14 Recruitment Books to Have in Your Library

8. Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy

Author: Andy Headworth

About: In a series of easy to follow chapters and manageable steps, Social Media Recruitment covers the essentials from the beginning to the end of the process, including: 

• how to implement a social media strategy
• the crossover between HR, recruiting and marketing
• measuring ROI
• HR policies and procedures needed
• big data and HR
• using technology in recruiting, such as video interviewing
• social media as an internal collaboration and communication tool across companies

And more - all in order to make you an even better recruiter!

9. Work Rules! (Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead)

Author: Laszlo Bock

About: This insight is the heart of Work Rules!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto that offers lessons including:

• Take away managers' power over employees
• Learn from your best employees-and your worst
• Hire only people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find them
• Pay unfairly (it's fairer!)
• Don't trust your gut: Use data to predict and shape the future

And more, all gathered throughout the author’s time at Google.

10. The Talent Fix: A Leader's Guide to Recruiting Great Talent

Author: Tim Sackett

About: There are simple fixes, organizational designs, and technology that can turn around the success of an organization's ability to recruit almost overnight. Piece by piece and step by step, with real-world examples and stories about how innovative organizations and top talent acquisition leaders are successfully recruiting today, The Talent Fix presents a proven, practical, and scalable recruiting model for talent acquisition leaders and practitioners and shows how organizations can build and sustain a great talent acquisition function.

11.Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter, Second Edition: A Technical Skills Primer

Author: Obi Ogbanufe

About: The topics covered in Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter include:

• sample questions to ask candidates
• types of networks and operating systems
• software development strategies
• cloud systems administration and DevOps
• data science and database job roles
• information security job roles 

Armed with indispensable information, the alphabet soup of technology acronyms will no longer be intimidating, and you will be able to analyze client and candidate requirements with confidence. Written in clear and concise prose, Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter is an invaluable resource for any tech recruiter.

12. Talent Without Borders: Global Talent Acquisition for Competitive Advantage

Author:  Robert E. Ployhart, Jeff A. Weekley and Julian Dalzell

About: Talent Without Borders offers a practical approach to help managers think about acquiring talent globally. With explicit consideration of real-world issues that influence the implementation of global staffing solutions, the book shows managers how to use analytics and data to enable evidence-based decisions. Together, the three authors represent a unique blend of expertise in HR executive leadership and consulting with deep technical expertise in the science of recruitment, selection, and assessment. Their collective experience yields numerous practical insights are woven throughout the book. Ultimately, they skillfully link staffing to organizational strategy, financial performance, and competitive advantage.

13. Full Stack Recruiter: The Ultimate Edition

Author: Jan Tegze

About: The Full Stack Recruiter is divided into two parts.

The first part focuses entirely on sourcing strategies. You’ll learn new and creative ways to source and find great candidates, as well as how to uncover their contact details and approach them in a respectful and effective manner. And much more!

The second part deals with recruitment. You’ll learn how to excel in recruitment marketing, candidate engagement, recruitment analytics, candidate engagement, cold-calling, and efficiently manage many other essential aspects of your role.

Both sections work together to create a comprehensive guide to excelling in every aspect of your recruitment career!

14. Recruiting 101: The Fundamentals of Being a Great Recruiter

Author: Steven Mostyn

About: Recruiting 101 explains how to develop 15 fundamental recruiting skills. Learn how to excel in sourcing, social media, recruitment marketing, candidate engagement, cold calling, interviewing and selection, and more. In addition, step-by-step instruction is included on how to become efficient in using these major recruitment tools: LinkedIn, Indeed, Facebook, Monster, and CareerBuilder. From the junior recruiter just starting out to the senior recruiter looking to improve, Recruiting 101 is for all professionals who aim to take their career to the next level.

Bonus: The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Author: Erin Meyer

About: In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

Erin Meyer’s Culture Map is an amazing read for anyone working in an international environment. It has become a part of the starter packs of many companies and is definitely a must-read!

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