The Costs of Bad Hiring Decisions and How to Avoid Them

by Carol A. Hacker

The average cost of a bad hiring decision can be one-third of the annual salary if the decision is discovered and corrected within the first six months that the new employee is on the job. If... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574440276
• ISBN13: 9781574440270
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Extremely Helpful Information

This book is written for managers both new and experienced. I have been supervising people for more than 20 years. I found this book to be loaded with good, solid information that I could use and share with my staff. Hiring good people that mesh with the rest of the team isn't easy, especially given the low unemployemnt rate. The author organized this book in a manner that made it convenient to pick up and put down as time permitted. I learned a number of things that have changed the way I recruit for my department. I have 500 people I'm responsible for as a plant manager. I needed this book 20 years ago!

Great resource!

I wish I'd had this book ten years ago when I became a manager and was given the responsibility for hiring. I learned a lot from reading it and have re-read it several times. It's been passed around to my staff - now everyone has their own copy because I felt it was worth having.

Good read for supervisors, managers & business owners

This book helped our management team get a handle on improving our hiring process. We adopted it as our handbook, had Carol teach the workshop that goes with the book and cut our turnover in one-half within 30 days due to better hiring decisions. My supervisors stopped hit and miss hiring and learned through reading and the workshop how to focus on finding the right people for the positions they had open. They also learned how to use behavior-based questions in the interview process which immediately made a difference in the way they interfaced with applicants. The Costs of Bad Hiring Decisions & How to Avoid Them truly taught us some lessons we had not learned up until this point.

Excellent book for managers at all levels

This book is easy to read and is loaded with information. I am an HR professional and found this book to be right on target. Carol Hacker doesn't waste any time getting to the point. She writes clearly and concisely and definitely knows her stuff. I recommend this book to human resource professionals as well as anyone who is responsible for recruiting. Her workshop that she teaches in conjunction with her book was excellent. She is a talented speaker and trainer as well as writer. Our team of managers were very impressed!

Excellent resource for the hiring manager

This book is practical and to the point. It's an invaluable tool for anyone who makes hiring decisions. I found that it cut my learning curve in half. It's easy to pick up and put down as time permits although I read the book in two sittings. It's a great reference book to keep within reach. It's affordably priced, a must have in my library