
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting
How to Attract and Retain the Best Talent By Improving the Candidate Experience
Barbara Bruno(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. January 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-3986-3013-0 (ISBN)
Description
Deliver better hiring outcomes by combining AI-powered recruiting with trusted human connection.
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting is a guide for mid-career recruiters, talent acquisition professionals and HR managers who must attract, hire and retain high-calibre talent in an AI-accelerated hiring market. Written by global recruiting expert Barbara Bruno, this updated edition shows how to integrate advanced recruiting technologies with high-touch relationship-building skills to reduce early attrition, strengthen alignment and improve long-term placement success.
Combining modern AI-enabled recruiting tools with a consultative, candidate-first approach, the book equips recruiters to move beyond transactional hiring and operate as trusted advisors and strategic partners to clients and candidates alike.
You'll learn how to:
- Combine AI recruiting tools with high-touch relationship building
- Shift from transactional recruiting to trusted advisor status
- Improve alignment to reduce early attrition and mis-hires
- Use interview intelligence and predictive search effectively
- Build candidate trust, negotiate confidently and retain top talent
With practical frameworks and real-world examples, High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting helps recruiters deliver stronger hiring outcomes, increase client confidence and build lasting talent relationships in a rapidly evolving recruitment landscape.
Themes include:AI recruiting, talent acquisition strategy, consultative recruiting, candidate experience, recruiter productivity, hiring technology
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting is a guide for mid-career recruiters, talent acquisition professionals and HR managers who must attract, hire and retain high-calibre talent in an AI-accelerated hiring market. Written by global recruiting expert Barbara Bruno, this updated edition shows how to integrate advanced recruiting technologies with high-touch relationship-building skills to reduce early attrition, strengthen alignment and improve long-term placement success.
Combining modern AI-enabled recruiting tools with a consultative, candidate-first approach, the book equips recruiters to move beyond transactional hiring and operate as trusted advisors and strategic partners to clients and candidates alike.
You'll learn how to:
- Combine AI recruiting tools with high-touch relationship building
- Shift from transactional recruiting to trusted advisor status
- Improve alignment to reduce early attrition and mis-hires
- Use interview intelligence and predictive search effectively
- Build candidate trust, negotiate confidently and retain top talent
With practical frameworks and real-world examples, High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting helps recruiters deliver stronger hiring outcomes, increase client confidence and build lasting talent relationships in a rapidly evolving recruitment landscape.
Themes include:AI recruiting, talent acquisition strategy, consultative recruiting, candidate experience, recruiter productivity, hiring technology
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-3013-0 (9781398630130)
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Barbara Bruno
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting
How to Attract and Retain the Best Talent By Improving the Candidate Experience
Book
approx. 01/2027
2nd Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€63.50
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Barbara Bruno
High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting
How to Attract and Retain the Best Talent By Improving the Candidate Experience
Book
09/2020
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€44.10
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Person
Barbara Bruno is a globally recognised recruiting expert who has trained more than 25,000 recruiters across 13 countries. Based in Crown Point, IN, she advises many of the world's leading recruiting and staffing organisations. Through her company, Good As Gold Training and H&R Search, she delivers practical in-person and virtual training programmes used throughout the industry.
Content
Section - One: The High-Tech High-Touch Mindset
Chapter - 1: The New Recruiting Landscape
Chapter - 2: Becoming a Strategic Partner
Section - Two: High-Tech: AI, Automation & Modern Tools
Chapter - 3: Reinventing the Hiring Process with AI
Chapter - 4: AI-Powered Sourcing, Research & Talent Identification
Chapter - 5: Communicating Effectively in a High-Tech World
Section - Three: High-Touch: Human-Centred Recruiting
Chapter - 6: Interviewing to Hire the Best Talent
Chapter - 7: The Candidate's Journey - Restoring Trust
Chapter - 8: Clarifying Timing & Managing the Process
Section - Four: Strategic Partnerships with Clients & Hiring Authorities
Chapter - 9: Client Perception: From Revenue Source to Strategic Partner
Chapter - 10: Managing Internal Hiring Authorities
Chapter - 11: High-Touch Strategic Negotiation for Recruiters
Section - Five: Closing, Retention & Long-Term Impact
Chapter - 12: Closing with Confidence in the AI Era
Chapter - 13: Post-Hire Engagement & AI-Driven Retention
Chapter - 14: Conclusion: The Future of High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting
Chapter - 1: The New Recruiting Landscape
Chapter - 2: Becoming a Strategic Partner
Section - Two: High-Tech: AI, Automation & Modern Tools
Chapter - 3: Reinventing the Hiring Process with AI
Chapter - 4: AI-Powered Sourcing, Research & Talent Identification
Chapter - 5: Communicating Effectively in a High-Tech World
Section - Three: High-Touch: Human-Centred Recruiting
Chapter - 6: Interviewing to Hire the Best Talent
Chapter - 7: The Candidate's Journey - Restoring Trust
Chapter - 8: Clarifying Timing & Managing the Process
Section - Four: Strategic Partnerships with Clients & Hiring Authorities
Chapter - 9: Client Perception: From Revenue Source to Strategic Partner
Chapter - 10: Managing Internal Hiring Authorities
Chapter - 11: High-Touch Strategic Negotiation for Recruiters
Section - Five: Closing, Retention & Long-Term Impact
Chapter - 12: Closing with Confidence in the AI Era
Chapter - 13: Post-Hire Engagement & AI-Driven Retention
Chapter - 14: Conclusion: The Future of High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting