HR Expert’s New Book Tells Companies How To Staff For Long-Term Success

Santa Ana, CA— Jim Stedt, founder and president of Hartley & Associates (a Southern California-based staffing, management, and recruitment consulting firm), has 35 years of experience that he shares with his readers in improving their company’s staffing situation.

Published by Praeger Publishers, Talent Balancing ~ Staffing Your Company For Long-Term Success, the book provides an inside perspective to help CEO’s, CFO’s, Presidents and hiring managers discover a new approach to recruiting in today’s volatile and uncertain environment.

What is Talent Balancing? The term refers to people who were hired and eventually end up in the wrong position within a company. Soon these employees become engrossed in office politics and don’t know, or care about company goals. This eventually causes a company to fail. By using Talent Balancing, company’s will learn how-to make better use of employees talents, therefore providing leadership that encourages communication, creativity and accomplishment. This is a dynamic process that works in all industries. It also provides an easy to follow recruiting process to bring in the people that are really needed.

The 188 page book has checklists, templates, forms, and illustrative examples to make any manager successful in the hiring process. It addresses many other issues such as how-to better position existing staff, finding the right people and how-to retain those important people.

The 10 chapters cover a variety of important topics that include: Basics of Successful Recruiting; Reality Management; Job Requisition; The Hiring Manager; Job Description and Salary, Resumes; The Interview; The Job Offer, and New Hires.

Talent Balancing ~ Staffing Your Company For Long-Term Success is written in simple, easy to follow steps making it an excellent text book for all levels of managers who are responsible for the hiring of personnel. The hardcover book retails for $34.95 and is available at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes and Noble, and Wal-Mart.

Additional information about this book can be found at the web site: www.TalentBalancing.com
The author is available for interviews and lectures and can be reached at: 949-476-8656 x11