The Rare Find by George Anders
Anyone who recruits talent faces the same basic challenge, whether we work for a big company, a new start-up, a Hollywood studio, a hospital, or the Green Berets. We all wonder how to tell the really outstanding prospects from the ones who look great on paper but then fail on the job. Or, equally important, how to spot the ones who don't look so good on paper but might still deliver extraordinary performance. In a tough economy, it's more important than ever to make every talent decision count.George Anders sought out the world's savviest talent judges to see what they do differently from the rest of us. He reveals how the U.S. Army finds soldiers with the character to be in Special Forces without asking them to fire a single bullet. He takes us to an elite basketball tournament where the best scouts are watching the players who don't have the ball. He talks to researchers who are reinventing the process of hiring Fortune 500 CEOs.
Anders reveals powerful ideas you can apply to your own hiring. And in a new chapter for the paperback, Becoming a Rare Find, he explains how to flip these strategies and make sure your talent isn't missed.
George Anders is a Forbes contributor who covers topics such as careers, education, and innovation. Merchants of Debt, Health Versus Wealth, the New York Times bestseller Perfect Enough, and The Rare Find are among his five works. George worked as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company magazine, and Bloomberg View earlier in his career. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1997. His wife and he live in northern California, and their two kids have begun their own college careers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781591844259 |
| ISBN 10 | 1591844258 |
| Title | The Rare Find |
| Author | George Anders |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Prizes | Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Human Resources) 2012 |
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