Manpower’s quarterly Global Employment Outlook indicates that opportunities for job seekers across most major labor markets are expected to remain positive throughout the third quarter. Only four countries (Italy, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands) report a negative hiring outlook during this time span. Hiring plans are less strong than the previous quarter, but higher on a year-over-year basis. For this report, ManpowerGroup surveyed more than 65,000 employers from 42 different countries and territories. Key take-aways include: Read the rest of this entry »
Manpower Releases Global Employment Outlook
by Veronica BlattTen Top Tips for Time Management
by Veronica Blatt
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.
In today’s highly connected age, where everyone just seems to be BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, time seems to be more and more difficult to manage. At least, that’s often how I feel. And whether you run your own business, or you work for another, the demands on your time sometimes seem endless. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Recruiters: Candidates Are Ready for Relocation
by Dave Nerz
Gallup did a poll and asked US residents if they would move away from their states, given the chance. The results were pretty amazing. In nine US states, more than 40% of those polled were ready and willing to move.
What does that tell you? Well for one, the states were mostly cold weather states and we just had a doozy of a winter. Secondly, some of the states are states with few new jobs or an overall lack of jobs. Candidate relocation for better employment in on the rise. The states listed as “ready to leave” states were: Read the rest of this entry »
The Elusive Pink Squirrel: The Independent Firm Right for a Recruitment Network
by Sarah Freiburger
If the purple squirrel is a metaphor used by recruiters and HR to describe the perfect job candidate, then I would like to present the Pink Squirrel. As the Director of Membership for NPAworldwide, a recruitment network, I search for these each day. The Pink Squirrel is that hard-to-find recruiting agency that loves to build relationships with other recruiters and make split placements, and in the large world of recruitment agencies where business models differ greatly, it is quite difficult to qualify a firm to meet the standards of a split placement network. Here are five key qualifying factors I consider during my hunt for these pink squirrels. Read the rest of this entry »
4 Twitter Baby Steps for Recruiters
by Veronica Blatt
At our recent Global Networking Meeting on the Sunshine Coast (Australia), one of the big takeways for our team was that we need to be using Twitter more (and more effectively). One of our featured speakers, Greg Savage, is passionate about Twitter and spent a good deal of time talking about how he built a following. Twitter isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, there are about 100 million active Twitter users each day, with an average of 208 followers EACH. Still think there is no reason for recruiters to use Twitter? Personally, I think it’s an amazing platform for building and promoting brand awareness. It has helped NPAworldwide reach audiences in places we would NEVER have been able to access on our own with our small marketing budget. I’m talking dedicated followers throughout Europe, Australia, and Asia, who regularly share our content, who are part of the recruitment industry in so many different ways. On top of that, Twitter helps recruiters and other businesses build authority and when done right, can be part of a strategy to increase traffic to your website and help capture leads. Read the rest of this entry »
Recruitment Agencies Collaborate for Success
by Dave Nerz
Does it seem that the “War for Talent” is more often a war between recruitment agencies? Perhaps agency clients feel it advantageous to pit recruitment agency vs. recruitment agency to get better service and lower prices? In a recruitment network, I see the opposite as true…top talent, quickly, effectively and at a fair cost can be delivered by recruiter collaboration. It is time to have recruitment agencies suspend the competitive battle and collaborate for success. Read the rest of this entry »
Best Practices for Mobile Recruiting
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s installment is courtesy of guest blogger Mary Ellen Slayter, careers expert for Monster. Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), is the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world’s most advanced technology to help people Find Better, matching job seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions including monster.com®, our flagship website, and employers to the best talent using a vast array of products and services. As an Internet pioneer, more than 200 million people have registered on the Monster Worldwide network. Today, with operations in more than 40 countries, Monster provides the broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities globally. For more information visit about-monster.com.
In today’s race for top talent, it’s a mistake to disregard mobile recruiting. You’ll lose out on strong candidates if you don’t give them a place to apply. Here are four best practices to jump-start your mobile recruiting efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
Riding the Recruitment Roller Coaster
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Bill Benson with WilliamCharles Search Group located in Grand Rapids, MI. 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 currently serving on NPA’s Board of Directors.
First I will tell you that I turned 54 this year. I share this because when I tell you that I’ve been in the recruiting industry for 37 years you will think I’m much older! I took a summer job at a Robert Half office in Minneapolis when I was 17. I’ve either worked a desk or managed recruiters through 4 U.S. recessions – Early 80’s, early 90’s, early 2000’s (seeing a pattern?) and of course the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Differences between NPAworldwide and Fee Trader
by Sarah Freiburger
As the director of membership for NPAworldwide, I occasionally am asked by independent recruiters how our network is different and better than Fee Trader. In my opinion, neither one is necessarily better than the other as they are so very different. As an independent recruiter, deciding which to join will depend on how you like to work, and how much of a relationship-based recruiter you are. Read the rest of this entry »
The impact of global flows on global recruiting
by Veronica Blatt
A new report from McKinsey Global Institute describes the impact of global flows on trade, finance, people, and data. It’s a fascinating report, with data that is sure to impact global recruiting in the years ahead. The increase in global flows started in the early 1990s as developing economies in eastern Europe and Asia began to open up to outside influences. There is a dramatic shift underway due to increasing global prosperity and the explosion in Internet connectivity and digital technologies.
Some of the key findings from the McKinsey report include: Read the rest of this entry »