I’m so pleased to announce that Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People is available in Japanese. Shoeisha is the publisher.See the picture of the book in margin.
Hiring the Best… is featured on CEORead.com this week. They have an excerpt from Chapter 1 available to read.I’m back from my travels and will be posting more regularly again.
Hiring the Best… is up for a Jolt award (in the general books category). Yes, I’m a Jolt judge. No, I don’t judge—or even see the discussions about—the entire category in which my book is nominated. Yes, I’m excited! And now I get to display the finalist logo.
When I was in Israel earlier this month, Roy Osherove interviewed me. The interview is hosted at IT Conversations. Roy asked questions about why I wrote the hiring book, and what people would get out of it. We also spoke about managing projects and managing people, including the biggest mistake I ever made as a
As far as I know, this is the first review of the book. Take a look at here. I loved the part where Valentin said: During the trip, Johanna will hand out numerous check lists that will help you organize your work more efficiently and prevent you from going too deep into the mud. Thanks,
My publisher sent me email — the printer shipped them the book yesterday, so Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People is available. Amazon still has it listed at the pre-release price. Dorset House, my publisher, has a page about the book. I’m so excited!Update as
Dorset House has announced the pre-publication availability of my book, “Hiring Technical People.” Here’s the blurb: Hiring technical people is one of the most critical and difficult tasks that a manager can undertake. This book takes the guesswork out of hiring, and diminishes the risk of costly hiring mistakes. With the aid of step-by-step