If you’re a recruiter or search consultant, then you probably want to be a good recruiter or search consultant. After all, the better you are, the more you’ll bill. At least, that’s the general rule. Luck does play a certain role. So what are the qualities of a good recruiter
There are many aspects associated with maximizing your productivity (and profitability) as a recruiter and/or an agency owner. One of them is knowing which recruitment ratios and metrics to track. In other words, the tracking of activities. Another aspect is your recruitment schedule. In other words, the time it takes
It could be said that recruiting is a numbers game. In fact, it has been said that recruiting is a numbers game. That’s why recruitment metrics are so vitally important for search consultants. You’ve probably heard this saying before: “If you can’t measure it, then how can you improve it?”
Enjoying success as a recruiter or search consultant is about more than just building your recruitment desk. You also have to manage it. Because if you build and then aren’t able to manage it effectively, then recruitment failure may be imminent. What is a recruitment desk? But let’s start at
Like any other profession, prioritization is important in recruiting. Everybody has the same number of hours in a day. So what you do with that time is critical to your success as a search consultant. As a result, you must identify those recruitment tasks that are the most important and
Sometimes as a search consultant, you’re spending so much time being a recruiter that you can hardly find time to market your services like you should. However, marketing is essential for any recruiter who wants to maximize their recruiting desk, and therefore, their billings. If you don’t market yourself and
Everything in the employment marketplace revolves around value. It’s why a company or organization would hire somebody as a new employee. It’s also why that same company or organization would hire a search consultant. This why it’s important for you to have a strong recruitment value proposition. What is a
Every recruiter knows the pain of a candidate declining a job offer. And during this current candidates’ market, it’s been happening with more frequency. The longer this candidates’ market continues and the more scarce top talent becomes, the more that candidates will decline employment offers. Why candidates decline the offer
In our previous blog post, we presented seven strategies for recruiting and hiring in a candidate-driven market. Obviously, one of the biggest recruitment challenges for search consultants and third-party agency recruiters in this current market is dealing with top candidates. Why is that a challenge? As we discussed before, this
The fact that we’re currently in a candidate-driven market is not surprising. After all, the Great Recession was over 10 years ago. The economy has been in recovery mode for 11 years, maybe more. As a result, qualified candidates are scarce. Top talent is difficult to find. In fact, the
