Not only does government bureaucracy often make hiring a cumbersome, slow-moving process, but poor performers enjoy more protection from losing their jobs than their counterparts outside of government. With over thirty years’ experience as a federal government employee, insider Stewart Liff offers a solution to the government talent shortage--enabling government managers to cut through the red tape and take advantage of the best government employees out there. The Complete Guide to Hiring and Firing Government Employees also teaches readers the equally important skills of efficiently documenting and dealing with those who don't make the cut to ensure your team starts and stays strong. You’ll discover: how to take an anticipatory approach to recruiting; how to decide who to target, and where and how to advertise for open positions; how to screen and interview candidates; how to counsel a poor-performing employee; how to use progressive discipline; how to document a case and write a charge; how to develop internal political support; and much more. Bringing the best new people on board and weeding out the worst are both the most important and the most difficult tasks faced by any employer. For federal managers, the challenge is even greater. Filled with tried-and-true strategies, this step-by-step guide will equip you to continuously uphold, strengthen, and even grow an entire department of high achievers.

Annotation A concise guide for anyone making hiring and firing decisions.

Fast answers to the most pressing questions about how to safely, effectively hire and fire employees.

Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager. Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side. Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful strategies you can use to both bring stronger employees on board and weed out those not up to par. By learning to implement these techniques that Tracy can testify firsthand to the effectiveness of, you will make better leadership decisions that positively effect you and the business. In Hiring & Firing, you will be able to: Write appealing and accurate job descriptions Use the law of three in interviews to find suitable candidates Ask the right questions Probe past performance Listen for the questions that indicate interviewees are qualified and serious Provide clear direction and regular feedback De-hire gracefully, and more! At best, hiring and firing are key to improving your team and reaching your goals. Bringing on and letting go of the wrong people wastes company time and money while also reflecting poorly upon you. At worst, it could be crucial for the business in several ways. Hiring & Firing will ensure that you make the right decisions.

Firing at Will shows managers and employers how to do the most difficult part of their jobs: firing employees. Written by a leading employment lawyer in a refreshingly unlawyerly style, this guide takes the reader through the always-risky process of letting an employee go. Many employers and managers are afraid to pull the trigger when the employment relationship has broken down, and will postpone the decision by using progressive discipline and performance-improvement plans. However, an employer must be able to unload employees who threaten to undermine the company and its prospects, regardless of the risks involved in a termination. This book explains how to do it, how not to do it, and how to minimize the danger of an expensive employee lawsuit. No one said being an employer or a manager was easy. Fortunately, knowing how to fire employees will make your job much, much easier in the long run and save you heartache. Firing at Will teaches you what you need to know, without any legalese or boring recitations of statutes and case law. This book is filled with plain-English common sense, based on Jay Shepherd's 17 years of protecting employers in court. The style is conversational and often irreverent, but the lessons and tips are battle-tested. If you want to be a successful manager or employer—and sleep easier—you need to know how to fire at will. Gives employers and managers real-world advice on how to fire employees Teaches how to keep your company—and yourself—out of expensive employee lawsuits Guides you toward building a workplace where you'll need to fire fewer employees

Managing people is a tricky business—and managers and small business owners need a clear understanding of the essentials of human resources to survive. The original edition of The Manager’s Guide to HR gives you an introduction to the regulations, rights, and responsibilities related to hiring and firing, benefits, compensation, documentation, performance evaluations, training, and more. However, much has changed since then. Extensively revised, this second edition covers all the key areas of the original edition and brings you up to speed on current developments in employment law, including: How social media is changing the recruitment landscape Shifting labor standards regarding compensation and benefits The National Labor Relations Board’s stance on work-related employee speech on social media The Employee Retirement Income Security Act New record-keeping requirements Amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Featuring step-by-step guidance on everything from COBRA compliance to privacy issues, The Manager’s Guide to HR is now once again the most up-to-date, invaluable resource any manager of personnel could have.

A Manager's Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job * Using the Master Match Matrix(TM) * How to structure the interview * Effective questioning techniques * Understanding the candidate's personality type Hiring-and retaining-great employees shouldn't be left to chance. In today's competitive job market, hiring top employees is absolutely critical. Mistakes could be costly for the company that wants to stay ahead. Yet most managers-no matter how skilled-continue to give short shrift to interviewing job candidates, as if they're letting fate, not expertise, make their hiring decisions. Now there's a comprehensive how-to guide for hiring accurately-the first time around! A Manager's Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job is a step-by-step, intelligent strategy guide to hiring-and retaining-the best job candidates. Chock-full of the most valuable interviewing tools and techniques ever packed into a single volume, A Manager's Guide walks both new and seasoned managers through the 40-minute interview, pointing out highlights-and pitfalls-along the way. With more than 800 sample open-ended questions and a unique interview dialogue with play-by-play commentary, A Manager's Guide gives you tips that will get you past the traditional pat answers and interviewing superficialities and right to the heart of the interview. You'll learn: * Why "traditional" methods of interviewing are the least accurate predictors of future job performance * How to structure the interview so you're in control * Which abilities are most important to a candidate's long-term success * How to read body language and probe for the real story * How active listening can save your company thousands * How to use the Master Match Matrix(TM) to identify the trade-offs among competing candidates * How to avoid legal problems and pitfalls in the hiring-and firing-process A Manager's Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job gives you a practical interviewing strategy that generates superior results. For minimum time investment with maximum return on payroll dollars, you can't beat this book.