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The Costs of Bad Hiring Decisions & How to Avoid Them

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In the business environment, hiring managers have two main goals: (1) hire the best people for your organization, and (2) contain costs. In order to do so, you must have a clear understanding of the impact that a bad hiring decision can have on your business.
The US Department of Labor estimates that the average cost of a bad hiring decision can equal 30% of the first year's potential earnings. While these results can be devastating, this is a problem which business can learn to avoid. By following the Carol Hacker's advice, you will gain a better understanding of the hiring process, and at the same time improve your hiring skills.
Loaded with practical advice for making sound selections, the text offers "hiring friendly" tips for everything from deciding whether to fill a vacancy, to defining the job and extending a job offer. Each of the book's five parts concentrates on an important aspect of hiring, and includes a checklist to help you remember important points.
This new Second Edition of the highly acclaimed book, The Costs of Bad Hiring Decisions & How to Avoid Them, is still the only book to address the real costs of bad hiring decisions and their devastating effects, and to offer 130 tips for avoiding them. This superb guide is easy to read and should be required reading for everyone who makes hiring decisions.

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 1998

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