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4 Things You Should Do for Your Website Now!
By MARK DEMAREE With the New Year upon us, this is the perfect time to evaluate and update your recruitment or staffing firm’s website. In fact, below are four things you should do for your website right now: 1. Update the copyright date: Chances are good that it still says
Why Manufacturing Has an URGENT Hiring Need
JOB MARKET TREND: It’s a matter of math and numbers, really. Right now, companies in the Manufacturing industry are trying to fill 237,000 job openings. (That’s NOT a typo.) Here’s the kicker: that number is going to get bigger during the next several years—a lot bigger. The reason? Once again,
Does Job Creation Mean More Placements for Recruiters?
JOB MARKET TREND: According to the Labor Department, U.S. payrolls added 204,000 jobs during the month of October. That beat economists’ forecasts by quite a lot, since they forecast an addition of 120,000 jobs to the economy. At the same time, the nation’s unemployment rate rose slightly, from 7.2% in
Tools to Help Recruiters Manage Their Email
TECH TREND: People receive a “stupid” amount of email these days. In fact, according to the article below, workers receive an average of 15,000 messages per year and spend 13 hours each business week emailing. As a recruiter, you live in email every day. What can you do to not
Do You Work with the Top 9 Most Popular Six-Figure Jobs?
Top Echelon gives the top nine most popular six-figure jobs for recruiters to target in order to receive a higher return on placements.
Recruiter Tip: Candidate hired at Lower Starting Salary.
Below is Allen’s latest collection tip for recruiters: What the Client Says: “We hired the candidate at a lower starting salary.” How the Client Pays: The victim of this is the salesperson placer. Since the candidate’s base rate is the only promised (“guaranteed”) compensation, the client argues that commissions aren’t