Learn how to create a resume that demands attention, emphasizing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you have that employers need.Millions of job hunters and employers are frustrated. Why aren't they working together more effectively? Because employers have changed the job-search playing field and too many candidates are using yesterday's strategies.Do you want the key to the best jobs with the best employers? It's time to play offense instead of defense. ...

" Competency-Based Interviews gives job seekers a valuable road map for navigating the increasingly merit-based interview process." —John A. Challenger, CEO, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.Why didn't you get a job offer after the interview?People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Technology is becoming more sophisticated, and virtual assessment center...

Managers working in today’s organizations often focus more on results than on the people who achieve those results. But regularly evaluating the performance of your employees is critical to improving the efficiency and output of your organization. Performance reviews have changed significantly in the past few years. Companies today are looking for the key characteristics, known as competencies, that help the most successful people in their field to be so successful. Managers and employees ...

Learn from Today’s Most Successful Workforce Analytics LeadersTransforming the immense potential of workforce analytics into reality isn’t easy. Pioneering practitioners have learned crucial lessons that can help you succeed. The Power of People shares their journeys—and their indispensable insights.Drawing on incisive case studies and vignettes, three experts help you bring purpose and clarity to any workforce analytics project, with robus...

Recruiting the right people is one of the most important activities organisations can undertake. Getting it right can mean fast, healthy growth and the fulfilment of business goals; getting it wrong can mean heavy costs, sinking morale and stunted growth. The Complete Guide to Recruitment is a practical self-help guide to best practice in recruitment. With international case studies demonstrating how recruitment contributes to business success, it covers every asp...

Changemaking takes a fresh look at managing change. Focusing on tactics rather than strategy, the book is for those who carry out the practical day-to-day work of supporting and sustaining change. It focuses on the details, and provides the needed toolkit: materials that readers can refer to, draw on, and adapt. These include checklists, templates, questionnaires, tactics, FAQs, talking points, e-mails, and other resources. Short case histories illustrate what can go wrong and how it can b...

Amazing Benefits, Unique RisksA stellar mentor can change the trajectory of a career. And an enduring mentoring program can become an organization’s most powerful talent development tool. But fixing a “broken” mentoring program or developing a new program from scratch requires a unique process, not a standard training methodology.Over the course of her career, seasoned program development specialist Jenn Labin has encountered dozens of mentoring programs unable to stand the...

In these turbulent times, the job-interview game is more different than ever for executives. They face a longer interview process, must demonstrate a vision to meet the prospective employer's challenges, and will undergo intense vetting before receiving a job offer. Top Notch Executive Interviews reveals what employers really want and expect to see in executive candidate interview behavior and content. The book's coverage of the executive interview difference, its case studies of senior-le...

Competency-based training is a unique approach to training design that builds and enhances individual competencies in line with previously identified profiles of success. This training helps fill the gap between workers' actual performance and their ideal performance. Competency-Based Training Basics shows readers how to assess which competencies are important to an organization and individual positions, and how to design training around those competencies.

The ability to recruit the right people to work for you is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career.Written by Nigel Cumberland, a leading expert on recruitment as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to build a brilliant team.The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questi...

How to keep a person or team on track and work well with diverse personalities. By definition, a facilitator is a person who makes things easy. But if you sometimes find the role to be tough—mainly because you're a manager, not a professional facilitator—this targeted book provides all the help you need. It teaches you the skills needed to keep a person, group, or team on track, and it shows you how to work well with diverse personalities. Designed for general managers whose time is at a prem...

Internal audit is a crucial function in any organisation, as it provides an independent and objective assessment of an organisation's internal controls, processes, and systems. Effective internal auditors possess a wide range of skills and knowledge, including risk assessment, internal control frameworks, data analytics, and communication."Mastering Internal Audit Fundamentals: A Step by Step Approach" is a comprehensive guide to help aspiring and current internal auditors enhance ...