Every recruiter knows the pain of a candidate declining a job offer. And during this current candidates’ market, it’s been happening with more frequency. The longer this candidates’ market continues and the more scarce top talent becomes, the more that candidates will decline employment offers. Why candidates decline the offer
In our previous blog post, we presented seven strategies for recruiting and hiring in a candidate-driven market. Obviously, one of the biggest recruitment challenges for search consultants and third-party agency recruiters in this current market is dealing with top candidates. Why is that a challenge? As we discussed before, this
The fact that we’re currently in a candidate-driven market is not surprising. After all, the Great Recession was over 10 years ago. The economy has been in recovery mode for 11 years, maybe more. As a result, qualified candidates are scarce. Top talent is difficult to find. In fact, the
Recruiting’s not easy, is it? Sigh. Of course not. If it was, then everybody would be doing it. But alas, this is not the case. The profession is replete with recruiting challenges. What makes recruiting a challenge? In fact, there are challenges faced by recruiters all throughout the recruitment and
As a recruiter, you might receive a request for proposal from a potential client. You need to know how to respond to these kinds of requests to make your firm stand out. Learn how to write an RFP response and land more job orders.
Recruiters and search consultants don’t like to talk about the next recession. Heck, they barely like talking about the last recession. However, recessions are inevitable. It’s not a matter of if, it’s simply a matter of when. There are many facets to the issue of recruitment and recession. After all,
Finding qualified candidates can be difficult, especially if you are recruiting for a hard-to-place industry like healthcare or engineering. And even when you find them, there’s no guarantee they will accept the job offer. To sweeten the job offer and encourage a candidate to accept, you might convince your client
Recruiting is not an easy profession. Just ask any recruiter. They’ll tell you. It’s wrought with challenges and plenty of problems. Now, of course, those problems can and do change. The way in which they change depends largely upon the state of the economy and the employment marketplace. For instance,
There’s nothing like the beginning of a relationship with a new client. (It’s almost as much fun as when you first started dating as a teenager!) There might not be butterflies, but there are job orders. And those are better. But wait . . . what about the initial recruitment
Securing new clients (and business from current clients) is what makes your recruiting business run. Once you find leads, it’s up to you to turn those leads into paying clients. Read on to learn how to convert leads into clients.
