you'll find chapters on the hiring process, recruitment tools, online recruiting, interviewing, and making the final selection. The Firing Section begins with a chapter answering common questions about the performance management and termination process. Next, the reader will learn about progressive discipline, terminations for cause and summary offenses, and reductions-in-force and layoffs.

Through these chapters, Falcone presents 112 vital questions . . . and answers. Each question is addressed with a basic answer, followed by a section titled "Tell Me More." What a wealth of information!

And, as if this weren't enough, the book also includes an appendix with sample policies, agreements, and letters. The comprehensiveness of this section is amazing. A glossary, resource list, and index provide even more value.

Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, September 16, 2006

By	Rabia (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book (Paperback)

This covers a really wide range of subjects that pretty much every manager, supervisor or HR Rep would have to deal with at some time or another and it explains complicated issues in easy to understand language. I really like the style of this book: For every question it has a brief answer or summary that gets to the point and then has a "Tell me more" section that breaks things down in more detail (but still easy to understand). Plus it gives samples of any kind of letter, documentation, appraisal you would have to administer. I read this book cover to cover, there wasn't anything I skipped over because pretty much every question & answer was useful.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with issues of management responsibilities, December 10, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Paul Falcone's Hiring And Firing Question And Answer Book tells how best to attract, interview and select candidates for critical jobs. HR professionals in particular will find this is packed with issues of management responsibilities which carefully identifies potential problems and their solutions.