208 Index Drug testing, 188 Drummond, Colin, 9 Due diligence: business valuation, 7 on Facebook, 132 on LinkedIn, 130–131 recruiter-related, 146–148 Duncan, Dave, 8–9 E.A. Hughes & Company, 71 The Economist, 201n1 (Chap. 1) Education: campus recruiting, 108–112 Ivy League versus second-tier, 24–25 as networking arena, 83–84 profiling, 29 teachers as influencers, 93–94 Edward Jones, 72 EEOC. See Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 80/20 principle, 13–14 Einstein, Kurt, 161 Elance.com, 135 E-letters, 64–65 E-mail: application aid, 123–125 as networking <strong>to</strong>ol, 94, 105 Employees: A-player skill sets, xxi cus<strong>to</strong>mers as, 64–68 on farm team, 51–52 friends and family as, 62–64 keeping on board, 191–199 networking with, 72–75 referrals from, 50–51 from vendor pool, 69 E-Myth, The (Gerber), 195 E-Myth Revisited, The (Gerber), 16 Entrepreneurs: as recruiters, 81–82 as talent pool, 113–114 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 188 Ernst & Young, 112 Evaluation. See Assessment, pre-hiring Excel exercise, 169 Executives. See Management Exercises: interview, 166–172 recruiting, 71 Exit plans, 7–8 Experience, pros and cons, 32 Facebook: as intern opportunity, 111 recruiting <strong>to</strong>ol, 103, 105, 131–132 Family: employment decisions, 100–102 hiring, 62–64 Farmers, as talent pool, 99 Farm teams: attracting, 52–56 building, 45–51 calling up, 194 importance of, xx, 39, 44–45 internal, 51–52 referrals, 46, 50–51 Fees. See Compensation
Finance, corporate, as choke point, 14 Financial Executives International, 127 Financial Executives Net working Group, 127 Financial services: case study, 24–25 Northwestern Mutual, 68, 90 online job boards <strong>for</strong>, 127 teachers employed in, 106–107 Fleet Feet Sports: Cleveland franchise, 4–5 corporate culture, 54 Huntsville, Alabama, franchise, 121–123 Syracuse franchise, 64–65, 66 Flexible hours: as recruitment <strong>to</strong>ol, 100–102 student availability, 109–110 Follow-up questions, interview, 161–162 Freelancers, 113 Friends, hiring, 62–64 Gates, Bill, 4 Gazelles Inc., 111–112 Gerber, Michael, 16, 195 Gersbach, Carl, 11–12, 43 Gibson, Todd, 93–94 Gibson Media, 93 Gilfillan, Rob, 53–54 Goldman Sachs, 158 Google, 52–53 Government, hiring guidelines, 188 Griffin, Ed, 64 Griffin, Ellen, 64 Guru.com, 135 Haas, Vic, 7 Hallmark S<strong>to</strong>ne, 45–46, 50 Harnish, Verne, 111–112 Headhunters. See also Recruiters versus Monster.com, 126 as networkers, 75 versus recruiters, 141 versus Twitter, 134 Help wanted ads. See Advertising, help wanted Herzog, Hea<strong>the</strong>r, 4–6 Herzog, Jody, 4–6 Highline Community College, 93 Hiring: assessment <strong>to</strong>ols, 186–189 as business investment, 10–12 cus<strong>to</strong>mer-related, 64–67 friends and family, 62–64 in-house, 72–75 interview exercises, 166–172 leadership role, 3, 15–16 mistakes, 21 recruiting pros, 146–148 vendor-related, 69–72 HOK, 53 HotJobs, 127 Hughes, Elaine, 71 Human resources (HR), 12–13 IBM, 112 Image, company. See Company brand Index 209
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