WHAT A HOOT! LETS RECRUIT!

New Book Offers Tips for Recruiting Best Employees in Shrinking Talent Pool Anyone who has ever been in a position to hire employees knows how difficult it is to find the right people. Too often, employers find themselves in situations where they need to replace someone quickly or add staff, and they don t have time to do the due diligence to recruit the best people. Other times, it seems like the best people just aren t out there, or they end up going to the competition. Jeff Jensen understands these issues and he knows the best way to resolve them is to keep recruiting at the forefront of your business processes. He s been recruiting people for over thirty years for various companies he has owned or where he has held executive positions. Now, he shares his experience and his methods for success in his new book What a Hoot! Let s Recruit! Early on in the book, he says if you want your recruiting efforts to succeed, you can t just read this book. Think of What A Hoot! Let s Recruit! as more of an app to apply right now. Plenty of Jeff s advice and information can be used immediately to start making a difference for your business or organization, even if you have no plans to hire in the near future. You should always be looking for good prospects who will fit into your company s culture and help your business to succeed. Jeff walks readers through all of the ways you can find recruits, many of which you probably never considered, including networking events, asking for referrals from others, using social media, and making your company attractive so people will want to work there. Then Jeff moves into more specifics about the hiring process, such as interviewing and negotiating with a prospect. Having conducted many employee interviews myself, and admittedly having made some bad hires, I greatly appreciated all of Jeff s advice and wished I d had this book to read years ago when I was in a management position. He covers everything from when are the best times to in