A friend of mine started his career in executive search several years ago. I mentored and coached him, and in his first twelve months, he billed over $300,000. What made his early success even more remarkable was that he had never been in a sales career before. He had poor
A couple of blog posts ago, I touched upon the indirect vs. direct approach of recruiting candidates. In today’s post, I’m going to discuss the direct approach used by big billers, specifically the “three call” technique. I’ve outlined the parameters of each of those calls below, naming them “The Initial
I don’t know many recruiters who would list patience as one of their primary personality traits! If we had it our way, clients would hire our candidates before they interviewed them! We want things now, and we enjoy instant gratification! In real estate, it’s all about LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! In
Welcome to our series of posts in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Blog: “Jeff Allen’s Collection Tip of the Week.” Each week, we’ll highlight one collection tip from Allen, JD/CPC, the world’s leading placement lawyer. Since 1975, Allen has collected more placement fees, litigated more trade secret cases, and assisted more
Keeping “What’s In It For Me?” in mind, most big billers find that candidates will move for one (or more) of five major motivators. These can be remembered by using the acronym CLAMS. Interestingly enough, they seem to be important in the following ranking order, with challenge being the most important, then
The Great Recession was challenging for executive recruiters, and at times even gut-wrenching. It was necessary to dig deep within yourself and often make three times as many calls for 25% of your normal results—but you did it! Our business is cyclical, and the cycle is moving toward increased job order flow
In my previous post for the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Blog, I discussed “14 Signs That It Might be ‘Parachute Time’ on Your Search.” As difficult as it is to cut ties with a client, the costs of clinging to one can be higher. I lost two promising recruiters to
“I deal with recruiters who charge half of what you charge. Why should I deal with you at your fee of thirty percent?” “Hey, that’s a really good point,” I thought to myself. I would probably ask the same question if I was in my prospective client’s shoes. He was
I have found over the years that when it comes to recruiting candidates, most big billers prefer to begin with the indirect approach (“Who do you know?”) and then transition to the direct approach (“How about you? What would interest you in making a move?”). But you know what? Both
We are in the recruiting profession. The recruiting profession is a sales profession! Cold calling is part of any good sales professional’s responsibilities. Information available on the Internet and social networks has actually converted most cold calls into informed warm calls. You may have an established client base, but if
