The Professional Recruiter's Handbook: Delivering Excellence in Recruitment Practice 2nd Edition
Author(s): Jane Newell Brown (Author), Ann Swain (Author)
Publisher: Kogan Page
Publication Date: 3 Jan. 2013
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print length: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 0749465417
ISBN-13: 9780749465414
Book Description
As recruitment becomes ever more important to a business achieving its corporate objectives, recruiters must raise their game, delivering new and innovative solutions while also doing their job well and achieving the results needed for their clients and candidates. The Professional Recruiter’s Handbook, second edition, is a complete guide to achieving success in recruitment. The authors explore the techniques used by the most successful recruiters, both agency and client-side, to understand what creates excellence in recruitment. Containing up-to-date practical advice on attracting the right candidates and finding and retaining new clients, it explains how to develop a recruitment strategy to ensure the recruitment professional can successfully fulfil the roles taken on. The book is supported by numerous case studies and interviews with recruitment professionals.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Finally: the ultimate ‘go to’ guide for recruiters – a one-stop shop of professionalism with panache.” (Recruiter)
“[Newell Brown and Swain] are unquestionably authorities on recruitment. What they don’t know about our industry isn’t worth knowing” (
Dan McGuire, Co-founder of Broadbean Technology and serial entrepreneur)
“I can think of very few people better qualified to write about the recruitment industry.” (
Russell Clements, CEO, SThree)
Book Description
Discusses the recruitment industry, which is worth more than 20 billion per year; employing almost 100,000 professionals in the UK alone
Provides best practice advice to help recruitment professionals deliver a superior service and meet targets and goals
New to this edition: provides practical advice on attracting and retaining clients, and finding the ideal candidates
About the Author
Jane Newell Brown has worked on all sides of the staffing sector, in contingency, search, selection and managed services. She is now one of the leading management consultants in the sector, to both recruitment firms and their client base.
Ann Swain is the Chief Executive of The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). She is a well-respected authority in the recruitment industry, a hugely popular international speaker and a passionate advocate for the UK Staffing Sector.
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