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Crazy Recruiting Story: My Candidate Was Kidnapped!
Recruiting, in a word, is crazy. Well, it CAN be crazy, at the very least. It’s basically a sale with people at both ends of the process. After all, if you sell vacuum cleaners for a living, a sale never falls through because the vacuum cleaner decides at the last
6 Reality Characteristics of Top Producers in Recruiting
What is it that makes one recruiter produce $150,000 and another produce over $1 million? When you meet these top producers, they are not smarter, more educated, or more experienced than the average recruiter. Money has the greatest impact on anyone’s life, next to only good health. Big Billers realize very early
How Recruiters Look for Contract Candidates
Recruiters commonly have the false impression that it’s hard to find candidates who want to take on a contract role. This is because they subscribe to one of two common myths: Myth #1: Only candidates who can’t make the direct-hire cut take temporary, contract-based work. This is simply not the case. Not only
Do Recruiters Care About What Happens in the Stock Market?
The Stock Market seems to be in the news just about every day, whether it’s going down, going up, what’s it’s doing, and what it might do. But do executive recruiters care, at least as far as their recruiting desk is concerned? We recently conducted a poll of Top Echelon
6 Reasons Why Recruiters Market Their Services
Recruiters market their services for a variety of reasons, and it’s crucial for them to do so. This is especially the case when their desk is busy. It’s far too easy to become distracted by the number of searches you’re conducting and the placements you’re making. While it’s not as much
The Part of the Process That Recruiters Like Most is . . .
It goes without saying that recruiters like certain parts of their job more than other parts. But the question we want the answer to is this one: which part do recruiters like the MOST? Sure, to paraphrase the words of Greg Marmalard in the movie Animal House, “Well, that would be