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Assessing job candidates for fit – How headhunters select and hire the best job candidates

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„Finding the right candidate. The one that fits.“ Human Resource Managers are permanently faced with this problem within the recruiting process. And the recruitment of talents is becoming more and more difficult. Poor candidate selections are expensive and such misapprehensions can put a company into an existentially threatening position. If, however, the right candidate, who is in the right place at the right time, can have a positive and prosperous impact for the hole company.

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Eckelt, W.K. (2017). Assessing job candidates for fit – How headhunters select and hire the best job candidates. In: Bargende, M., Reuss, HC., Wiedemann, J. (eds) 17. Internationales Stuttgarter Symposium. Proceedings. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16988-6_2

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