RECRUITER POLL QUESTION: We recently conducted a poll of Top Echelon 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
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
At the beginning of every year, we at Top Echelon publish statistics relevant to recruiting about trends within Top Echelon 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
JOB MARKET TREND: Every recruiter knows that a placement is more likely to happen if the company looking to fill the position has a sense of urgency about filling it. Usually, that sense of urgency is tied to a position that is extremely important, or in other words, directly impacts the company’s bottom
By MATT DEUTSCH A New Year is upon us! It’s time for a fresh start and a new beginning . . . and that includes with your recruiting firm’s website! Below are six reasons to consider re-designing your recruiting website in 2014: 1. To make it “responsive”: This means it
By MARK DEMAREE With the New Year upon us, this is the perfect time to evaluate and update your recruitment or staffing firm’s website. In fact, below are four things you should do for your website right now: 1. Update the copyright date: Chances are good that it still says
JOB MARKET TREND: It’s a matter of math and numbers, really. Right now, companies in the Manufacturing industry are trying to fill 237,000 job openings. (That’s NOT a typo.) Here’s the kicker: that number is going to get bigger during the next several years—a lot bigger. The reason? Once again,
JOB MARKET TREND: According to the Labor Department, U.S. payrolls added 204,000 jobs during the month of October. That beat economists’ forecasts by quite a lot, since they forecast an addition of 120,000 jobs to the economy. At the same time, the nation’s unemployment rate rose slightly, from 7.2% in
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
Top Echelon gives the top nine most popular six-figure jobs for recruiters to target in order to receive a higher return on placements.
