If you’re a recruiter and love what you do, you probably have shelves and shelves filled with recruitment books at your home. You’re always on the lookout for new books that can teach you something valuable and help you advance your career. And that’s why I thought you would find this article quite useful.
Let’s be real – recruitment is a dynamic process that requires continuous learning. Whether you want to stay up-to-date with modern hiring practices or learn how to recruit millennials, these books can make you a more informed recruiter.
I hope these 9 recruitment books will help you grow your business and advance your career. Let’s take a closer look!
Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting and Selecting People with Both Tremendous Skills and Superb Attitude
By: Mark Murphy
Number of pages: 240
Year of publishing: 2011
According to a study by the training company Leadership IQ, nearly 46% of new hires fail at their job within their first 18 months. The surprise element here is that a whopping 89% fail not because of their skills, but because of their attitude.
What Mark Murphy aims to offer in this book is practical advice and tools for hiring people with great attitudes who can be a great fit for your company culture. The book reveals what attitudes will help you hire the best people for your team and cut turnover costs substantially. Regardless if you’re hiring externally or internally, many recruiters will find this recruitment book to offer them valuable insights into people’s attitudes.
Recruiting 101: The Fundamentals of Being a Great Recruiter
By: Steven Mostyn
Number of pages: 199
Year of publishing: 2016
Have you ever wondered: why do so many recruiters leave their career? Or why do they move from one to another company without any major success? According to Steven Mostyn, it’s because they never acquired fundamental recruiting skills.
The book outlines the 15 fundamental recruiting skills and aims to help readers develop these skills. From recruitment marketing and social media to cold calling and interviewing, the author gives valuable insight into a wide range of recruiting challenges.
Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy
By: Andy Headworth
Number of pages: 220
Year of publishing: 2015
In 2019, 2.7 billion people were using social media channels. In fact, Statista predicts that that number will grow to 3 billion by 2021. It’s only natural for recruiters to take advantage of social media to attract and hire top talent.Unfortunately, most recruiters don’t have the expertise to create a solid social media recruiting strategy. Andy Headworth tries to explain the essential steps to a social media recruiting strategy in a clear and understandable way. From how to implement a social media strategy and measuring ROI to using technology in recruiting and social media as a communication tool, this brilliant recruitment book will give your social media strategy a boost.
How to Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team- Even If You Don’t Have a Recruiting Department
By: Eric Herrenkohl
Number of pages: 240
Year of publishing: 2010
The #1 recruiting challenge for many recruiting professional is a lack of skilled, quality talent in a demanding location and industry. Especially when it comes to specialized professions like software development, hiring new people can seem like a never-ending struggle.
Eric Herrenkohl aims to help recruiters, managers, and business owners find amazing employees, make great hires, and take their business to the next level. The book explains how to use your existing marketing, sales, and networking efforts to attract exceptional performers to your business.
The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules for Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees
By: Jeanne C. Meister and Kevin J. Mulcahy
Number of pages: 304
Year of publishing: 2016
The workplace of today looks so different from the workplace of a century ago. It’s constantly evolving and taking new forms. Technologies like big data and machine learning are reinventing the workplace of the future. If you want to stay competitive in the years to come, you have to meet the future now.
The Future Workplace Experience offers practical advice for taking your organization to the top of your industry. It dives deep into the concepts of being an agile leader, using technology to remain current, and recruiting top employees. In this recruitment book, you’ll find an actionable framework for rethinking, reimagining, and reinventing your organization.
Remote: Office Not Required
By: David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Number of pages: 256
Year of publishing: 2013
Most employers and recruiters are hesitant about hiring outside their zip code. Unfortunately, by not taking the dive into remote work, they’re restricting their hiring to a small geographic region. They don’t have access to the vast pool of talent that exists outside their country.
This book teaches both employers and employees how they can work together, remotely, from any location in the world. It’s packed with practical and profound advice from two guys who’ve succeeded in the remote workforce realm. The Basecamp founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson discuss the remote work movement and give guidelines on how a remote work setup can be accomplished in your company.
Recruiting in the Age of Googlization: When the SHIFT Hits Your Plan
By: Ira S. Wolfe
Number of pages: 250
Year of publishing: 2017
The recruitment industry is one of the industries that is being disrupted by technology the most. Traditional recruiting practices no longer work, and companies need to catch up with technology trends if they want to remain relevant.
This book explains how technology like people analytics is changing the recruitment field. The author tries to teach you how to embrace data and prepare you for the future of work. You’ll learn how to fine-tune your recruiting, selecting, managing, and retaining practices. Whether you’re a hiring manager, a recruiter, or a business owner, Recruiting in the Age of Googlization is an insightful read.
Creative Hiring: The Pinnacle Model for Spontaneous, Imaginative, Collaborative Interviews
By: Ozan Dagdeviren
Number of pages: 195
Year of publishing: 2015
In one study, 83% percent of candidates said a negative interview experience could change their minds about a company, even if they liked that company. Meaning, a bad interview experience can affect your ability to hire top-class talent. Ozan Dagdeviren understands the struggles of recruiters when it comes to the job interview. It introduces the Pinnacle Model, which tells readers how to conduct a job interview that both parties mutually enjoy and learn. This recruitment book is a must-read for every recruiting professional who’s interested in a unified theory of in-depth human interaction.
The Best Team Wins: Build Your Business Through Predictive Hiring
By: Adam Robinson
Number of pages: 232
Year of publishing: 2017
If you’re looking for a proven and effective method for hiring top talent, then this book is a great pick for you. Adam Robinson, a co-founder of The Princeton Review and an American educator, explains how to effectively find, assess, and hire the right people for your company.
From showing you how to rate a candidate’s core skills to crafting an offer, you’ll learn how to build a high-performing team that will bring value to your company.
To Wrap Up
I hope I gave you enough reading material to last you by the end of 2019. In case you have some free time left and love networking with like-minded people, I suggest you check out these HR conferences to attend in 2019.
