In a recent blog post, I addressed the fact that there are currently three million job openings in the country right now, at a time when the unemployment rate is above 9%. This fact underscores the gap that currently exists between the skills that companies are seeking and the skills that people actually possess.
At Top Echelon, we like to keep our finger on the pulse of what’s going on with recruiters, especially in terms of how well they’re doing on their desk. That’s why we conduct polls of recruiters every week and also send out email surveys on a regular basis. The second
Is the economy recovering? Is it not? Are we in a recession? Are we not? Does it matter? The bottom line is that companies aren’t exactly setting the world on fire when it comes to hiring. Now, there are many factors at work here, but there’s one factor in particular
There is perhaps nothing more valuable to a recruiter than their time. What they do with that time directly affects how many placements they make and how much they bill. Spend time doing the wrong things, and… well, we know how that ends. With that in mind, we conducted a
Now, more than ever, we find ourselves in a global economy. What happens all the way across the globe can have a definite impact on what happens in this country. But what about recruiters? How “international” are their recruiting desks? We decided to find out with our weekly poll question. Of
Much has been made in the news media regarding companies’ reluctance to consider unemployed job seekers for their open positions. However, there have also been stories circulating about the fact that companies are also using credit checks more when determining which candidates to consider and which to not. So, that
With 2011 looming on the horizon, we thought it would be a good idea to ask Preferred Members of Top Echelon’s recruiting network recruiters what their clients’ attitudes are toward hiring. After all, a new year is almost upon us… a fresh start, a clean slate, so to speak. So we conducted
So much has been written—and continues to be written—about how this current economic recovery is slow, tepid, generally unsatisfying. Okay, there’s ample evidence to support that. However, there’s one thing that never changes, no matter the state of the economy or the lack of speed with which the recovery is
Social media platform LinkedIn went public with its stock recently, so now the pressure is on to make a profit… a hefty profit. One of the ways in which it’s attempting to do so may be tied to plans to launch a new plug-in, possibly by the end of this month.
In my previous blog post, we established that Plantronics was the most popular brand of headset for recruiters, as least according to Top Echelon’s most recent survey of recruiters from all across the country. However, there’s more to a headset than just the brand name. For one thing, there’s the model of
