I recently was able to attend the NAPS (National Association of Personnel Services) conference that was held in Houston, Texas. Each day held many sessions with many topics that were pertinent to independent and agency recruiters. One session in particular was extremely interesting and titled, “Recruit Stock,” as a pun on the old Woodstock festival. Next Level Exchange filled the hour with amazing tips to stand out as a top of the line recruiter, and I want to share some of this information.

First and foremost, here is a good list that highlights how to handle client demands. Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s guest blogger is Gary Harvey, the founder and president of Achievement Dynamics, LLC, a high performance sales training, coaching and development company for sales professionals, managers and business owners. His firm is consistently rated by the Sandler Training as one of the top 10 training centers in the world. He can be reached at 303-741-5200, or gary.harvey@sandler.com. Gary is also one of the featured speakers for the 2015 NPAworldwide Global Conference.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

A few weeks ago, I was in Southern California on business, and I walked by a shop that had the following sign outside:

“An optimist is someone who figures taking a step back after a step forward is not a disaster –it’s more like the cha-cha!!” Read the rest of this entry »

After researching endless solutions to common independent recruitment problems, recruiters may find themselves more frustrated, and unable to see why their system is just not working anymore. Too much to process with a lack of resources can slowly, yet surely, cause damage to your recruitment brand. Here are three suggestions to improve your brand and recruitment process: 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.

I used to go to a lot of networking events – easily one or two a week. And then life got a little busy (that networking was paying off!), and I stopped.

While I do a huge amount of networking via Twitter, and have a lot of referrals come to me that way, I miss the face-to-face interactions that going to a networking event provides. Read the rest of this entry »