Recruiting Resources

Our guest blogger is Judy Tilmont, owner of JST Search Group in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) and a member of the NPAworldwide Board of Directors. JST Search Group places professionals in a wide range of manufacturing, engineering, operations, and finance roles.

I love a new year. Everything about it speaks to excitement. It’s a new start, a time for reflection, resolution and goal setting. As recruiters, we look forward to the new year more than most. Our clients have new budget dollars, which usually translates to new hires. They are eager to talk with us about their openings. They want butts in the seats before someone else lays claim to that budget. Read the rest of this entry »

We are on hiatus until January. In case you missed them, here is a recap of our most popular recruitment blogs of the year:

Top 10 Reasons to Call a Professional Recruiter – Some clients take a DIY approach to their hiring needs. Hiring a professional recruiter is smart for a lot of reasons – this post features ten of the biggest. One of the most important reasons: your time is money – you may think recruitment is “free” if you aren’t paying a professional, but your time has a definite dollar value. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s guest blogger is Liz Carey, network coordinator for NBN. NPAworldwide and NBN merged in September 2014, and our two networks are working toward a full integration effective January 1, 2016. We are happy to have Liz as a regular part of our blogging team.

In honor of the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and in the spirit of all things Star Wars, here’s some wisdom from some of our favorite characters to help guide your recruiting.

“Do…or do not. There is no try” – Yoda Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s blogger is Amy Teske, NPAworldwide Membership Engagement Manager. Amy joined the NPAworldwide staff in June 2015. We’re happy she’s here, and happy for the extra blogging horsepower as well!

Where do you find yourself this 2015 holiday season? While trying to close deals, make connections and tie up loose ends—are you giving presents or being present? Which is more important to you as a recruiter? Read the rest of this entry »

Periodically in the sales and marketing world, we come across a tool or program that makes our lives that much easier, and anything that makes sales and/or marketing easier is a win in my book. I use the tool Clearslide to load PowerPoint presentations about our recruitment network, and then I am able to send them to an email address in a professional online format rather than as an attachment. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s guest blogger is Rob Mosley, Senior Director of Training & Development for Next Level Exchange. Rob comes to Next Level from MRINetwork™ Corporate in Philadelphia, PA, where he served as the Chief Learning Officer, responsible for all leadership training and sales development of 1,100 offices worldwide. We’re excited that Rob will be one of the featured speakers at our 2016 Global Conference.

Part 1 of 3: Great Dialogue in our business is the cornerstone of our craft. And great dialogue has four distinct elements; Probing, Listening, Responding, and Alignment. Read the rest of this entry »

Mel Kettle is a communications and social media consultant, speaker, blogger, educator, coach, bookworm, obsessive foodie and eatie, and a budding photographer. She blogs on marketing and social media at www.melkettle.com.au. Mel is passionate about working with organisations to show them how to communicate effectively so they can develop communities, share their stories and raise awareness. She particularly enjoys working with people who want to make a difference to other people’s lives. In her spare time Mel writes a food blog, The cook’s notebook.

Over the last few days I’ve been sorting out the massive pile of business cards I have collected over the last year or five. I know. They all went into a very large shoe box. I should have just dumped the lot in the bin.

But anyway, what struck me was the number of cards that didn’t actually say what the business was. Am I supposed to guess? Because I certainly don’t remember. Read the rest of this entry »

I recently attended the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS360.org) conference in Boston. If you are a recruiter serious about your trade, you should belong to NAPS (your industry’s trade association). You can learn much from attending the conferences because there is considerable focus on training. It is some super content delivered by real recruiters!

Jeremy Sisemore was one of the presenters (www.asaptalentservices.com). I really liked his style, but even more importantly his content. One of the topics he covered was learning to take a good job brief. There is obviously an opportunity to do this well or to do this quickly. He shared how a great recruiter can do this well. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s blogger is Amy Teske, NPAworldwide Membership Engagement Manager. Amy joined the NPAworldwide staff in June 2015. We’re happy she’s here, and happy for the extra blogging horsepower as well!

With the end of the year drawing closer, it is important to evaluate progress, efforts and accomplishments. Hopefully you experienced great moments of success when looking back on the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

“Timing is everything” the old saying goes, and a true statement as we head into the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 for hiring. Sometimes, business success can be attributed to knowing and understanding these annual recruitment cycles and planning out accordingly. Each quarter should be detailed in your business plan, accounting for a heavy start, quiet summer, and strong close if you are recruiting in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »