by Eric Herrenkohl (Author)

How to find great employees, make great hires, and take your business to the next level

It is always easy to find people who want a job, but it's never easy to find and hire A-players. In How to Hire A-Players, consultant Eric Herrenkohl shows owners, executives, and managers of small and medium-size businesses where and how to find A-player employees. It is these individuals who will help keep quality high and growth and profits strong.

Herrenkohl explains how to use your existing marketing, sales, and networking efforts to find top candidates. He provides current examples of companies that consistently hire A-players without big recruiting departments as well as step-by-step explanations for making these strategies work in your own company.

• Shows you how to find and hire top employees.
• Ideal for owners of small businesses, executives and managers of large businesses, as well as corporate recruiters and HR specialists who need new ideas
• Herrenkohl's client list includes privately held businesses in over 50 industries as well as big corporate names like Bank of America, Edward Jones, and Northwestern Mutual Life

A-player employees are the life blood of any growing business. This handy hiring guide shows you where to look, what to ask, and who to hire to boost your business today

Front Jacket

Where do you go to find fantastic people for your company? You know you need them, you want to hire them, but you seem to end up with the same lackluster talent. Is there any hope?

How to Hire A-Players is a road map for finding the A-player talent you need to build the business you want. No matter the state of the economy, it is never easy to find A-players. You have to know where to look and how to attract phenomenal performers to your business.

How to Hire A-Players explains how to find the "rock star" employees who can take your company to the next level. Maybe you have an HR department-or maybe you are the HR department! Either way, this book explains how to develop a team of which you are truly proud, by:

• Refusing just to "fill positions"

• Creating an A-player mind-set throughout your organization

• Developing a "farm team" of A-player talent

• Becoming the hunter vs. the hunted at industry conferences and events

• Finding pools of A-player talent your competitors are missing

• Ending attempts to turn C-players into A-players

• Knowing how to turn B-players into A-players

• Becoming an Influencer who attracts A-player talent

• Creating an employee referral program that actually works

• Conducting great on-campus recruiting even if you are a small company

• Transforming your web site into an effective recruiting tool

• Leveraging LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks to tap directly into A-player talent

• Avoiding landmines when hiring an outside recruiter

Whether you're a small business owner looking for a one-stop playbook or an HR professional seeking the latest ideas and resources, How to Hire A-Players gives you the tools to create a team that generates better results. Implement the ideas in this book and join elite executives who build organizations which will make them money for years to come.

Back Jacket

Where do you go to find fantastic people for your company? You know you need them, you want to hire them, but you seem to end up with the same lackluster talent. Is there any hope?

How to Hire A-Players is a road map for finding the A-player talent you need to build the business you want. No matter the state of the economy, it is never easy to find A-players. You have to know where to look and how to attract phenomenal performers to your business.

How to Hire A-Players explains how to find the "rock star" employees who can take your company to the next level. Maybe you have an HR department-or maybe you are the HR department! Either way, this book explains how to develop a team of which you are truly proud, by:

• Refusing just to "fill positions"
• Creating an A-player mind-set throughout your organization
• Developing a "farm team" of A-player talent
• Becoming the hunter vs. the hunted at industry conferences and events
• Finding pools of A-player talent your competitors are missing
• Ending attempts to turn C-players into A-players
• Knowing how to turn B-players into A-players
• Becoming an Influencer who attracts A-player talent
• Creating an employee referral program that actually works
• Conducting great on-campus recruiting even if you are a small company
• Transforming your web site into an effective recruiting tool
• Leveraging LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks to tap directly into A-player talent
• Avoiding landmines when hiring an outside recruiter

Whether you're a small business owner looking for a one-stop playbook or an HR professional seeking the latest ideas and resources, How to Hire A-Players gives you the tools to create a team that generates better results. Implement the ideas in this book and join elite executives who build organizations which will make them money for years to come.

Author Biography

ERIC HERRENKOHL, President of Herrenkohl Consulting, is passionate about helping executives create the businesses they want by building the organizations they need. Eric is an expert author for Monster.com and has been featured by Fox News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Inc.com, and MSNBC.com. His monthly e-letter Performance Principles brings strategies for building businesses to readers around the globe.

For more information, visit www.herrenkohlconsulting.com

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