One of the worlds top headhunters reveals his most valuable techniques for getting the best jobs and finding the right people.The most important thing youll ever do if you are trying to build, rebuild, or even turn around an organization is hire the best peopleand keep them. Jeffrey E. Christian has learned this lesson by working on hundreds of executive search assignments and building his own headhunting firm into a nationally recognized company, one of the top ten in the nation. In The Headhunters Edge, he reveals his secrets for excelling on either side of the deskas a leader trying to build a great company, or as a job seeker in search of the next big position. In this practical manifesto, Christian shows how essential it is to have the most talented people on your side. But how do you find the best? And how do you become the best? Christians solution: Think like a headhunter. He gives readers the benefits of his twenty years of experience interviewing thousands of CEOs and potential CEOs, and tells you how to conduct an interview and spot great leadership qualities in job candidates exactly what to do and say to keep a valuable employee from resigning how to expand your network to find the best emerging talent key strategies and instructions for choosing and getting the most out of a search firm what it takes for ambitious and talented people to get noticed and get the next big job or promotionPractical, impassioned, and wise, The Headhunters Edge is an indispensable guide to advancing your careerand making your business more successful and profitable.From the Hardcover edition.