An in-depth analysis of the rapidly growing phenomenon of crowdsourcing reflects on the dramatic economic, cultural, business, and political implications of applying the open-source idea to a variety of fields outside of software development and addresses the unique opportunities and problems of this expanding trend.

"This book will show you how any company can attract, find, and keep employees for the long-term. What many organization leaders fail to understand is that you can't simply transplant a competitor's talent strategy and achieve the same results-conditions are different. A company that takes the time to examine its own environment, select talent accordingly, and nurture its people will prevail, regardless of economic conditions"--

"Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross's Talent offers strategies on how to spot, assess, woo, and retain highly talented people. How do you find talent with a creative spark? To what extent can you predict human creativity, or is human creativity something irreducible before our eyes, perhaps to be spotted or glimpsed by intuition, but unique each time it appears? The art and science of talent search get at exactly those questions. Renowned economist Tyler...

"A renowned executive recruitment expert provides you with a playbook to implement systematic, repeatable, best-in-class hiring practices to give your business maximum competitive advantage. Data and analytics are reshaping countless industries as they turn from anecdotal to evidence-based practices. Yet while most aspects of business operations today rely on clearly defined measures of success that are continuously tracked and improved, in most organizations,...

"Business leaders finally have an appetite and urgency for driving diversity through their hiring practices, but there is significant lack in the strategies and resources to do so. Hiring for Diversity answers the need with the first comprehensive roadmap for diversity hiring. Based on Mathison's research-backed Equal Hiring Index and partnership with leading employers like Accenture and Wiley, the book provides the most cutting-edge examples of the...

"Common hiring practices are destined for failure -- here's how to hire the right people and build a company culture designed for long-term success. In a recent groundbreaking study, the training firm Leadership IQ found that 46 percent of all new hires fail within their first 18 months. But here's the real shocker: 89 percent fail for attitudinal reasons -- not skills. Most hiring managers are getting it wrong. Of course skills are important, but...

"Each year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ever, aspiring to work for employers offering an appealing culture, a robust menu of perks, and opportunities for personal fulfillment and advancement. The result is that millions of applications stream to the handful...

The Effective Hiring Manager offers an essential guide for managers, team leaders, and HR professionals in organizations large or small. The author's step-by-step approach makes the strategies easy to implement and help to ensure ongoing success. Hiring effectively is the single greatest long-term contribution to your organization. The only thing worse than having an open position is filling it with the wrong person. The Effective Hiring Manager offers...