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Book 1 - Hiring: The Secret to a Successful Reputation - Matt Martindale's Book Series - DJ Book SeriesMatt’s seminars

Las Vegas 2002
Topic: "Developing a Training Program"
Books: Hiring: The Secret to a Successful Reputation by J. Matt Martindale

In one power packed workbook, Matt carefully walks you through the steps to successfully find, select then hire staff. Section one is a methodical dissection to help determine what the worth of your personal and professional reputation. So hire wisely! Your employee BECOMES your reputation! In section two appropriately titled Building a Team that Understands the Goal, you’ll methodically walk through the basics of behavioral interviewing, writing interview questions, how to spot specific personality traits, desired characteristics and technical knowledge in a future applicant, and where to find a potential DJ. Lastly, you’ll have to make a selection. Section three helps you do that with a telephone interview, homework with the application and a sample interview script, checking references and developing a candidate rating/ranking system. Wow! This workbook has it all! It’s a very effective resource for the Single Operator who is just beginning to add multiple DJs, the large Multi-Operator seeking to establish and maintain consistency or the Single Operator wanting to remain single, but keep improving.

Accompanying each section in the workbook are the necessary documents to begin the action process. It also includes sample questions, profiles, forms, checklists, and more to provoke your own thought and activity.

For details on purchasing this and other books written by Matt Martindale, e-mail FunForBusiness!

Reviews:

    "Finally! A book that spurs the process of creating a surefire hiring and training program and manual for Mobile DJs! Consistency of quality is one of the major components that is lacking in the Mobile DJ Industry today. Matt Martindale carefully leads you through the steps of developing your own program that is unique to your specific company. Every Mobile DJ should own this workbook and use it often!"
    -Mark K. Ferrell, Owners of DiscJockeyAmerica.com and The "Getting What You're Worth" Seminar Series, Temecula, CA

    "Great material! More than just a how-to hire staff for your company!"
    -Ryan Burger, ProDJ.com President, Disc Jockey industry author and Operator of BC Productions, Des Moines, IA

    "Details with a capital D! This book is an important tool for growing your business… a keen sense of detail picking up overlooked specifics that most Disc Jockey’s miss."
    -Mark (Peace) Thomas, American Disc Jockey Association President 2001/2002 and Operator of Awesome Entertainment, Pasadena, CA

    "…solutions to help you and your DJ staff achieve!"
    -Matt Graumann, Professional Association of Disc Jockeys (PADJ), President and Operator of Party Tunes for You, Los Angeles, CA

    "…to make our DJ company grow, we needed someone like Matt to push our buttons, ask the right questions and stretch the horizons of our employees."
    -"Magic" Marc Lanning, President of Born To Boogie, Colorado Springs, CO

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