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Writing Engaging Job Postings

by Veronica Blatt

image of laptop screen displaying job postingsRecruiters today are tasked with an increasingly difficult job: writing engaging job postings that attract the right candidates for their positions. With fierce competition for attention in the employment market, it’s essential for recruiters to craft compelling job postings that stand out from the rest. Here are some tips to help you create postings that will draw in the best talent and make your recruiting process more successful.

The most important goal of any job posting is to accurately convey the position you’re trying to fill. That means giving enough information about the role and its responsibilities so potential applicants can understand what they would be doing if they decide to apply and ultimately get hired. Be sure to include a clear job title, salary range, required experience, and qualifications. Don’t be afraid to get creative – try using language that emphasizes how this position could benefit someone professionally in terms of career growth or other advantages. Read the rest of this entry »

Recruiters Stay Positive: Job Numbers Examined

by Dave Nerz

Recruiters are all waiting for something bad to happen in the employment market. The reality is that while things are slowing down, we are not in desperate times as evidenced by the recent job numbers report.

Job openings are inherently difficult to predict. I watch the reports on a weekly and monthly basis, and I am continually surprised by how often the actual job numbers are different than what was predicted. It does seem like we are leveling off more than plunging into recession, at least in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Build Trading Relationships Always, Not Just When You Need Help

by Liz Carey

Life preserver floating in waterGood recruiting partnerships take time to build and maintain.  Sometimes in our recruiting network, we will see recruiters who only go to their partners when they need something. The important to remember that trading partners can choose who they are going to work with, so if they’ve never heard of you until now when you need help, they likely aren’t going to jump in feet first compared to maybe a trading partner that they’ve talked with weekly for the last few months, or someone they’ve met face-to-face over coffee. If you want to be at the top of the list for who other recruiters call when they need help, you better make sure you’re building relationships always.

Here’s how to be viewed as a good trading partner and constantly be building relationships: Read the rest of this entry »

Benchmarking in Hiring: What is it and Why is it Important?

by Veronica Blatt

word cloud description of benchmarkingToday’s guest blogger is Rachelle Mire, senior account executive at McQuaig, a global leader in talent management solutions. McQuaig assessments are designed to provide a deeper insight into a candidate’s personality, cognitive, and behavioral attributes. With over 50 years of experience, McQuaig assessments provide a comprehensive view of a candidate and their potential to succeed in a organization while shedding light on the most important areas of employee development. This post discusses how to use benchmarking in hiring to identify the right-fit candidates.

Hiring the right candidate for a job is critical to the success of any organization. However, the process of identifying the right fit can be difficult, time-consuming, and prone to human bias. One way to streamline the process and reduce costs is through job profiling, or benchmarking. In this article, we’ll explore what benchmarking is, why it’s useful, and how McQuaig can help organizations define the ideal characteristics required for a specific role. Read the rest of this entry »

Time to decrease Time-to-Fill and Drive Total Profits

by Veronica Blatt

Today’s guest blogger is Nik Rothstein. Mark is the CEO/President of Headcount Management. Besides being an NPAworldwide vendor, speaker and staffing industry advocate, Headcount currently services multiple NPAworldwide clients. Headcount is a leader in back-office solutions designed specifically for staffing agencies.

Headcount makes doing staffing deals (also known as: contract, temp, contingent) simple for NPAworldwide members. Essentially, once candidates are placed, Headcount will professionally onboard, insure and payroll employees. Headcount also invoices clients (with your agency’s branding), accounts for all monies, provides detailed KPI’s and profit reports…and of course, profits. The Back Office, their newest initiative, is the industry’s easiest way for agencies to produce weekly payroll, invoices, and profit reporting via agency insurance and funding.

Since 2008, Headcount has helped staffing firms across all 50 states mitigate liability, reduce costs, and maintain full hiring compliance. Here are some testimonials.

The very best candidates, on average, are off the market in just 10 days.

Employee turnover, low quality of talent, and constantly shrinking pipelines are all making it more challenging than ever to place high-performing candidates in key positions. Read the rest of this entry »

Ted Lasso, Recruitment Coach

by Veronica Blatt

image of whistle and chalkboard used by a coachToday’s guest blogger is Marcus Ronaldi of Ronaldi Recruiting. Ronaldi Recruiting is a premier executive search firm, dedicated to connecting top talent with leading companies across a wide range of industries and job functions. Marcus has been a member of NPAworldwide since 2011 and currently serves as the Engineering / Operations / Manufacturing Practice Group Leader.

The TV show Ted Lasso offers valuable insights and lessons that a partnership of recruiting firms, like NPAworldwide, can learn and apply to their own organization. If you’re looking for a recruitment coach, here are a few key takeaways: Read the rest of this entry »

10 Recruiting Tools and Resources

by Liz Carey

two toolboxesThe recruitment process can be tedious and take a lot of time, from cold calling clients to maintaining a pipeline of candidates that you have to stay in constant contact with… the process of hiring can take weeks or even months before a candidate is actually extended an offer and hired. Not to mention, the whole process can be quite costly when you figure in job advertisements, marketing efforts, etc.  Luckily, there are a plethora of recruiting tools available to simplify the process and save you time to focus on finding the right fit.

Here are some recruiting tools and resources recruiters can use to build business: Read the rest of this entry »

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Inevitably Coming to Your Candidate Submissions

by Veronica Blatt

image of employees that represent diversity, equity and inclusionOur guest blogger is Roman Duty of Recruiting Services International / RSI in Rushville, Indiana. RSI is a boutique executive search firm that celebrated 50 consecutive years of business in 2020. The firm provides highly individualized recruiting services to clients on a local, regional, and international basis. The firm’s recruiting activities are focused on high-level technical search and managerial placement in many manufacturing arenas. Read his post below about diversity, equity and inclusion data.

About a month ago, I participated in an owner’s roundtable call and as part of the agenda we discussed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). It is not a secret that corporations, from Fortune 500 companies to small privately-owned organizations are taking further initiatives to incorporate DEI into their hiring process, either voluntarily or mandated. However, several of the owners discussed openly that their clients were requiring them to submit DEI data on candidates. Specifically, clients were requiring a submission of a DEI candidate as part of a candidate slate before interviews were to be conducted. My question is, how as recruiters can we acquire this data legally? This is indeed a slippery slope. Read the rest of this entry »

A Good Client Is Hard To Find

by Liz Carey

Five stars lined upIt takes a lot of time and filled job orders for a recruiter to develop a good client relationship – as a recruiter, you must produce results, build trust and be dependable for your clients. But a relationship is a two-way street and it takes more than an employer saying “just find me this candidate” and paying you a fee to cultivate a successful business partnership.

The client has a huge role in getting the job order filled as well, and can’t just take the back seat. They must make time to discuss the requirement with you, provide thorough candidate feedback, have an efficient hiring process, and respect the fee structure.

Here are 5 common problems with clients that recruiters face, and how to address them: Read the rest of this entry »

The role of AI in Performance Reviews

by Veronica Blatt

graphic image of employee management dashboardToday’s guest blogger is Oorwin, a leading SaaS-based platform for AI-driven talent acquisition & management and recruiter productivity & effectiveness. Oorwin’s platform is used to manage your entire talent intelligence lifecycle. In this post, learn how AI can play a role in performance reviews.

One of the industries that has been revolutionized by artificial intelligence (AI) is performance management. It is now used in the performance review process, which managers have traditionally carried out manually. Research conducted by McKinsey shows almost 50% of businesses today have implemented Artificial Intelligence in one of their operation sectors. The use of AI in performance review has proved to be a game-changer, enabling organizations to automate the process, reduce errors, and provide real-time analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

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