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5 Time-Wasters for Recruiters (and 5 Solutions!)
As a firm owner, your recruiters should produce more, but will they? Review the following top five time-wasters for recruiters, as well as the solutions. #1—Personal issues brought to work Solution: Your team should leave their baggage outside the door of your office. They should not bring personal issues into

3 Ways to Call Back to Qualify the Job Order
As we discussed in my previous blog post, you need six critical pieces of information for your job order. Now that you have those six pieces of information, that’s what we’ll call our “skeleton JO.” Now set the times for your call back, say good-bye to the hiring manager, and

How to Find Out the REAL Reason for a Career Move
Have you ever hired a great candidate, only to have their “evil twin” show up for work? During the interview process, you met an individual with great credentials who you knew would fit into your company culture. This is not the person who is now working for you, and you

2 More Things Every Recruiting Client Should Know
So far in this series of blog posts, we’ve discussed why every recruiting client should know that “playing the field” is a losing strategy and that “you get what you pay for.” However, there is much more of which companies and hiring managers should be aware both prior to and

A Near-Perfect Offer-to-Acceptance Ratio? Absolutely!
In my previous two blog posts, I explored the subject of compensation and how it should be dealt with during the placement process: “4 Numbers Clients Should Know Before Making an Offer” “When Client and Candidate Discuss Money, It Means . . .” In these posts, I’ve emphasized the fact

2 QUICK Recruiting Tips for Better Marketing
Below are two quick recruiting tips for better marketing that have come up in conversations with people recently: 1. When you want to reboot a dormant client, if you have enjoyed working with them in the past, write a positive recommendation for them on their LinkedIn profile. People LOVE getting public