Ever since the profession began, recruiters have been forced to adapt, change, and evolve over the years. Inbound recruiting certainly represents a step in that evolution. Fueled mainly by technology, it has greatly influenced how recruiters run their desks during the last several years. What kind of technology, specifically? The
Big Biller, one of the leading recruitment agency software packages in the industry, recently received praise and recognition in a global report. The Global Staffing Agency Software Market recognized Big Biller in its “2019 Global Outlook to 2025” market research report. Big Biller: “dominant market player” The report listed Big
What does business development mean in recruitment? Well, speaking in obvious terms, it means more placements. Sounds rather simple, does it not? However, it is not that simple. Because once again, if it was simple and easy, then everybody would be doing it. And clearly, not everybody can be a
Okay, let’s get one thing straight right way. Recruiting IS a sales profession. So it’s not so much recruitment vs. sales as it is recruitment = sales. In fact, not only is recruiting a sales profession, it is quite possibly the most difficult sales profession that exists. There is a
Every recruiter needs a break from their desk once in a while. And an off-beat online recruitment survey could be just what’s needed in terms of a brief respite from the rigors of the profession. Top Echelon’s recruiting network has been around since 1988. Since that time, we’ve conducted hundreds
In a previous blog post, we addressed the most popular types of recruitment guarantees. We discussed how the recruiter agreement can vary and the role that replacements play in an agency’s guarantee policy. But do recruiting agencies change their guarantee policy? And if they do, under what circumstances does it
Nobody likes a new employee resignation or a situation in which a new employee is fired shortly after being hired. (Recruiters commonly refer to both of these situations as a fall-off.) Except maybe the candidate who fell off. Maybe they received another offer after working at their new employer for
Everybody loves a good story. If you’ve been an executive search consultant for any length of time, then you know the profession is replete with funny recruitment stories. In fact, you’ve probably heard some funny recruitment stories and you might even have told a few, as well. For all you
If you’ve already researched how to start a recruitment agency and you’ve become a recruiter, then you’re probably also in the midst of finding out how to make placements. As a recruiter, you’ll discover that once you find out how to make placements, you’ll want to know how to make
According to one source, more than one in three workers (35%) are millennials. And according to another source, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce by the year 2030. As the number of millennials in the workforce grows, you must adapt your strategies for recruiting millennials.
