Recruit Rockstars: The 10 Step Playbook to Find the Winners and Ignite Your Business

ISBN: 161961815X

Author: Hyman, Jeff

Condition: New

Would you trust your company's most important decision to a coin toss? Well, that's what most hiring managers do every day.50% of new hires are gone within 18 months. What if you could improve those odds dramatically... enough to fill every seat with a Rockstar? Imagine the difference it would make in your company. You'd thrill your investors, ship your new products on time, and beat your numbers every quarter.If you're like most executives, you've conducted a lot of interviews. So, you trust your gut. The problem is that your gut will mislead you half the time.It doesn't matter how good your business concept or product or service is. If you don't have a team of Rockstars to execute flawlessly, you'll never reach your company's full potential. Instead, you spend your time micromanaging and babysitting B-Players. And firing the C-Players.To win, you've got to have a team of Rockstars. And increase your 50% hiring accuracy up to 90%. That takes a process you can follow consistently.Read Recruit Rockstars, and never hire a B-Player again.Who should read this book?CEO'sYou've arrived. But half of your company's new hires don't pan out. So if you're tired of investors & board members being on your case for missing the numbers, put a Rockstar in every seat. You'll sleep through the night again.FOUNDERS & ENTREPRENEURSYou've got a great concept. But without a Rockstar team, you'll never execute & scale a world-class company. Jeff has started four businesses and raised $50M from outside investors, so he understands your pressures & constraints.DEPARTMENT HEADSYou've mastered your functional area; now master the most important skill necessary for becoming a world-class CEO. Recruiting and retaining talent is what separates those who make it to the Boardroom from those who don't.VENTURE CAPITAL & PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORSThe #1 thing you can do to maximize portfolio company results is to ensure there's a Rockstar in every seat. Jeff is a founder, investor, board member, and operating partner. So, he understands how to connect talent to the key levers of value creation.In Recruit Rockstars, you'll learn:1. Why 46% of new hires are no longer with their company after just 18 months2. How to ensure that everyone on your team is on - and stay on- the same page when interviewing candidates3. Why DNA is a better way to assess candidates than culture fit, and exactly how to do it4. How recruiting is more like sales & marketing, then human resources5. Why 99% of job descriptions actually repel the best candidates, and what to do about it6. The single best place to find your next Rockstar candidate (it's not what you think it is)7. The exact email I send to candidates that engages them almost every time8. A list of the most predictive interview questions you should ask & why brainteaser questions aren't amongst them9. Why 4 is the perfect number of interviews with each candidate10. The most important step in the recruiting process, that 91% of employers skip altogether11. How to make sure your first-choice candidate says "Yes!" every timeAnd a lot, lot more.The book is also filled with scary but true examples of the mistakes I've seen in my 25 years of recruiting. Avoid them, and you'll ignite your business - regardless of your size or industry.