{"product_id":"talent-makers-isbn-9781119785279","title":"Talent Makers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful ideas to transform hiring into a massive competitive advantage for your business \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalent Makers: How the Best Organizations Win through Structured and Inclusive Hiring \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for every leader who knows that hiring is crucial to their organization and wants to compete for top talent, diversify their organization, and build winning teams. Daniel Chait and Jon Stross, co-founders of Greenhouse Software, Inc, provide readers with a comprehensive and proven framework to improve hiring quickly, substantially, and measurably.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalent Makers \u003c\/i\u003ewill provide a step-by-step plan and actionable advice to help leaders assess their talent practice (or lack thereof) and transform hiring into a measurable competitive advantage. Readers will understand and employ:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA proven system and principles for hiring used by the world's best companies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHiring practices that remove bias and result in more diverse teams\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn assessment of their hiring practice using the Hiring Maturity model\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMeasurement of employee lifetime value in quantifiable terms, and how to increase that value through hiring\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eTalent Makers \u003c\/i\u003emethodology is the result of the authors’ experience and the ideas and stories from their community of more than 4,000 organizations. This is the book that CEOs, hiring managers, talent practitioners, and human resources leaders must read to transform their hiring and propel their organization to new heights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 The Problem and the Promise 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 From Chaos to Confidence: The Hiring Maturity Curve 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Shauna Geraghty 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Employee Lifetime Value 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Andres Traslavina 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Structured Hiring 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Jan Fiegel 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Gerardo Alvarez 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Own Every Moment of Your Hiring Experience 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Jill Macri 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Attract the Best Talent 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Joelle Emerson 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Porter Braswell 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Katie Burke 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Making Confident, Informed Hiring Decisions 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Beth Steinberg 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Tope Awotona 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Driving Operational Excellence 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Pattie Money 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Talent Makers 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert Insights: Maia Josebachvili 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Changing Minds 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTakeaways 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Final Thoughts 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The co-founders of human resources software firm Greenhouse Software make a strong case for systematizing talent acquisition.... Their fervent belief that senior executives need to be more engaged in the staffing process, rather than simply delegate it to human resources, is the cornerstone of their approach, which aims to help readers to identify, attract, and retain the best talent.... A forward-thinking and enlightening view of hiring practices.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Chait\u003c\/b\u003e is CEO and Co-founder of Greenhouse. As a  technology entrepreneur in New York for over 22 years, Dan is a frequent speaker on the topics of hiring and entrepreneurship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Stross\u003c\/b\u003e is President and Co-founder of Greenhouse. He drives product strategy and works closely with customers and partners to build a platform that improves hiring performance.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite its central importance to company success, hiring continues to be one of the most frequently mismanaged and undervalued areas in many organizations. Chaos and frustration are often the norm, and unconscious bias in the hiring process impacts decisions. As a result, many organizations are unable to attract the talent they need to be competitive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTalent Makers: How the Best Organizations Win through Structured and Inclusive Hiring\u003c\/i\u003e, the co-founders of Greenhouse Software, Inc., Daniel Chait and Jon Stross, deliver a comprehensive and proven framework to improve hiring quickly, substantially, and measurably. The book offers readers a complete plan for building winning teams and provides the playbook to make it happen supported by real-world examples. You'll discover how to assess your Hiring Maturity along a clear spectrum. You'll then discover how to quantify the lifetime value of your employees, structure your hiring systems to challenge bias, and transform your talent practice into a competitive advantage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concrete strategies and practical advice contained in Talent Makers is based on the authors' experience serving over 4,000 organizations. This is the book that CEOs, leaders, hiring managers, and talent practitioners must read to transform their hiring and propel their organization to new heights.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTalent Makers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Once you have something, nothing else really matters but the team you build. Your company is not your product, or even your customers. It's your team. Daniel and Jon have been the single most innovative leaders in hiring in business software, leaning in very early on and bringing the sort of powers to find, manage, and empower talent to every business...that used to just be reserved for the elite in tech. If you want to read one single 'business book' on how to win, it should be one about great teams. Read \u003ci\u003eTalent Makers\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jason Lemkin,\u003c\/b\u003e Investor, Business Partner, Founder and CEO of SaaStr and SaaStr Fund \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this thoughtful, research-backed book, Dan and Jon provide a compelling framework and data-driven tools for leaders who increasingly realize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion and want actionable strategies for bringing about change. \u003ci\u003eTalent Makers\u003c\/i\u003e maps out the path to more fair hiring practices that block implicit biases and allows companies to become better at hiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Shelley Correll,\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, Organizational Behavior, Stanford University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While there are many paths a company can take to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion, they must all begin with getting hiring right. 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