{"product_id":"9781101535806","title":"The Rare Find: How Great Talent Stands Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the nation's biggest music labels briefly signed Taylor  Swift to a contract but let her go because she didn't seem worth more  than $15,000 a year. At least four book publishers passed on the first  Harry Potter novel rather than pay J. K. Rowling a $5,000 advance. And  the same pattern happens in nearly every business. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who recruits talent faces the same basic challenge, whether we  work for a big company, a new start-up, a Hollywood studio, a hospital,  or the Green Berets. We all wonder how to tell the really outstanding  prospects from the ones who look great on paper but then fail on the job.  Or, equally important, how to spot the ones who don't look so good on  paper but might still deliver extraordinary performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, technology has made recruiting in all  fields vastly more sophisticated. Gut instincts have yielded to  benchmarks. If we want elaborate dossiers on candidates, we can gather  facts (and video) by the gigabyte. And yet the results are just as spotty  as they were in the age of the rotary phone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Anders sought out the world's savviest talent judges to see  what they do differently from the rest of us. He reveals how the U.S.  Army finds soldiers with the character to be in Special Forces without  asking them to fire a single bullet. He takes us to an elite basketball  tournament in South Carolina, where the best scouts watch the game in a  radically different way from the casual fan. He talks to researchers who  are reinventing the process of hiring Fortune 500 CEOs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the best advice of these and other talent masters, Anders  reveals powerful ideas you can apply to your own hiring. For  instance:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDon't ignore \"the jagged résumé\"\u003c\/b\u003e-people whose background appears  to teeter on the edge between success and failure. Such people can do  spectacular work in the right settings, where their strengths  dramatically outweigh their flaws.\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook extra hard for \"talent that whispers\"- the obscure, out-of-the- way candidates who most scouting systems overlook. \u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe careful with \"talent that shouts\"\u003c\/b\u003e-the spectacular but brash  candidates who might have trouble with loyalty, motivation, and team  spirit. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach field that Anders explores has its own lingo, customs, and  history. But the specific stories fit together into a bigger mosaic. In  any field, there's an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on  what matters most. It's not necessarily hard, but it requires the courage  to take a different approach in pursuit of the rare find. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120378396912,"sku":"9781101535806","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101535806_p0.jpg?v=1763688000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101535806","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}