Recruiting is a rather flexible profession, for a number of different reasons. It can also be maddeningly unpredictable, and we addressed both of these characteristics in a recent recruiter poll. The amount of money that recruiters bill can vary from year to year. In fact, it usually does vary. In
In these continually challenging economic times, recruiters are becoming more creative in their efforts to be productive, and of course, profitable. According to recruiting industry trainer Greg Doersching of the Griffin Group, one of the innovative things that recruiters are doing is finding new niches for themselves, in some cases unique niches that
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
When computers first arrived on the scene, you might have believed they were going to take over the world (if you were alive then, of course.) Wrong. It’s mobile technology that’s going to take over the world. In fact, it’s almost achieved world domination already, and it shows no signs
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
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
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
When it comes to recessions, recruiters have long pointed out that the unemployment rate for the people they place is traditionally lower than the unemployment rate for the people they don’t place. And recent statistics appear to validate that point. According to those numbers, which were recently published by the
Recruiters always want to know which jobs are hot—in other words, which job openings companies are currently looking to fill and will be looking to fill in the future. This is especially the case when it comes to executive positions, which typically carry hefty salaries (and correspondingly hefty placement fees.)
While activity within the recruiting industry may have picked up, there’s one thing that’s still a thorn in recruiters’ sides—the housing market. Because of the collapse of the housing market and the fact that it’s still attempting to recover, candidates are finding it difficult to sell their house to take
