We’ve stressed before in the Top Echelon Blog for agency recruiters and search consultants the importance of working the right job orders. Doing so can mean the difference between making placements and meeting your billing goals and . . . not. However, enjoying success as a search consultant ultimately goes
Recruiters who possess a high degree of self-confidence and charisma tend to dominate their market and out perform their competitors. They negotiate higher fees, gain access to elite clients, and land highly sought after retainers. Much of their marketing is done for them; new clients seek them out because their
If an agency recruiter or search consultant wants to work with a company or organization, then that recruiter or search consultant must provide recruitment value. If they don’t, then the hiring manager is not likely to want to work with them. But what recruitment value is considered to be .
If realistic expectations are not established between you and your new employee a state of mutual mystification will result whereby neither of you will have a clear understanding of what to expect from the other. To begin the employment relationship in a state of mutual mystification is analogous to Forrest
Do you love what you do for a living? I remember hearing this quote when I first started out as a recruiter, “If you love what you do, you’ll never have to work another day in your life.” I remember feeling drawn to those words, but not knowing exactly how
As technology continues to advance with each passing year, there are more and more recruitment technology tools from which to choose. And for agency recruiters and search consultants, it can turn into a case of sensory overload. In other words, there are so many “shiny objects” and “toys” that search
A company is known by the people it keeps. For most firms in our industry, whether temp, perm or search, the managers attempt to hire individuals who are intelligent, well educated, possessing solid business experience, can think on their feet, present themselves in a positive, professional manner, possess better than
Have you heard of the “Rocking Chair Test”? It’s very simple: picture yourself at 90 years of age sitting on a rocking chair and looking back over the landscape of your life. What would you be proud of? What would you regret? What would you wish you would have done
Any agency recruiter or search consultant will tell you that recruiting is NOT an easy profession. However, that doesn’t mean you have to make it overly complicated, either. In other words, people—including recruiters—sometimes make things more difficult than they have to be. Unfortunate, but true. So how can you simplify
“As a general rule, you should assume that time is always against you when you’re trying to make a deal–any kind of deal.” Robert J. Ringer, author These words are as true today as they were when Mr. Ringer wrote them in his best-selling 1973 book, Winning Through Intimidation. I
