Hire your way to greatness
- How to secure the talent you seek with laser like precision
- How to keep recruiters from poaching your star executives
- the 23 questions you need to ask an executive search professional before engaging them
- Why "HR-Speak" may be killing your ability to attract the best, and what to say instead
- 4 Critical turnoffs that drive great candidates away from top companies
Deep Dive Interview into Hiring Greatness
What readers Have to Say
Industry leaders LOVE Hiring Greatness!
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WHETHER YOU're new to the recruiting industry or working on your 100th placement, executive recruiting for dummies AND HIRING GREATNESS offer full-spectrum guides for finding the right people... without wasting time or money.
Should you Read Hiring Greatness?
Hiring Greatness is best read by Recruiters, Consultants, CEO’s and Board Members who want a full understanding of their hiring process, and where they fit in it.
Recruiters
Feeling stuck in your ways?
Find what you’ve been missing!
- Best Practices Explained
- Build a Workflow
- Engage Passive Candidates
- Negotiate a Win-Win
Consultants
Understand the If’s and Why’s of your Client’s Hiring Process.
- Solidify your Position
- Transition to Permanency
- Streamline Project Management
CEO's
Building a team on top of building a business is HARD WORK.
- Recruit your Executive Suite
- Benchmark for “Fit”
- Lead Meaningful Interviews
- Recruiter Proof your Hires
Board members
Learn the hiring process and how your decisions impact it.
- Influence Stakeholders
- Reduce Opportunity Costs
- Minimize Risk
- Manage Human Investment
HERE's What You Will Learn
START STRONG
Hit the ground sprinting by doing all the necessary legwork BEFORE you start your search process. Avoid unexpected surprises!
EXECUTIVE ALIGNMENT
No King (or Queen) rules alone. Learn how your executive suite aligns on the necessary values, skills and fit required for a successful new hire.
QUANTIFY THE INTANGIBLES
Skill means nothing if a candidate just doesn't fit your team or culture. Learn how to gauge and nail down one of the most intangible aspects of judging a candidate: Fit.
STREAMLINE YOUR INTERVIEWS
Keep your interviews organized, informative and on-time. Learn how to ask the right questions, and more importantly, spot the right answers; and suss out the liars.
Why Business Leaders Endorsed Hiring Greatness
The Foreword Was Written by a Three-Time Client
Carl Albert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairchild Venture Capital Corporation, wrote the foreword to Hiring Greatness after working with David Perry on executive searches for three different companies — one public and two privately held.
Albert said David began each assignment by analyzing the company, its assets, industry position, key people and actual business needs before defining the role, building the search plan and screening candidates.
His conclusion was simple: his description of a great executive recruiter was based on observing David Perry at work and working with him directly.
Carl Albert
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Fairchild Venture Capital Corporation
What Other Business Leaders Said
Barbara Corcoran
Founder, The Corcoran Group and investor on Shark Tank
“Hiring Greatness is a step-by-step guide to making sure you get the absolute right person in those KEY spots!”
Steven R. O’Hanlon
CEO and President, Numerix LLC
Steven O’Hanlon said Hiring Greatness caused him to rethink his entire approach to hiring C-level candidates and that Numerix intended to apply the methodology.
Bruce M. Firestone, PhD
Founder, Ottawa Senators
Firestone said there is no substitute for hiring the best and emphasized that people — not assets — produce business results.
John Reid
CEO, CATAAlliance
Reid said David Perry’s approach helps bridge talent gaps that ultimately drive strategy execution and competitive innovation.
Eric Golden
President & CEO, Imagility Inc.
Golden described David as “one of the true masters of executive search” and called Hiring Greatness an indispensable resource for organizations that understand top talent is critical to business success.
Take a PeEk Inside
Setting up a Search Committee
No King (or Queen) rules alone. And they certainly don't hire alone either. Learn how to pick, set-up and coordinate a search committee within your client's executive suite to ensure alignment and common purpose.
Finding the Right Fit
Skills are easy. Pedigree is easy. But the intangibles? Fit? Those are hard. Learn how to gauge candidates and clients, and take the guess work out of aligning culture.
Due Diligence
Don't hire a liar. Seems obvious right? You'd be shocked at how often it happens. Mitigate hiring mistakes by learning how to perform 360 reference checks.
Additional FREE Resources
Supercharge your Hiring Pipeline
Recruiter Scorecard
Not sure if the recruiter your working with has the chops for the job? Evaluate them before hiring them, with the Recruiter Scorecard. See where they're strengths and weaknesses lie. Be confident that they have what you need!
The Compensation Checklist
All that glitters is not gold. Often the most intimidating part of hiring, especially for newer recruiters, is negotiating a compensation agreement that is both enticing and within the client's budget. Don't forget, it's not always about the money!
LinkedIn Job Postings How To Guide
Thinking of using LinkedIn Job Postings to assist in your search? Not sure where to start? Read our LinkedIn Job Posting How to Guide to learn all the do's and don'ts of LinkedIn's Job Postings system. It's easier than it looks!
