The Recruiter's Research Blue Book

By Andrea A. Jupina

The How-To Guide for Researchers, Search Consultants, Corporate Recruiters, Small Business Owners, Venture Capitalists and Line Executives. Shows, step-by-step, how to conduct the most important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885922612
• ISBN13: 9781885922618
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Kennedy Information
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Review from ACCESS MY LIBRARY by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2008

The Recruiter's Research Blue Book, 2d Edition. (Human Resources).~(book review) Andrea A. Jupina. 2000. Kennedy Information, LLC. Softcover. 589p. ISBN 1-885922-61-2. $179. To capitalize on the success of some other well-known bestsellers, Andrea A. Jupina might have titled her basic primer on the dynamics of the research function in the search business, Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Executive Search Research... or Recruitment Research for Dummies. In this, the second edition of the formerly titled, The Handbook of Executive Search Research, published in 1992, Jupina seeks to target a broader market. There s something for everyone who finds themselves on the recruitment continuum and a substantial amount for those researchers, consultants, and executives new to recruiting, whether they reside in a search firm, are part of a corporate HR function, or recruit for their own business or department. Many of the issues discussed are timeless, along the lines of "the more things change the more they stay the same." The Recruiter's Research Blue Book is divided into two parts: "The Research Process," which constitutes about one-third of the 600-page guidebook, and "The Recruiters Directory of Directories--Plus Web Sites, Databases, and CD-ROMs," which exceeds 400 pages. The Research Process Part 1, "The Research Process," is about as comprehensive in its coverage of the complexity of identifying and developing candidates for job opportunities as one can hope to find. Its 26 chapters provide guidance on a variety of topics: recruitment terminology; the role of research in recruiting; developing a detailed research checklist; presenting research results; legal issues; scripts for conducting telephone interviews and reference checks; and sample flow charts and forms. Many of these topics could be expanded and expounded upon, but that's what seminars are for. Jupina provides a useful list of HR associations and research roundtables that would be appropriate to contact for further information on a specific topic. Seasoned librarians will find the chapters on creating an executive search library, finding information on privately held companies, creating a database, and locating Internet web sites rather elementary. The author's focus assumes a non-librarian audience. As such, many chapters suggest consulting a librarian for resource and research guidance or to provide online searching of the Web and other online services. Nonetheless, librarians new to the recruitment world will benefit greatly from the other chapters, which clearly lay out the nuts and bolts of the search business. While this publication is intended as a reference tool and not necessarily meant to be read from cover to cover, the organization of material in part 1 could be improved. For example, Jupina leads with "The Research Checklist-The Heart and Soul of the Whole Thing." It is a very detailed, valuable list, but it assumes a knowledge of the research proc

Very useful demystifying of X Search

Gives very good insight to the tools of professional executive search and research. Many useful forms and tips. Very comprehensive directory of sources, allthough the Internet sources and tools could have been better covered. Well done Andrea!