The blog for recruiters
Dealing with HR: 5 Recruiter Strategies for More Success
If you are like most recruiters, Human Resources is a department that you enjoy dealing with about as much as the IRS. HR can play a vital role in moving the placement process forward but the problem occurs when they insist on being the only point of contact with whom
Flat Fee Recruiting: Pros, Cons, and Best Practices
If you’re an independent agency recruiter, you have a pretty good idea of what kind of fees you like. That would be 30% fees. Sure, you’d take 25%, but there’s nothing better than a nice, big, fat, juicy 30% fee. But what about flat fees? I can almost hear the
Factors of Recruitment: When Search Consultants Send Resumes
The majority of recruiters submit resumes to clients before securing interviews for their candidates. In many instances, the recruiters actually volunteer to send resumes. It generally sounds like this: “As soon as I have located a qualified candidate, I will send you their resume.” Or “I’ll get right on this
How Search Consultants Can Adapt to Change in Recruitment
The only thing that never changes . . . is the fact that change is inevitable. Rather ironic, wouldn’t you say? And recruitment is certainly among those professions that undergoes nearly constant change. After all, when the profession started, the Internet didn’t exist. Smartphones didn’t exist. Heck, cellphones didn’t exist.
How to Talk to a Candidate as a Recruiter
Cold calling effectively as a recruiter is about more than just reciting a recruitment script. That’s especially the case when dealing with top candidates. If you call both an A-level candidate and a C-level candidate with your employment opportunity, which one do you think will show a higher level of
How to be the Best Cold Caller on Your Recruiting Desk
If you’re a recruiter—and chances are good that you are—then you’re going to make cold calls. That’s what you do: you’re a cold caller. Well, it’s not ALL you do, but it does constitute an important part of a recruiter’s daily activities. That’s a simple fact. Here’s another simple fact: