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The 26 Recruitment Process Steps

Back in the day, Paul Hawkinson published the 30 recruitment process steps (or the recruitment process) in The Fordyce Letter. Any recruiter who has been in the business for a considerable length of time will remember both Hawkinson and TFL. Hawkinson was as “old school” a recruiter as they came. Forget

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Playing Good Defense as a Recruiting Firm Owner

As salespeople by nature, recruiting professionals and owners are wired toward action and offense-mindedness. Most of us think in terms of targets such as revenue, number of deals closed, contacts in our recruiting software, and the size of our team. In sports terms, you could say that we think of

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3 Steps for Compelling Your Recruiters to Listen

Leaders are often frustrated that they have to repeat themselves. Are the recruiters and other staff members on their team not included to listen? No, often, they are not. Short attention spans have gotten shorter. We have just nine seconds to capture someone’s attention. And only 30 seconds to share our

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speed vs. haste

Speed vs. Haste in the Hiring Process

More of what we need or want can be acquired right now or just minutes from now. From downloads to deliveries to services on-command, the rise of the on-demand economy has made speed not just a competitive advantage. For doing business, it’s a requirement. When it comes to hiring, however,

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Recruiter Coaching Video: “Talent Sourcer’s Daily Top 8”

Every recruiter wants to be a better talent sourcer. That means more quality candidates, more placements, and higher billings. Well, there’s good news: becoming a better talent sourcer is the topic of a FREE recruiter training video from Top Echelon! Trainer and speaker Glenn Gutmacher of Diversity Talent Sourcing is

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FREE Video: “Best Practices of Candidate Marketing”

Candidates, candidates, candidates . . . your clients want them. Actually, let’s clarify that just a bit: they want GREAT candidates. They can find plenty of candidates all by themselves. What they can’t find are great candidates. Of course, this is where recruiters enter the picture. It’s also where we

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poor candidate hires

Hiring Blindness: the Issue Behind Poor Candidate Hires

Just like a few good dates with an attractive person of interest can lead to a bad relationship, a good series of interviews with a talented job candidate can lead to a bad hire. The common thread linking these relationship mishaps is our cultural obsession with assessment. eHarmony tests compatibility

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Recruiter Video: “3 Proven Methods to Landing New Clients”

Who doesn’t want new clients? They’re GREAT, mainly because they mean more job orders. And more job orders, of course, mean more placements. New clients represent the topic of one of Top Echelon’s FREE recruiting webinars by one of the top trainers in the recruiting industry. That trainer is Bob

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