We have all, at one time or another, known the suspense of the interviewee's chair. Very little has been said, however, of life on the other side of the desk. For the uninformed employer, the job interview is a long-distance run, rather than a brief, anxious sprint. There is often nowhere to turn for guidance on how to make the right call, and how to deal with the wrong one. In The Official Recruitment Guide, James Bode Eden offers his recollections, drawn from a managerial career on four continents, as a guide to how best to approach this unenviable task. The reader will find a collection of stories, divided according to theme; Bewares denote pitfalls to be avoided, Principles suggest some tenets to hold to, while a collection of Amusing Stories relates those moments of working life that obstinately defy classification. ORG can be read either as a reference book or a wry narrative of the managerial existence. From moonlighters to industrial spies, by way of homesick expatriates and eccentric night owls, all business life is here, and a little more besides.