Blog for Recruiters
These articles share recruiting expertise and offer best practices – helping you streamline your recruiting processes.
When a Candidate Declines a Job Offer . . . After Accepting It
There’s nothing as grand as when one of your candidates accepts an offer. And there’s nothing as miserable as when that same candidate turns around and declines the same offer. Wait, what? How does that happen? Why does that happen? How can you stop that from...
What to Do When a Candidate Declines the Job Offer
You found the perfect candidate, and your client wants to hire them. So you call the candidate and offer them the job. Then, the worst thing happens: the candidate refuses the job offer. Whenever you offer a job to a candidate, you hope they want the job as much as...
Important Recruiter Questions to Ask a Hiring Manager
When it comes to recruiting, the “devil is in the details.” All it takes is one piece of misinformation, one lapse in communication, or one missed opportunity to “upset the apple cart.” (How many idioms is he going to use, for crying out loud?) That’s why recruiters...
4 Reasons for Recruitment Failure Within the Profession
Nobody likes to fail, and nobody sets out in the recruiting profession TO fail. However, it still happens. Countless recruiting agencies go out of business on a yearly basis. (And during recessionary times, the percentage can be as high as 30% to 40% of agencies in a...