Okay, you’ve made the decision to be a recruiter. Congratulations! You are now part of the most unique, most rewarding, and most frustrating profession to ever grace our free enterprise system. The next item on your professional agenda: how to become a great recruiter. There’s a certain dilemma baked into
Knowing how to close a candidate in recruitment is difficult enough, but when it’s a candidates’ market? That can be a special kind of headache. The reasons for this difficulty in closing candidates are numerous. They include the following: Passive, A-level candidates are typically interviewing with more than one company. As
There’s nothing like the warm, fuzzy feeling that goes along with an exclusive search assignment. A freshly signed search contract with a recruitment exclusivity clause is like the glow of perfect spring weather, the roar of a fireplace during a chilly autumn morning, or a cup of steaming hot cocoa.
There’s no way around it. There is sometimes conflict between independent, third-party recruiters and the Human Resources department of a company or organization. Or at the very least, there is miscommunication and confusion. But what are the roles of HR and recruitment in the hiring process? And how can recruiters
Everybody is looking for an edge. It doesn’t matter if you’re a recruiter, a football player, or a politician. In today’s ultra-competitive workplace and society, any edge—no matter how seemingly small—can make a big difference in the outcome and positively affect the results. In the recruiting profession, these results could
The other day, I received a call from a large state association considering me to speak at their day-long annual “Motivation Day” event. To be considered for this event is a huge honor. I was so pleased and excited that I got the call. However, I have a confession to
Recruitment performance can be measured in multiple ways. You can measure it in terms of placements made. You can measure it in terms of billings. Heck, you can even measure it in terms of all the numbers and ratios that lead to placements made and amount of billings. The bottom
If you’re a recruiter and you can successfully recruit passive talent, then you are going to be a successful recruiter, my friend. The #1 reason for this is simple: your clients aren’t able to do it. They certainly can’t do it on a consistent basis, at the very least. Think
The bottom line in the recruiting and staffing industry, as it is in just about every other aspect of the employment marketplace, is value. However, when that word is over-used, it starts to have less meaning. That’s the case with just about every word in the English language. If you
At Top Echelon, we are definitely advocates of continuous training and education for recruiters and search consultants. After all, we offer a Recruiter Training Blog, which you are not currently reading. In addition, we offer FREE monthly training webinars by some of the biggest names in the recruiting industry and
