{"product_id":"the-recruiting-system-mike-pritula-9798181555037","title":"The Recruiting System: A Complete Playbook for In-House Recruiters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI've built recruiting from scratch in four companies and trained recruiters through thousands of searches.The same role dies the same way every time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA requisition lands. The recruiter posts it on three job boards and waits. A week passes. A trickle ofmismatched resumes shows up. They screen whoever applied, send two to the hiring manager, and by weekthree they say the words that end a recruiter's credibility: \"the market is tough.\" The manager stops trustingthem. The role stays open two more months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody asks the real question - was anyone actually searched for? Almost never. The people who could dothe job never saw the posting, were never contacted, and never knew the role existed. The search wasn't lost.It was never run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat works: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Pre-Search Market Map\u003c\/b\u003e - size the market and the salary before the intake, so you walk in withanswers, not hopes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Intake Interrogation\u003c\/b\u003e - run the hiring-manager meeting like an investigation, not an order desk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Sourcing Funnel Forecast\u003c\/b\u003e - reverse-engineer how many people to contact to close, then contactthem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Structured Scorecard\u003c\/b\u003e - score candidates against criteria, not vibes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat doesn't: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-and-pray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGut-feel interviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlaming the market for a search you never ran\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the system I taught across a 40-lesson recruiter certification course, now in one book. 60 ready-to-usetemplates inside - every worksheet, script, scorecard, Boolean string, funnel tracker, and onboarding planprinted in full, on the page, with a worked example. No downloads. No email walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShally Steckerl's Talent Sourcing \u0026amp; Recruitment Handbook and Sharlyn Lauby's Recruiter's Handbook are thestandard references; Jonathan Kidder's sourcing-tools guide runs $19.99. One agency placement costs 15-25% of the hire's first-year salary - thousands of dollars per role. This book costs less than lunch and handsyou the whole system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStop posting and waiting. Start engineering the close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Pritula\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181555037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Mike Pritula","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173691433215,"sku":"9798181555037","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-recruiting-system-mike-pritula-9798181555037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}