In my previous blog post, I wrote about why it is so important to keep the candidates in your applicant tracking system current . . . really current! You can increase your candidate shelf-life through contact management like email, in particular, but remember to limit your efforts. After all, emailing candidates
Jeff Allen, the world’s leading placement lawyer, has collected more placement fees, litigated more trade secret cases, and assisted more placement practitioners than anyone else. He’s also the author of 24 books and a regular columnist for The Fordyce Letter, one of the leading publications in the recruiting industry. Below
Industry Job Orders Jan 2014 – Sept 2014 Job Orders Jan 2013 – Sept 2013 % Change General Manufacturing 2,776 2,305 +20% Restaurants, Fast Food, Catering, Cafeterias 2,470 1,928 +28% Health Care 2,152 1,480 +45% Hospital 1,784 3,420 -48% Outpatient Clinic 1,317 2,218 -41% Education, Schools, Libraries, Colleges, Universities 1,271 2,089 -39%
One of the major category of statistics that we track at Top Echelon Network is the one related to “Actions Causing Placements,” which indicate how placements are being made within the Network. Ever since the Network was founded in 1988, the number-one action causing placements has been “Regular Communication with
TECH TREND: People receive a “stupid” amount of email these days. In fact, according to the article below, workers receive an average of 15,000 messages per year and spend 13 hours each business week emailing. As a recruiter, you live in email every day. What can you do to not
There’s good news for recruiters working in the automotive industry! According to numerous reports, including this one from USA Today, hiring is about to “speed up” for nearly all companies in the near future. Auto factories are apparently running at nearly full capacity, with demand continuing to grow. Companies that
Today’s “Top Echelon Recruiting Tip” comes from industry trainer Greg Doersching of The Griffin Search Group. The tip involves using both job board posting and social media in order to uncover the name of a hiring authority at a company that’s currently looking to fill a position. Step 1: Browse to
Welcome to our ongoing series of blog 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 Jeff Allen, JD/CPC, the world’s leading placement lawyer. Since 1975, Allen has collected more placement fees, litigated more trade secret cases, and
At Hiring Hook, we’ve offered job posting services to recruiters for years, whether it’s directly to a recruiter’s website or through Job Javelin, which reposts recruiters’ jobs to sites all across the Internet. As a result, we know about the habits of online job seekers, specifically when they apply for
Seeing as how the Presidential Election is just around the corner and considering the fact there’s so much uncertainty in the economy these days, it might be a foregone conclusion that most companies are waiting until after the election to hire more employees. However, that assumption would be incorrect, at
