How Not to Hire, Emily Kumler
How Not to Hire, Emily Kumler
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How Not to Hire
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Building a Team

Author: Emily Kumler

Narrator: Madison Lawrence

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2020


Synopsis

This helpful resource will show you what you’re doing wrong with hiring and how to fix it.It’s frustrating. You’re up to date on all the newest interview techniques. You know what to look for on candidates’ résumés. You inspect social media profiles for red flags and put them through an in-depth panel interview. They pass with flying colors.It’s the same cycle: you diligently sort through résumés to find the cream of the crop. You have amazing interviews and confidently land on the one, but two weeks into the job and the one turns out to be the wrong one. What gives? Well, you’re clearly screwing something up, and it’s time to find out what it is.How Not to Hire is filled with interviews and stories of people who were being held back by the things they didn’t realize were working against them. The workplace is a minefield filled with politics and unspoken rules. This book is here to teach you: How you’re screwing it up and what to do about itHow other people screwed it up before figuring it outWhat you should stop doing immediatelyWhat you should be doing more ofNow, stop panicking and letting frustration hold you back. How Not to Hire is the tool you need to get the best candidates for the interview and the right person for the job!

About Emily Kumler

Emily Kumler is an award-winning entrepreneur and journalist. She’s launched and run two start-up companies, each with more than $1 million in annual revenue, putting her in the top 4 percent of female-led companies. She hosts the Empowered Health podcast, which is one of the top sciences, health, and medical podcasts. As an ABC News producer for 20/20 and Primetime, a newspaper reporter and columnist, and magazine features writer, she has gone inside the minds of murderers, world leaders, celebrities, business innovators, and everyone in between. She engages her audiences with diverse stories of people overcoming the impossible. Emily has completed advanced negotiation training and the mediation program at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. She earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has a BA from Smith College. Kumler has spent several years studying shamanism and is one of a very small group of people who have spent time learning from the Q’ero Indians in Peru. For Kumler all these pursuits and interests are interconnected.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

I enjoyed this book and encourage TA professionals to read it because some good strategies can be picked up from the examples. I also encourage hiring managers to read the book to get more insight into the fundamentals of the hiring process. Potential training sessions can be developed for the team......more

Goodreads review by Parthan

Practical advice from real life scenarios. Short yet filled with practical ideas. A good guide.......more

The book is a great read. It provides straightforward methodologies and strategies on how to hire effectively, and what's even better is that it's written in a storytelling way. I highly recommend anyone who is involved in the hiring process to read it, as it teaches you how crucial hiring is and ho......more