Identifying Top Talent

Sam Simon
Aug 22, 2008

Jeff Wittenberg, Chief Leadership Officer with Kaye/Bassman International Corp. is our guest on this construction business podcast. Jeff discusses how businesses can avoid hiring the "least worst" candidate as well as resources to tap to find the next superstar hire.


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