Recruiting Resources

Jon Guidi is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Hirabl, a Big Data startup known for its “Fee Catcher” reporting service. Jon founded Hirabl to ensure recruiters get paid for the hard work they do, and have the tools necessary to grow revenue at their agency. Prior to Hirabl, Jon was CEO of HealthCare Recruiters International, a leading US recruiting firm. He previously spent 10 years with Morgan Stanley and UBS in sales and trading, leaving UBS as a Senior Vice President. He lives in California with his wife and 2 daughters.

Recruiter-Client relationships often run deep.

Unfortunately bad things can happen in recruitment, like backdoor hires (when your clients hire your candidates without your knowledge). Read the rest of this entry »

Recruiters lead an interesting and often fast-paced work day. The recruiting life consists of phones, emails, ATS searches, LinkedIn profile checks, data entry, live conversations, and co-worker interruptions, just to name a few.

A recent article by Devora Zack, an author, consultant and coach (myonlyconnect.com), highlights a few of the myths we have failed to recognize for what they are. Zack says, “Multitasking is a myth. The brain is hard-wired to do one thing at a time. When we think we are multitasking we are actually engaged in what neuroscientists call ‘task switching’ – switching rapidly between tasks.” Read the rest of this entry »

Let me start with the fact that I am not using BountyJobs. My thoughts on this subject are based on  what others tell me, what I read and the posts I have seen on the topic. So if I have something wrong or I am missing an important point of view, please add to the conversation. The point is for all to learn from those who know the most. 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’re happy to have Liz on our blogging team.

TheLadders conducted a study, using eye-tracking technology, on how job seekers read ads. They found that participants spent only 49 seconds looking at a job posting before dismissing a job that they didn’t believe was a fit, and just 76.7 seconds on jobs that did match what they were looking for. Read the rest of this entry »

In case you missed any of these the first time around, here are the top 5 recruitment blogs on our site for the first half of the year:

How Job Seekers Feel About Recruiter Text Messaging – Assuming you have received overt permission to send text messages to candidates, many candidates believe that recruiters who use this communication method are professional. However, there are NO scenarios in which candidates prefer text messaging as their first choice of communication. Really interesting research from Software Advice! Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s guest blogger is Maureen Sharib, owner of phone sourcing company TechTrak, Inc. See the end of this post for more information about Maureen, including contact details.

The reason your recruiters/sourcers aren’t on the phones as much as you’d like them to be on the phones is the (cell) phones (most of them) are using aren’t call–friendly. Read the rest of this entry »

Recognition programs have been around you since at least your preschool days when you earned those coveted gold stars in the classroom. Each person appreciates seeing their work recognized, and those that are competitive especially enjoy seeing themselves appear as outstanding. Independent recruiters working smaller offices can forget this at times when their recruiters hit goal targets, close placements, or even hit a work anniversary. Here are five good recognition ideas for recruiters. 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!

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”  – John Quincy Adams

John Maxwell, author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership spells out his philosophies as a leadership expert. He combined the insights learned from his own leadership success and mistakes with observations from the business world. Read the rest of this entry »

While some independent recruiters argue that they do not start their searches for clients with job boards, I have seen many successful placements come from our job board to know that it not only helps with those mass searches for 5-10 sales managers, but specialized positions as well. Candidates may post a resume out of frustration on those job boards or it may just hit a search alert that sparks their interest. It is amazing how many job board there are right now, and in an effort to best use your recruiter budget, here are some of the best out there, using data gathered by Software Advice with the help of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) and the National Human Resources Association (NHRA). Read the rest of this entry »