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Culture Renovation

by Veronica Blatt

image of businessman in a suit working alongside a factory worker reading dataToday’s guest blogger is Bill Benson with WilliamCharles Search Group located in Grand Rapids, MI and Pittsburgh, PA. WilliamCharles is an executive search and professional recruiting firm specialized in finding managerial and executive talent in finance, HR, operations, sales/marketing as well as president/CEO roles. They have a concentration of clients in Michigan, but they also work across the US. Bill is a former chair of the NPAworldwide board of directors. Bill shares his thoughts on culture renovation below. 

For many family-owned and middle-market companies, culture is one of the biggest reasons for their success. It reflects the values of the founders, the relationships built over years or even decades, a commitment to customers, and a genuine sense of pride in the business. In fact, when we talk with owners and executives, they often describe their culture as one of their most valuable assets. Read the rest of this entry »

AI-Generated Images Are Quietly Killing Recruiter Credibility

by Liz Carey

AI Slop parody of a recruitment flyerAI-generated images on recruiter social media posts are increasingly turning off candidates and clients, who read them as a signal of low effort and low credibility. Independent recruiters, whose business runs on trust and human connection, are especially vulnerable to this perception. Authentic, real imagery consistently outperforms AI-generated visuals in building the kind of trust that leads to placements.

Scroll through LinkedIn for five minutes and you’ll spot them. Impossibly polished office scenes. Stock-perfect professionals with suspiciously smooth hands. Motivational graphics layered over AI-generated imagery that looks like it was assembled in thirty seconds …because it probably was.

Audiences have developed sharp pattern recognition for this kind of content. And their reaction? They keep scrolling.

For independent recruiters, that scroll-past isn’t just an engagement problem. It’s a credibility problem. Your social media presence is often the first impression a candidate or client has of you. When that impression reads as “couldn’t be bothered,” you’ve already lost ground before the conversation begins. Read the rest of this entry »

Protect Yourself from Job Scams

by Veronica Blatt

image of a worried woman looking at her phone screenI’ve written recently about a new job scam where someone is impersonating a member of our team and approaching job seekers about phony opportunities. Since then, I have seen an explosion of posts on LinkedIn from recruiters or people who are adjacent to the recruitment industry, who are also being impersonated. AI is making it easier than ever for bad actors to run scams at scale, so today I am sharing some tips about how job scams work, how to recognize them, and how you can protect yourself. As scammers and scams become more sophisticated, both job seekers and employers are increasingly at risk. Read the rest of this entry »

Split Placements: Why Trust and Relationships Matter in Recruitment

by Veronica Blatt

image of The Resilient Recruiter Podcast guestsThe Resilient Recruiter Podcast with Mark Whitby recently featured an interview with several NPAworldwide members sharing their thoughts and experiences about split placements, our network, and more. The entire episode is available here, but I want to share a few highlights from the interview. Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Looking for Experience—or Looking for Talent?

by Liz Carey

Image of two hands putting two puzzle pieces togetherEvery recruiter has a placement that didn’t make sense on paper.

The candidate’s résumé wasn’t packed with the “right” titles. They came from a different industry. Their career path zigged when everyone else’s zagged. If you had relied on a keyword search alone, they probably never would have made it into the interview process.

And yet, they’re the person who went on to become one of the strongest hires.

It’s a good reminder that résumés tell us where someone has been. Conversations reveal where they can go.

That’s where great recruiting makes all the difference. Read the rest of this entry »

Choosing the Right Split Placement Network

by Veronica Blatt

image of two professionals meeting over coffeeYou have great clients but no candidates to match them. Or you have stellar candidates and no open roles. Sound familiar? This is the daily bottleneck for solopreneurs and boutique agency owners. A split placement network solves it by connecting you with trusted partners to share fees and close more deals. But how do you separate a network that drives revenue from one that drains your time? Let’s break it down. Read the rest of this entry »

Hiring Demand Remains Positive—But Cooling Slightly

by Veronica Blatt

Watch Out for the NPAworldwide Job Offer Email Scam

by Veronica Blatt

Red Scam Alert imageI want to share an important warning with job seekers in our community. We’ve become aware of a job offer email scam in which fraudsters are pretending to be NPAworldwide staff members. These scammers reach out with exciting-sounding job opportunities that simply don’t exist. We take this seriously, and we want you to have the facts you need to protect yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

The Post-Layoff Talent Paradox: Why Tech Hiring Is Harder Even When Candidates Are Everywhere

by Liz Carey

image of a busy street that is juxtaposed in a cubist type wayFrom the outside, the tech talent market looks like it should be easy right now.

Over the past few years, major layoffs across large and mid-sized tech firms have released tens of thousands of experienced engineers, product managers, designers, and operators into the market. At the same time, hiring budgets have tightened, headcount approvals are more scrutinized, and executives are asking for “leaner, more efficient teams.”

So the assumption is straightforward: more supply should mean easier hiring.

But that assumption is consistently proving wrong.

Across conversations with independent tech recruiters working directly with venture-backed startups, scale-ups, and public tech companies, a different reality is emerging: the more saturated the candidate market becomes, the harder it is to identify, evaluate, and secure the right talent.

We refer to this as the post-layoff candidate surplus paradox.

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What World Cup Coaches Can Teach Us About Hiring Winning Teams

by Veronica Blatt

Image of a soccer ball decorated with various world flagsEvery four years, the World Cup captures global attention and reminds us of an important truth: talented individuals and truly effective teams are not the same thing. Success rarely comes from assembling the biggest names. The squads that lift the trophy rely on leadership, cohesion, and a shared approach to achieving results.

Recruitment firm owners and hiring managers face a strikingly similar challenge. Strong hires bring more than impressive résumés. Like elite players, they need to perform within a system, support their colleagues, and contribute to long-term success.

So, what can the world’s best coaches teach us about building rosters that win? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Here are five lessons that translate directly into smarter hiring strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

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