The blog for recruiters

Are Companies Using Credit Checks More When Hiring?
Much has been made in the news media regarding companies’ reluctance to consider unemployed job seekers for their open positions. However, there have also been stories circulating about the fact that companies are also using credit checks more when determining which candidates to consider and which to not. So, that

What Attitudes Do Recruiting Clients Have Toward Hiring?
With 2011 looming on the horizon, we thought it would be a good idea to ask Preferred Members of Top Echelon’s recruiting network recruiters what their clients’ attitudes are toward hiring. After all, a new year is almost upon us… a fresh start, a clean slate, so to speak. So we conducted

Are Candidates Receiving More Multiple Offers?
So much has been written—and continues to be written—about how this current economic recovery is slow, tepid, generally unsatisfying. Okay, there’s ample evidence to support that. However, there’s one thing that never changes, no matter the state of the economy or the lack of speed with which the recovery is

Job Seekers Soon Able to Apply for Jobs on LinkedIn
Social media platform LinkedIn went public with its stock recently, so now the pressure is on to make a profit… a hefty profit. One of the ways in which it’s attempting to do so may be tied to plans to launch a new plug-in, possibly by the end of this month.

Recruiters Speak Out About the Type of Headsets They Use
In my previous blog post, we established that Plantronics was the most popular brand of headset for recruiters, as least according to Top Echelon’s most recent survey of recruiters from all across the country. However, there’s more to a headset than just the brand name. For one thing, there’s the model of

The Most Popular Headset Among Recruiters
For many recruiters, the telephone headset is their best friend, especially considering how much they’re on the phone during a given day. With that in mind, we decided to conduct a survey of recruiters across the country and ask them a series of questions about telephone headsets. Some of the