Hire for Fit : Select the Best Executive for Your Organization
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Book Description
Business headlines tout the fact that we currently have the lowest unemployment rates in nearly half a century. This is wonderful news for employees who are in jobs they enjoy. It may even be better news for those who are unhappily employed because there are more jobs than there are qualified people to fill them.
Unfortunately, it isn't such wonderful new for employers. Only a decade ago it was a buyers' market for employees. There were more qualified employees than there were available jobs. For the foreseeable future, it is a sellers' market. The booming economy has produced new jobs at a greater rate than it has produced qualified applicants.
What does this mean? It means it's tough to find the right corporate leaders. Every hiring decision becomes more critical for these positions. Placing the wrong individual in a job can be costly, aggravating, and even disastrous in certain situations.
As a consultant to large and small businesses and organizations nationwide, Don Andersson has discovered that “mis-hires” are a more common problem than people realize. In "Hire for Fit," Don Andersson explores this critically important issue and then provides proven plans of action to solve it.
Every CEO, president, executive, and manager with hiring responsibilities should read "Hire for Fit" and implement its ideas, plans, and strategies. Her or his investment in purchasing and reading this book will be compounded by savings in time, energy, resources, aggravation, and money.
Executives searching for a new position will also benefit from reading "Hire for Fit." They will learn what they must know to avoid running through a gauntlet of jobs that are wrong for them. As the cover of the book depicts, when forced into a wrong position, pegs (and professionals) risk being splintered.
As one executive said, “Hire for Fit" offers all the right advice.”
About the Author
Don Andersson is a nationally recognized executive resource, speaker, and storyteller who provides out-of the-box thinking and pragmatic insight that helps corporate and association leaders who want to leverage their human capital assets.
Through presentations, seminars, executive and team coaching, Don Andersson helps senior executives increase individual and team effectiveness. In anticipation of search, he often works with them to develop a customer-responsive position description. After selection-through team development initiatives-he works with organizations to support the success of the choice they have. Please note: Don does not do the search!
Don Andersson is frequently quoted by the media and thirty-five hundred chief financial officers worldwide read his column, “Ask the Transition Coach.” Author of several articles that have appeared in national and industry specific magazines, he is also the developer of THE PRODUCTIVE ENTRANCE STRATEGY, and two audio albums, “Streamline Your Transition” and “Take Charge of Your Entry.” "Hire for Fit" is Don's first book.
Former CEO of a $500 million public sector corporation, Don has a background in strategic planning, marketing, executive, and organizational development. He has been a consultant to the Center for Management Development at Rutgers University, a visiting professor at New York University, and an adjunct professor in The Graduate School of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Wagner College. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association.
Hire for Fit : Select the Best Executive for Your Organization,Don Andersson,OakHill Press,1886939454,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Executive ability,Executives,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Leadership,Recruiting,Selection and appointment,Training of
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