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3.Recruiting and Selecting Technical and Professional Workers

Managers and HR professionals who recruit talented technical and professional workers can attest to the unique differences between attracting the best people in these groups and attracting people from other occupations. The ways to build an effective “employment brand” also are different when dealing with members of these groups. Thus, hiring the best people for technical and professional jobs calls for innovative recruitment and selection strategies, not the well-known (and sometimes overused) methods used for filling other positions.

But just what is unique about recruiting and selecting technical and professional workers? What should be in a recruitment strategy for these people? ...