It’s no secret that telephone usage is on the decline. So much information is available at our fingertips that dialing seems unnecessary or intrusive. As kids, my brothers and I fought over the phone as much as we fought over which cartoons to watch! And I had one good friend that I could *never* reach because of her mom’s LEGENDARY hours-long calls back in the days before call-waiting and voice mail (yes, I’m dating myself). Now I find I’m spending time TEACHING my almost-teenager HOW to use the phone … something that once seemed to be second nature. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Recruiter Tips to Improve Phone Skills
by Veronica Blatt6 Quick Tips on Split Placement Network Success
by Liz CareyOur network recently held a topical call where thriving NPAworldwide members shared 6 quick tips on making a split placement network work for you:
COMMUNICATION IS KEY
This is a communication business, if people don’t communicate, then you can’t do business with them. Very plain and simple. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Popular Recruitment Blog Posts
by Veronica BlattIn case you missed these the first time around, following is a round-up of our most popular recruitment blog posts for the first half of the year:
5 Recruitment Trends for 2017 – You probably already know that candidates are in control right now. This results in multiple offers and more turn-downs. What other trends can you expect to see? Read the rest of this entry »
Split Placement Networks: Coming Out of Your Comfort Zone
by Sarah FreiburgerDon Previti, owner of DVP Partners in New York, shared his review of his time in a split placement network. For him, success meant coming out of his comfort zone.
“Many of us have been recruiters for years and we all know how we can get accustomed to a comfort zone in managing our business. We know what got us here on every business level and we tend to revert to what feels comfortable and what has worked in the past. We focus on the same market sectors in the same business discipline in the same type of positions. I am no different than you. When I started my business I was focused on financial services and hedge funds in the NY area. That was where I made my living so that is where I spent my time. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Expansion – What to Expect & How to Prepare
by Veronica BlattToday’s guest blogger is Tim Bell, Chief Revenue Officer at People 2.0, a full-service Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company offering a best-in-class universal worker platform and complete Employer of Record platform for deployment of a global contingent workforce. People 2.0 is an NPAworldwide Alliance Partner.
Deciding to expand business operations into another country is never done lightly, and the hard choices and requirements for careful planning continue once you enter your new territory. The secret to a successful expansion is remarkably simple: effective planning. Effective planning is the bedrock of your global expansion and should receive your organization’s complete attention.
As you set up in a new country, there are a variety of decisions to consider, each one having potentially significant effects throughout your organization. Decision trees can help you see the potential consequences and causal links between decisions within your company’s infrastructure. With multiple factors to consider, it is imperative to have all options clearly presented before making final decisions. Read the rest of this entry »
Swap, Collaborate, and Listen
by Veronica BlattOur guest blogger is Jason Elias of Elias Recruitment in Sydney, Australia. Elias Recruitment is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy, finding lawyers for law firms, not for profits and corporates, across Australia. Jason is the Secretary/Treasurer of the NPAworldwide Board of Directors and received our Chairman’s Award in 2014. Jason is also a Fellow of the peak recruitment industry body in Australasia the RCSA (Recruitment & Consulting Services Association).
Who would have imagined the words of the famous 1980’s philosopher Vanilla Ice, would be so prophetic in 2017. The sharing economy dominates headlines – Uber, Airbnb and Airtasker. But what about recruitment, are there opportunities to share job orders and candidates? Read the rest of this entry »
6 Time Management tips for Recruiters
by Liz CareyIn the recruiting business, you often have to “wear many hats” – especially if you work for a small firm or are an independent recruiter. There’s always work to do. We hear over and over recruiters are inundated with job orders, and just don’t have the time to do things like draft up and post job descriptions, or respond to the numerous emails and phone calls they get daily, because they’re focused on scouting top talent. When you’re spread so thin, is it time to hire another recruiter or administrative person? Can you outsource some of your tasks? Or, could it just be that time management needs to be addressed?
Time is money, and if you’re spending your valuable time doing things that someone else could do for you just as well, it might be time to lighten the load by hiring another recruiter or administrative associate, or outsourcing it to another company. But before taking that step, here are a few time management tips that might free up some time to get those other tasks done: Read the rest of this entry »
Why Don’t Recruitment Agencies Collaborate More?
by Veronica BlattI was reading a post on LinkedIn this morning titled, “Why Don’t Recruitment Agencies Collaborate More?” and it got me thinking about some of those reasons. As a split placement network, our members have been successfully sharing candidates and jobs for more than sixty years. But, there are definitely recruiters who shy away from the cooperative model. Here are some of the reasons for that reluctance: Read the rest of this entry »