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Recruiting, retaining, and promoting culturally different employees / Lionel Laroche, Don Rutherford.

By: Laroche, Lionel.
Contributor(s): Rutherford, Don.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007Description: xx, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780750682404 (pbk.); 075068240X (pbk.).Subject(s): Diversity in the workplace | Personnel managementDDC classification: 658.3008
Contents:
Introduction: culture and recruitment -- Screening résumés -- Interviewing candidates -- Helping immigrants find jobs -- Helping international new hires adapt to the organization -- Cross-cultural communication -- Retention--part 1: manager-employee relations -- Retention--part 2: teamwork -- Promotion -- Conclusions.
Summary: "Every year the United States and Canada welcome significant numbers of immigrant professionals who have high levels of formal education, often including advanced degrees, as well as extensive workplace experience. Despite these qualifications, a significant portion of these immigrants are unemployed. Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Culturally Different Employees aims to help U.S. and Canadian organizations make full use of the human capital that these immigrants represent. Highly practical, Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Culturally Different Employees is divided into two parts, the first focusing on the recruitment process, the second examining the retention and promotion of culturally different employees." -- BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-292) and index.

Introduction: culture and recruitment -- Screening résumés -- Interviewing candidates -- Helping immigrants find jobs -- Helping international new hires adapt to the organization -- Cross-cultural communication -- Retention--part 1: manager-employee relations -- Retention--part 2: teamwork -- Promotion -- Conclusions.

"Every year the United States and Canada welcome significant numbers of immigrant professionals who have high levels of formal education, often including advanced degrees, as well as extensive workplace experience. Despite these qualifications, a significant portion of these immigrants are unemployed. Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Culturally Different Employees aims to help U.S. and Canadian organizations make full use of the human capital that these immigrants represent. Highly practical, Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Culturally Different Employees is divided into two parts, the first focusing on the recruitment process, the second examining the retention and promotion of culturally different employees." -- BOOK JACKET.