It can be difficult to determine if that right person is sitting across the desk from you unless you have the extensive knowledge and experience of Mr. Grimshaw. If you don’t have it now, you can get it. Read this book and glean the knowledge.
Sheryl Tongue, Owner, Stone Hill Graphics, Colorado, US
I started working when I was twelve years old. I have been working ever since — 45 years. What I want to know is where has this book been for those 45 years?
I am not an interviewer, nor have I ever been a manager, but the knowledge in these pages could have helped me a great deal in my job searches.
While I have known for a long time that companies, like countries, have a culture all their own, I did not know how to determine if I would fit into that culture.
I never asked the correct questions that would have led me to turn down those job offers for which I was unsuited, no matter how qualified I was, and jump at those jobs for which I might have lacked a few qualifications but for which my own personal culture would have meant I would have grown in knowledge and skill and been happy in the job.
Consequently, my personal work history has been hit and sometimes miss. I wish I had The Perfect Fit all those decades ago!
If you interview others for a position within your company, you should read this book, learn from this book, really think about the information within this book. Hiring people is so much more than just finding a qualified person, it is about finding the right person.
Hiring the right person does not mean hiring the person you personally like, but the person who will bring experience, energy, and excitement to a company that will help it to grow and improve.
It can be difficult to determine if that right person is sitting across the desk from you unless you have the extensive knowledge and experience of Mr. Grimshaw. If you don’t have it now, you can get it.
Read this book and glean the knowledge. Adapt it, use it, let it help you.
I now own my own business. I am manager and employee; I hired me and I’m quite happy with my choice. We get along. My business is growing and soon it could come to the point where I have to hire someone else. When that happens, I will get out this book and read it again. And maybe again after that. I will use the exercises and knowledge to help me find an employee or employees that will be a good fit within my company culture.
I’ll know how to ask the right questions, record what I find in a logical, unbiased manner, and understand the importance of not hiring someone “just like me,” but someone who will bring skills and an energy to my business that will help it grow. Thank goodness this book, although 45 years a little late, is here now.
I will definitely make good use of The Perfect Fit.
Sheryl Tongue, Owner, Stone Hill Graphics, Colorado, US
