Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, March 30, in the “Management and Leadership” section of the “Business and Investing” category.

1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. Blink is about the first two seconds of looking–the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of Outliers: The Story of Success and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling.

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Resources for Humans managing editor Celeste Blackburn reviews Geoff Smart and Randy Street’s book Who: The A Method for Hiring.

According to a study by Recruiting Roundtable, a division of the Corporate Executive Board, employers or their new hires regret their decisions half the time. The bad hiring decisions cost the average organization millions in lower performance, less-engaged new hires, and higher turnover. The study details several contributing factors, including that 40 percent of new hires report the information they received about the job when they applied was less than accurate. Overall, organizations and new hires achieve a win-win outcome in which both agree they made the right decision only half the time.

Those findings coupled with the fact that one of the few upsides of this economic climate for employers is that there are a lot of really talented, qualified people looking for jobs right now means that hiring really is an essential function of the HR person’s job.

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The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on March 23.

1. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman. Managing your money in hard times.

2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and ideas become fads.

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Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, March 16, in the “Business Life” section of the “Business and Investing”category.

1. How I Made My First Million on the Internet and How You Can Too!: The Complete Insider’s Guide to Making Millions with Your Internet Business by Ewen Chia. Chia demystifies marketing jargon and shares the tips and techniques that continue to net his online businesses a fortune.

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Resources for Humans editor Celeste Blackburn reviews the book “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman” by Jamie Reidy and finds it an interesting read, but one more likely to give HR professionals nightmares about slacking employees than offering real solutions to problems.

In his “behind-the-scenes look at pharmaceutical sales and the most talked-about prescription drug in history, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman, Jamie Reidy recounts his story as a smarter-than-average student who discovered that a little hard work would earn him A’s, but a bare minimum of work would garner B’s. Thus, he became a straight-B student.

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The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on March 9.

1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. hy some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

2. The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History by Harry S. Dent Jr. A financial prognosticator anticipates further market crashes and an extended downturn, but sees a way for savvy investors to prosper.

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BusinessWeek magazine ranks the 15 best selling hardcover and paperback business books in March 2009 and gives a short summary.

1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. As you’d expect with Gladwell, there are lots of surprises in his explanation of why some people succeed fantastically. Pluck and smarts get less play here than such matters as one’s birth month and access to the right resources at just the right time. There are many points worth pondering in this enjoyable volume.

2. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? Do you feel that you are both a person who gets things done and someone who offers penetrating analysis? Well, you can discover whether you are truly an “achiever” or an “analytical” by completing the online quiz. Then, the book will give you “ideas for action” and tips for how best you can work with others. More of a patiencetester than Strengthsfinder, the quiz/book is probably best for those who have lots of time on their hands.

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