Deception in Selection
Interviewees and the Psychology of Deceit
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:2nd Dec '13
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The latest research suggests that 33% of people lie deliberately to achieve employment. The costs of mis-hires are significant in terms of management time, selection and reselection costs and potential legal costs. There are 101 opportunities for applicants to economize with the truth, exaggerate or simply lie, both on their CV and at interview. They may be desperate in a competitive job market; they may think that exaggeration is an expected part of the process or they just rely on the fact that many employers still fail to make the most rudimentary of checks of what they are told. Max Eggert’s Deception in Selection will help you, the recruiter, to understand how and why candidates deceive. The book examines proven techniques and tactics to balance the interview game, to restore equity in the face of the clever approaches that sophisticated candidates bring to the interview. Although there is no foolproof way of identifying deception, you can, with practice, become amazingly accurate if there is a commitment to master the basics. The object of this book is to learn how to detect more effectively the fabrications that candidates present in selection situations that would have a direct adverse effect on their performance in the job. Reading it will encourage you to look at lying and truth telling in a new light and discover how pervasively lies and self-deception influence selection decisions. This is a must read guide from a best-selling business author for all those who participate in the selection process.
'Deception in Selection delves into its examination with both broad perspective and focused inquiry. Long before coining the Liars Index® concept, I became progressively alert to the degree of deception imbedded in the process of employment selection. In a career spanning both corporate and consulting selection experiences, I have stumbled enough along the way that I have applied increasing discipline to the process, both in my own work and that of my clients. The often undetected risk is in missing a candidate's self-deception...where an honest falsehood results from one's inaccurate sense of who they truly are. Digging into this book can help both screener and candidate in keeping each other honest.' Jude Werra CMC, Jude M. Werra & Associates, LLC 'Deception in Selection is an entertaining, insightful, and brilliantly researched book that will help companies save millions by showing them how to weed out the liars, fakes and frauds and how to only hire the very best.' Max Stirner, author of Fake Resume: The Machiavellian Guide to Getting the Job and creator of FakeResume.com ’Max Eggert has done it again! Few people are able to write both highly accessible and well referenced books as well as Max. There is an increasing interest in the dark side of behaviour at work and this book focuses on that most important of topics: selection. This book is not only a very interesting read, but also one that will be of profound use to practitioners.’ Adrian Furnham, University College, London, UK ’Deception in Selection has plenty of fun as it explains why liars lie and, more importantly, how to spot them, taking in visual, verbal and vocal clues in admirably exhaustive detail.’ People Management, February 2014
ISBN: 9781409445616
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 530g
198 pages