Böcker av Anthony Hesketh

Aims to lift the veneer of 'employability' and to expose serious problems in the way that future workers are trying to manage their employability in the competition for tough-entry jobs in the knowledge economy. This book shows how some students are playing 'the game' to win a competitive advantage and what really happens in the selection events.

Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as a way of demonstrating their contribution to organizational performance. In this book, Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh take issue with this 'scientific' approach by arguing that its preoccupation with statistical analysis is misplaced because it fails to take account of the complexities of organizations and the full range of issues that influence individual performance. The book is split into three parts. Part I deconstructs research into the alleged link between people and business performance by showing that it cannot explain the associations it alleges. Part II attributes these shortcomings to the importation of spurious 'scientific' methods, before going on to suggest more appropriate methods that might be used in future. Finally, Part III explores how HR executives and professionals understand their work and shows how a critical realist stance adds value to this understanding through enhanced explanation.

Provides a view of how graduate recruitment works, based on the observations of independent observers. This book reveals: how graduate recruitment really works; what you can do to work out where the jobs really are; what criteria employers use to deselect CVs and application forms; how to convince employers to offer an interview; and more.