Recruiting, retaining, and promoting culturally different employees [printed text] / Lionel Laroche, Author ; Don Rutherford, Author . - Oxford : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007 . - xx, 297 p. : ill. (b & w) ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-7506-8240-4

The USA and Canada welcomes every year significant numbers of immigrant professionals who have high levels of formal education (Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.) as well as extensive experience; yet a significant fraction of these immigrants are unemployed or underemployed. The purpose of this book is to help US and Canadian organizations make full use of the significant human capital that immigrants represent.

Class number:	658.3008
Abstract:	This book will help organizations : modify their recruitment and selection process to avoid rejecting culturally different candidates for reasons that are not related to their ability to do the job, and develop and promote culturally diverse employees to ensure that they retain and capitalize on the new ideas that these employees bring. The first part focuses on the recruiting process. The second part examines the retention and promotion of culturally different employees.
Contents note:	1. Introduction: Culture and Recruitment; 2. Screening Résumés; 3. Interviewing Candidates; 4. Helping Immigrants Find Jobs; 5. Helping International New Hires Adapt to the Organization; 6. Cross-Cultural Communication; 7. Retention-Part1: Manager-Employee Relations; 8. Retention-Part2: Teamwork; 9. Promotion; 10. Conclusions.