High tech and high touch : headhunting, technology, and economic transformation /

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In High Tech and High Touch, James E. Coverdill and William Finlay invite readers into the dynamic world of headhunters, personnel professionals who acquire talent for businesses and other organizations on a contingent-fee basis. In a high-tech world where social media platforms have simplified dire...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Coverdill, James E. (Author), Finlay, William, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Employees > Recruiting > United States.
Executives > Recruiting > United States.
Information technology > Economic aspects > United States.
Social media > Economic aspects > United States.
Personnel > Recrutement > États-Unis.
Cadres (Personnel) > Recrutement > États-Unis.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Médias sociaux > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Employees > Recruiting.
Executives > Recruiting.
Information technology > Economic aspects.
Social media > Economic aspects.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : headhunting in an era of digital and economic transformation
  • Getting clients and job orders : selling search and securing business
  • Qualifying candidates and job orders : seeking information, assessing risk, and allocating effort
  • Constructing candidates and securing placements : sourcing, qualifying, and brokering deals
  • Evolution or revolution? : information technology and social media
  • Booms, busts, and changing labor markets : why the great recession did not produce good job candidates
  • Being a headhunter : the evolution of an accidental occupations
  • Conclusion : what we can learn from headhunters.

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