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Doug Beabout

Best Practices for Emailing Candidates to Stay in Touch

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

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Fee Objection: We Don’t Know How We Received the Resume

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

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Doug Beabout

A Simple Way to Increase Engagement with Top Candidates

The most neglected resource in the recruiting industry is our database of candidates.  The database is also commonly considered the most valuable material asset we possess. Most recruiting owners and practitioners would admit that they could do a much better job of keeping their candidate records current.  Those same industry professionals

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

Fee Objection: ‘You Didn’t Check References’

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

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

Fee Objection: ‘You Misrepresented the Candidate’s Qualifications’

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

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Jeff Allen of PlacementLaw.com

How to Combat Collection Issues tied to ‘Merger Mania’

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

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What Are the Hottest Industries for Recruiters?

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%

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Top Echelon President Mark Demaree

Poll: 60% of Network Recruiters Having a Better Year in 2014

RECRUITER POLL QUESTION: We recently conducted a poll of TE Network™ recruiters by posting a question in the Members’ Area. That question was as follows: How does your overall “cash-in” for the first half of 2014 compare to the first half of 2013? POLL RESULTS: The choice of answers that

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Websites Account for Twice as Many Network Placements

One of the major category of statistics that we track at TE 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

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Manufacturing, Engineering Tops in Top Echelon for 2013

At the beginning of every year, we at Top Echelon publish statistics relevant to recruiting about trends within TE Network™.  These statistics include the percentage of candidates, job orders, and placements in all of the Network’s major disciplines. Just about every year, the discipline in which Network recruiters make

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