CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, has named How to Hire A-Players one of their Top 10 Business Reads of 2010. “Hiring ‘A’ Players for your team doesn’t have to be a crap shoot if you adopt some of this recruiting expert’s ideas,” the article states.

To read the full list of  recommended books, visit the CTV News website.

In the October 15, 2010 “Dear Bev” column in MediaPost’s Media Daily News issue, columnist Beverly Weinstein references How to Hire A Players in advising recruiters to find great talent.

Read the full column here.

On August 6, Eric was the on-air guest of radio talk show host Bob Salter of CBS News affiliate 66AM WFAN in New York. In the 30-minute interview, Eric discussed why most people are unprepared for job interviews, typical interview mistakes, and how to use social media tools to develop target lists of companies and executives.

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Or listen at the CBS New York website

How to Hire A Players was featured in a post entitled Recommended Reading – How to acquire a team of ‘A players’, Globe and Mail on the Management Turnover as Change Agent blog. The post includes quotes from a review published in Canada’s Globe and Mail.

Read the full blog post here, or read the Globe and Mail review here.

Eric Herrenkohl was interviewed by host Anita Campbell on Small Business Trends Radio, where he discussed his top 5 tips and step-by-step instructions on how to find, interview, and hire the “rock star” employees that every business needs.

Listen to the full interview below, or visit Small Business Trends Radio for the interview recap.

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Eric was interviewed as a guest on the May 20, 2010 Dresser After Dark show with Michael Ray Dresser. This interview discusses How to Hire A-Players and the key issues surrounding hiring the best employees for effective business. Click the yellow play button below to listen, or visit www.DresserAfterDark.com. 

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Eric Herrenkohl, author of the new book How to Hire A-Players, published by Wiley, appeared as an employment expert in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer article on the latest unemployment numbers, you can read the article here http://bit.ly/aofTpw

If you don’t live in the St. Louis area, you may have missed out on the whirlind media tour I went on to promote How to Hire A-Players. It was a busy couple of days! I appeared on KDSK Channel 5′s News at Noon, and did radio interviews with stations 1120 AM KMOX, 90.7 KWMU, and Y98.

We’ve got links to each of these interviews here, so even if you’re out of the St. Louis area, you can check them out!

• KDSK Channel 5 News at Noon – Video Interview
• 1120 AM KMOX – Audio Interview
• 90.7 KWMU St. Louis On the Air – Audio Interview with Don Marsh providing advice for recent grads and other job-seekers
• Y98 Phillips & Company Morning Show – Audio Interview

Business Week is featuring an interview with Eric Herrenkohl on his book How to Hire A-Players.  Karen Klein, Smart Answers columnist for Businessweek.com, focuses on how small and mid-sized businesses can take advantage of the soft job market to find and hire A-players.  Read the column here:  http://bit.ly/businessweekinterview

Please join me for the St. Louis launch event for How to Hire A-Players on May 4, 2010!

Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

Location: Ladue Crossing Barnes & Noble, 8871 Ladue Road, Ladue, MO 63124 (near the Schnucks at Ladue Road and 170).

Program: I will be delivering a short speech entitled Creating a Team of A-Players.  Whether you are a CEO building a fast-growth business, an executive building a corporate team, or an individual looking to get ahead in your career, we all need to know how to surround ourselves with a team of A-players.  This is a version of the well-received talk that I delivered at the U.S. launch for the book at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in April.

Books for Sale: We appreciate Barnes & Noble having books available for sale at this event; I will be there  signing books for all interested.

Networking: Executives, business owners, and colleagues from across the St. Louis metro area will be in attendance – please join us!

RSVP: To attend, fill out the form below and let me know how many guests you will be bringing. Please RSVP no later than April 30, 2010.

Free and open to the public: Please invite your management team, colleagues and friends to come with you for an evening of cutting-edge business thinking and meeting more A-players!

I look forward to seeing you.