Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People

Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People

by Ron Fry
Released October 2006
Publisher(s): Career Press
ISBN: 9781564148926

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Book description

“So, tell me about yourself.”

“Have you ever been fired?”

“What are your salary requirements?”

These are just three of the questions you might think you have to ask when you’re interviewing a potential new hire. Maybe they’re the questions you dreaded when you were on the other side of the desk. But are they the questions that will identify the best candidate for the job?

Look no further than Ron Fry’s Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People. The best-selling author of 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions and 101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview takes you step-by-step through the hiring process. Whether you’re replacing an employee who’s leaving or creating a new position in your organization, Ron Fry shows you how to write a concise and accurate job description, then how to translate it into a realistic set of search criteria.

Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People also shows you:

• How to attract the best applicants.

• What to look for when you’re screening resumes.

• What questions you should ask in the interview...and when to ask them.

• How much to read into a candidate’s “body language” and whether you should trust the gut feeling you get from watching them.

• How to listen more effectively to what the applicant is really telling you.

• How to probe for information the applicant doesn’t want to reveal.

• The right way (and time) to negotiate salary.

• What questions the law permits and forbids.

Whether you’re an interviewing novice or a seasoned pro, you’ll find all the answers you need in Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People!

Ron Fry has written more than 40 books, including the best-selling 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions and 101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview. He is a frequent speaker and seminar leader on a variety of job-search and hiring topics and the founder and president of Career Press. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction: Green Light, Red Light (1/2)
  3. Introduction: Green Light, Red Light (2/2)
  4. One: Interview Preparation (1/4)
  5. One: Interview Preparation (2/4)
  6. One: Interview Preparation (3/4)
  7. One: Interview Preparation (4/4)
  8. Two: Sorry, You’re Not Ready to Start Interviewing (1/5)
  9. Two: Sorry, You’re Not Ready to Start Interviewing (2/5)
  10. Two: Sorry, You’re Not Ready to Start Interviewing (3/5)
  11. Two: Sorry, You’re Not Ready to Start Interviewing (4/5)
  12. Two: Sorry, You’re Not Ready to Start Interviewing (5/5)
  13. Three: Preparing for the Answers to Come (1/2)
  14. Three: Preparing for the Answers to Come (2/2)
  15. Four: How to Keep Them Talking (1/5)
  16. Four: How to Keep Them Talking (2/5)
  17. Four: How to Keep Them Talking (3/5)
  18. Four: How to Keep Them Talking (4/5)
  19. Four: How to Keep Them Talking (5/5)
  20. Five: School Daze (1/3)
  21. Five: School Daze (2/3)
  22. Five: School Daze (3/3)
  23. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (1/6)
  24. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (2/6)
  25. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (3/6)
  26. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (4/6)
  27. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (5/6)
  28. Six: Glad You Graduated, Now Tell Me About Your Work Experience (6/6)
  29. Seven: Let’s Focus on Some Specifics (1/3)
  30. Seven: Let’s Focus on Some Specifics (2/3)
  31. Seven: Let’s Focus on Some Specifics (3/3)
  32. Eight: Let’s Talk More About That Current (Last) Job (1/5)
  33. Eight: Let’s Talk More About That Current (Last) Job (2/5)
  34. Eight: Let’s Talk More About That Current (Last) Job (3/5)
  35. Eight: Let’s Talk More About That Current (Last) Job (4/5)
  36. Eight: Let’s Talk More About That Current (Last) Job (5/5)
  37. Nine: So Why Us? (1/4)
  38. Nine: So Why Us? (2/4)
  39. Nine: So Why Us? (3/4)
  40. Nine: So Why Us? (4/4)
  41. Ten: Wrapping Things Up (1/4)
  42. Ten: Wrapping Things Up (2/4)
  43. Ten: Wrapping Things Up (3/4)
  44. Ten: Wrapping Things Up (4/4)
  45. Eleven: Staying Out of the Legal Cauldron (1/2)
  46. Eleven: Staying Out of the Legal Cauldron (2/2)
  47. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J
    11. L
    12. M
    13. N
    14. O
    15. P
    16. Q
    17. R
    18. S
    19. T
    20. U
    21. V
    22. W
    23. Z

Product information

  • Title: Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People
  • Author(s): Ron Fry
  • Release date: October 2006
  • Publisher(s): Career Press
  • ISBN: 9781564148926