Here is a list of the best Recruitment books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Recruiting 101: The Fundamentals of Being a Great Recruiter (2016)
- Lean Recruitment: Finding Better Talent Faster (2017)
- Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy (2015)
- The Rich Recruiter (2014)
- Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment: Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice (Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology) (2015)
- The Talent Magnet: Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Attract Millennial Talent (2016)
- Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today (2011)
- The Complete It Recruitment Survival Guide (2008)
- The Chapter President: Preparing Sorority and Fraternity Leaders for the Unexpected (2013)
- Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) (2017)
- The Persuasion, Influencing & Sales Recipe For Recruitment Search Firm Owners (2015)
- The Educated Marketer: Inbound Marketing for Student Recruitment Success (2016)
- Participant Recruitment and Retention in Intervention and Evaluation Research (Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods) (2018)
- Recruitment and Selection: Strategies for Workforce Planning & Assessment (2019)
Recruiting 101: The Fundamentals of Being a Great Recruiter (2016)
Why are some recruiters successful while so many others fail and leave the industry? Why do other recruiters spend their whole careers bouncing around from company to company with little or no success? The answer: they never learned fundamental recruiting skills. Recruiting 101 explains how to develop 15 fundamental recruiting skills.
Lean Recruitment: Finding Better Talent Faster (2017)
The prospect of finding the right candidate for an open job position can be daunting to even the most seasoned manager. There is more competition than ever for high performing employees, and the ramifications of making a poor hire are significant. Only the largest and wealthiest organizations can afford the standard of service offered by traditional recruitment firms……until now.
Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy (2015)
As the landscape of recruiting changes, different methods are needed to reach talent, and social media is a key channel. However, many HR and recruiting professionals are not equipped with the expertise to create a social media recruiting strategy.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 an…
The Rich Recruiter (2014)
Whether you’re new to recruitment, an experienced recruiter or a struggling recruiter, The Rich Recruiter is a step by step guide on how rich recruitment consultants achieve their success. The Rich Recruiter has been written specifically for recruitment consultants working for recruitment agencies. Therefore, it has remained completely true to the industry. You’ll learn: 1. How to win new clients, even in a competitive market 2.
Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment: Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice (Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology) (2015)
Personnel selection is changing. Whilst traditional face-to-face interviews are still common, the range of assessment processes that inform the selection of candidates is increasingly diverse, taking advantage not only of new technologies, but also using new methods and strategies, such as assessment centres and personality testing.
The Talent Magnet: Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Attract Millennial Talent (2016)
Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Attract Millennial Talent. It’s predicted that, by the year 2025, more than 75% of the global workforce will be made up of Millennial talent. Some call them Gen Y; others label them Millennials. Whatever you wish to call this generation, it’s true to say that those born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s think differently, act differently, and ultimately react differently to any other age group.
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today (2011)
This new Third Edition features the latest job-hunting strategies for the Information Age. You’ll discover key techniques to reach hiring managers at the employers you want to work for most.
The Complete It Recruitment Survival Guide (2008)
Ayub Shaikh is a renowned trainer, famous for having brought credibility, confidence and industry knowledge to over 5,000 IT recruitment consultants, HR professionals and resourcers through his training courses around the world. In the past Ayub himself was an accomplished IT recruiter in the financial heart of London and is now a mentor to some of the world’s largest IT recruitment consultancies.
The Chapter President: Preparing Sorority and Fraternity Leaders for the Unexpected (2013)
You have a plan for your term as chapter president. Your plan includes goals for academic, social, philanthropic and athletic success. But your plan doesn’t account for the unexpected. It is the unexpected that cripples chapters and prevents them from reaching their full potential.
Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) (2017)
Nearly half of all countries emerging from civil conflict relapse into war within a few years of signing a peace agreement. The postwar trajectories of armed groups vary from organizational cohesion to dissolution, demilitarization to remilitarization.
The Persuasion, Influencing & Sales Recipe For Recruitment Search Firm Owners (2015)
This ‘Secret Recipe’ is for creating a long-lasting six-figure plus search and recruitment firm and the critically acclaimed tools mean that you never have to cold call again! This book is ONLY for search and recruitment owners who are serious about building a strong, enduring business.
The Educated Marketer: Inbound Marketing for Student Recruitment Success (2016)
Everyone in college and university admission knows that student recruitment is challenging. More and more now question the value of a college degree–especially a liberal arts degree–and are seeking quicker and cheaper alternatives to four-year programs.
Participant Recruitment and Retention in Intervention and Evaluation Research (Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods) (2018)
This practical “how to” guide integrates a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of literature, alongside a wealth of the authors’ combined research experience, into a framework for behavioral health and other investigators concerned with successful participant recruitment and retention in intervention and evaluation research studies.
Recruitment and Selection: Strategies for Workforce Planning & Assessment (2019)
The workforce is changing and talent management is more important than ever. Recruitment and Selection: Strategies for Workforce Planning & Assessment unpacks best practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies for hiring the right people. Using a proven job analysis framework, author Carrie A.
Best Recruitment Books Reviewed & Ranked
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Indoctrination to Hate: Recruitment Techniques of Hate Groups and How to Stop Them
Author(s): Edward W. Dunbar (editor)
ID: 3238341, Publisher: Praeger, Year: 2022, Size: 23 Mb, Format: pdf
International Student Recruitment and Mobility in Non-Anglophone Countries: Theories, Themes, and Patterns
Author(s): Hans de Wit (editor), Ekaterina Minaeva (editor), Lizhou Wang (editor)
ID: 3249204, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals
Author(s): Katrina Collier
ID: 3346334, Publisher: Kogan Page, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are absolutely hot items according to Chicago Tribune, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.