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Top Echelon President Mark Demaree

Manufacturing: the Top Industry in TE Network™

Recruiters ask me all the time: “Where are the placements being made in TE Network™?” For quite a while now, the answer has been the same: Industry & Manufacturing. TE Network™ recently released its statistics from the second quarter of this year, and those statistics indicate that once

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

Poll: Big AND Small Companies Can’t Find Skilled Workers

Here are some stark facts of reality about the employment workplace right now: Fact #1—The national unemployment rate is relatively high (right around 8.2%) and the underemployment rate, which is a more accurate indication of what’s happening, is higher than that. Fact #2—Despite the unemployment (and underemployment rate), there are

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

‘The Candidate Was a Witness to Your Waiver of the Fee’

Welcome to our ongoing series of blog posts in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Center: “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

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Todd Bossler with his back to a brick wall

What You Should Know About Mobile Ads on Your Phone

If you have a smartphone, and a poll we recently conducted suggests that many of you do, then you’ve probably downloaded apps for your smartphone. That means you probably need to know what those apps are potentially doing with your phone—specifically, what the mobile ads located within those apps are

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Top Echelon President Mark Demaree

Placements: the TRUE Gauge of Economic Recovery

There are many numbers that used as an indication of whether or not the economy is improving. For recruiters, though, there’s really only one number—the number of placements they’re making. For Preferred Member recruiters in TE Network™, that number has been rising.  In fact, according to the Network’s second

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

‘The Candidate Said You Wouldn’t Charge Anything’

Welcome to our ongoing series of blog posts in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Center: “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

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

Poll: Majority of Recruiters Enjoying a Better Year in 2012

The first half of 2012 is officially over.  Two quarters down, two to go.  It’s halftime, so to speak. But that begs the question: how well are recruiters doing so far this year, as compared to last year?  Regardless of what exactly is happening with the economy, are recruiters enjoying

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

‘You Said You Wouldn’t Bill Us if We Hired the Candidate’

Welcome to our ongoing series of blog posts in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Center: “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

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Top Echelon Chief Content and Communications Officer Matt Deutsch

Recruiters: ‘Summer Slowdown’ in Hiring Might be Ahead

If there’s one group of people who have their collective fingers on the hiring pulse of the country, that group of people would be executive recruiters. Working directly with companies in all industries, recruiters know exactly what attitudes those companies have regarding hiring, including the urgency with which they’re hiring.

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