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
Nobody plans to fail. Okay, go ahead . . . I know you want to say it. Just say it: “Yes, but you can fail to plan.” Thank you. It’s good to know that you’re all aware of this time-honored axiom. The reality of the matter is that recruiting is
[Editor’s note: Top Echelon not only offers recruiting software, but we also offer membership in our recruiting network. We often highlight the successes of these members in The Pinnacle, the newsletter blog for the Network. However, we’re now running a recruitment case study series in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training
What does business development mean in recruitment? Well, speaking in obvious terms, it means more placements. Sounds rather simple, does it not? However, it is not that simple. Because once again, if it was simple and easy, then everybody would be doing it. And clearly, not everybody can be a
In a previous blog post, we addressed the most popular types of recruitment guarantees. We discussed how the recruiter agreement can vary and the role that replacements play in an agency’s guarantee policy. But do recruiting agencies change their guarantee policy? And if they do, under what circumstances does it
If you’ve already researched how to start a recruitment agency and you’ve become a recruiter, then you’re probably also in the midst of finding out how to make placements. As a recruiter, you’ll discover that once you find out how to make placements, you’ll want to know how to make
According to one source, more than one in three workers (35%) are millennials. And according to another source, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce by the year 2030. As the number of millennials in the workforce grows, you must adapt your strategies for recruiting millennials.
One of the best ways to find out what recruiters are doing . . . is to ask recruiters what they’re doing. And that’s exactly what Top Echelon did with the topic of recruiter guarantees. The method of discovery? A survey, of course! All of the questions in this survey were
In this technological age, recruiting has made its way to social media platforms in addition to other networking websites. According to one source, 73% of companies have used social media to successfully recruit and hire a candidate. Are familiar with social media recruiting best practices?
