I stumbled upon a great article from Global Mobility Solutions (GMS) about the documents candidates need to have when preparing for international relocation. This is also a great resource for both employers and recruiters to share with candidates who may be making a cross-border move for a new career opportunity. Read the rest of this entry »
What Do You Need for International Relocation?
by Veronica BlattNo Resume, No Degree, No Problem
by Dave Nerz
In many markets, job openings are running at record levels. Employers are fishing for talent in a limited pool of candidates. This tight labor market is leading more employers to accept more non-traditional qualifications for candidates with no degree. So you realize you are not alone, sixty percent of employers say they are at least thinking of hiring non-degree candidates this year, up from 40% in 2019, according to a survey of 1,200 employers by the online learning company Pearson. Read the rest of this entry »
New AI Tool for Recruitment Marketing
by Veronica Blatt
Seems like artificial intelligence, or AI, is the latest tool that is going to kill the recruitment industry. I don’t think AI is going to kill this business any more than fax machines, the internet, or job boards did. In fact at the moment, I might even venture as far as saying that AI in its current iteration is “not quite ready for prime time” in many ways. For recruitment especially, I think there are good ways of using it to streamline or automate certain business processes but it’s got a long way to go before it’s ready to replace the personal element of skilled recruiters. We have recently come across an AI tool, though, that we think is worth your attention. If recruitment marketing is important to you, or you’d like to be doing more with it, please take a look at Jasper. (Disclaimer: NPAworldwide is a Jasper affiliate partner.) Read the rest of this entry »
Can Recruiters Address New HR Priorities?
by Dave Nerz
The pandemic turned the work world on its head. Things shut down, moved out of the office and then into employee’s homes. Meetings, work and employee reviews went online. Major shifts with unprecedent speed.
Human resource professionals were surveyed about top HR priorities in a report called the HR Sentiment Survey done in early 2020 and recently recalibrated for 2021. In 2020, top HR priorities included: Read the rest of this entry »
The Do’s and Don’ts of Recruiting: How to Prevent Bad Hires
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Fernando Ortiz-Barbachano of Barbachano International in San Diego, California (USA). Barbachano International is the premier executive search and leadership advisory firm in the Americas with a focus on diversity and multicultural target markets. The firm is a longtime NPAworldwide member, having joined in 2007. He shares some tips below to help avoid bad hires.
Executive recruiting has a clear goal in mind: hire the best person to fill a job opening. But we all know that sometimes the process leads even the best hiring manager or recruiter astray. Sometimes the person who was so impressive during interviews turns out to be a bad hire — and often this happens with no warning signs whatsoever. Read the rest of this entry »
Options for International Payments
by Veronica Blatt
For recruiters who participate in splits with partners in other countries, figuring out international payments can be a hassle. For starters, what currency is being used? The currency for the partner with the job? The partner who supplied the candidate? The client, who is paying the fee? If you’re part of a formal split organization, there may be rules governing currency. For example, in NPAworldwide, members are required to pay their candidate-side partner in that partner’s local currency. The brokerage that is owed to NPAworldwide must be paid in US dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
Contingency Search and Retained Search Agreements for Recruiters
by Dave Nerz
Regardless of the type of recruitment service you are providing to clients—contingency search, retained search, or something else—it is wise to have a signed agreement in place. I have recently learned of an outstanding resource and sample recruitment agreement or recruitment agreement template. ASA and NAPS jointly created the document and its many variations free for recruiters to access. Jump to Agreement Template Read the rest of this entry »
Recruitment Best Practices: Concerns in Video Interviewing
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Jim Lyons, JD, CPC of LHI Executive Search in the New York City area. LHI is an investigative executive search & research outsourcing firm covering the information technology, capital markets, private equity/venture capital, digital & social media, mobile, cloud, big data, and legal business sectors. Jim has been an NPAworldwide member since 2012 and is currently serving as the chairman-elect of the Board of Directors. Below he discusses recruitment best practices related to video interviewing.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies, including major law firms made changes to their candidate assessment and hiring practices. For example, in legal search a lateral partner transaction typically takes several months to a year to close and get paid a recruitment fee. To my delight I was fortunate to process two partner transactions over the last 15 months that closed in 4-5 months. Why? It is easier to get all of the stakeholders to get on a video v. coordinating in-person meetings. Pre-Covid this time table was impossible. Read the rest of this entry »
Text Recruiting: Make it Simple and Repeatable
by Dave Nerz
Text recruiting is just another way to connect with top talent. Done effectively, it will create better open rates while making it easy for candidates to respond and connect. If you are going to invest in text recruiting, consider making your process simple, effective and repeatable with text templates. Read the rest of this entry »
Develop a Recruitment Specialty for Growth
by Veronica Blatt
You may be familiar with the phrase “an inch wide and a mile deep” but have you applied that to a recruitment specialty? Basically, it means you develop a specific expertise (“an inch wide“) but then dig so deep that you have more market knowledge than your competitors (“a mile deep”). While it may take more time to build a niche or micro-niche, you may find there are more opportunities for sustained growth when compared to a business philosophy that tries to be everything to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »