Competing for Talent Key Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Becoming an Employer of Choice

The red-hot competition for talented employees is no longer new. Employers everywhere know that attracting and keeping exceptional talent is crucial to success in today's economy. Competing for Talent offers a comprehensive approach to recruiting and retaining the employees everyone wants. Nancy S. Ahlrichs shows employers how to meld management, organization design, human resources and marketing in a way that turns the company into a magnet for top performers--an Employer of Choice. Ahlrichs takes us inside America's most successful businesses to show how Employers of Choice go beyond compensation and benefits to focus on building and communicating a top-employer reputation. She offers valuable strategies, action plans, tools and information that any business can use to become an Employer of Choice. And she includes a wealth of suggestions that companies can put into place immediately--including techniques for calculating the costs of turnover, tips on how to use technology to attract top candidates, ways to increase the number of accepted offers and advice on creating a "Wow " experience for new employees.