“The book serves complete justice to the title by providing an in-depth, detailed narration of the nuances involved in hiring and retaining individuals that fit your job profile. It presents various realistic, innovative ways of recruiting suitable people for the job: including, collaborative efforts to bridge the gap between Academia and actual work settings. The purpose of the book to emphasize on recruitment as a continuous process as opposed to a short term need by need basis is achieved. The book offers several tools like questionnaires, pre and post tests at different stages to guide an employer during this challenging process. As a consultant working with child care providers, I acknowledge that the tools discussed are relevant, realistic and useful. As part of training and retention of suitable staff, the book gives equal importance to orientation for a new hire as well as ongoing professional development training. In this context, the discussion of age as a variant in a culturally diversified early childhood workforce of today is very appropriate. The description about employees from different generations working together as a team, offers understanding and insight into some conflicts in today’s classrooms. It rightly directs the reader to focus on the importance of universal human values like mutual respect to triumph over culture specific attributes. The book concludes by highlighting the combination of knowledge based training, supportive work atmosphere and morale boosters for building a dream team. ”

Dr. Bagvati Yedur
Child Care Consultant, State of Michigan