The Hiring Handbook

How can you consistently hire the right people? The Hiring Handbook by Kasey Harboe Guentert and Mollie Berke is a practical, evidence-based guide for managers, HR leads and departmental heads who want to improve hiring outcomes, strengthen interview design and make data-backed decisions. Written by hiring experts with experience at Korn Ferry, Airbnb and Meta, this toolkit takes you step-by-step through defining job requirements, creating structured interviews and evaluating candidates with objectivity. It focuses on the strategies mid-career professionals need to build teams that deliver measurable results. You'll learn how to: - Pinpoint essential skills and attributes through job analysis - Write compelling job descriptions that attract top candidates - Design structured interviews that produce fair, consistent results - Create predictive interview questions and minimize bias with data-driven evaluation Packed with practical tools, real-world examples and proven frameworks, The Hiring Handbook equips you to make confident, informed decisions that strengthen performance and reduce costly hiring mistakes. Themes include: hiring strategy, structured interviews, candidate assessment, bias reduction, data-driven recruitment