As everyone gets back to work post-holidays, here are a few recruitment resolutions in case you haven’t made your own list:
Get more social. People have been talking about social media and recruitment for years, but there are still many recruiters not participating. Social media can help you reach new clients and candidates affordably. Start small: select one or two channels. Read the rest of this entry »
As we approach the end of the year, it is time for independent recruiters to start thinking about how to
succeed in the new year. Here is a New Year’s resolution for recruiters to get you started on the right
foot and networking: Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re catching up on any reading over the holidays, check out the top posts of the year on our independent recruiter blog:
Bad News About the Future of Staffing and Recruiting Pay attention to these points from Scott Love addressing the shrinking talent pool, the increase in the number of recruitment firms, and the ways that technology have made it easier for companies to do their own recruiting. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s guest blogger is Josh Gerrard of Bullhorn, the global market-leading ATS/CRM for recruitment companies. Josh specialises in small agencies and has helped hundreds of recruiters take the next step to drive efficiency and growth with their CRM. Connect with Josh on LinkedIn.
I’ve just finished watching Westworld, the latest off the rack of hit HBO shows (don’t worry, no spoilers here). I’m pretty sure I still have no idea what was going on, or whether I enjoyed it, but I definitely know it happened!
Have you ever left a software demo feeling like this? Usually it’s because the salesperson (guilty) is trying to show off the bells and whistles of their product without fully understanding what’s important to you and your business. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s guest blogger is Scott Love, a performance coach for recruiters. He shortens the learning curve for rookies and helps experienced recruiters finally reach their full potential. Over 4,500 staffing and recruiting firms from over 35 countries have invested in his training and performance systems. Visit his free training site to access his blog, his podcast, and download ten free tools that will help you bill more: www.GreatRecruiterTraining.com.
I felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. I just left the third message for the candidate without a getting a single call back. He had a great background and the first time I talked with him two weeks ago he said there were some pretty important issues motivating him to consider other things. Read the rest of this entry »
Hundreds of thousands of IT jobs go unfilled every year, because demand for talent exceeds the supply. The challenge in IT hiring is often that recruiters need to find candidates with both the talent AND the personality to thrive in the role – they want someone who will fit culturally.
So what does a recruiter do when they have a ton of job orders to fill, but their candidate well has run dry? This article describes a solution that is on the rise with tech firms – hiring veterans. Read the rest of this entry »
A recent Staffing Industry Review article listed the top criteria buyers use when evaluating recruitment suppliers. It is no surprise that the top items on the list of criteria are worker quality, speed, service/quality and cost. Others that made the list were geographic coverage, relationship focus, skills breadth, and industry knowledge, to list just a few. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Roman Duty. Roman owns executive search firm Recruiting Services International (founded in 1970) that specializes in technical search globally (R&D/engineering, manufacturing, science). Roman has been an active member of NPAworldwide for 4 years.
As far as making a living is concerned, executive recruiters live and make money, in an unbalanced world. Most of us are 100% commission and that money is reliant upon the most unpredictable living object on earth: People. We are tasked with finding the perfect match between the job, the person, the company, and the location. However, we also are dealing with the entire periphery: human emotion, children/schools, spouses, aging parents, pets, commutes, cost-of-living differences, money, weather, etc… We’re often even their realtors! Read the rest of this entry »
From time to time, we get asked if there are certain types of recruitment firms that are more well-suited to split placements than others. There are certainly many different ways to operate a successful recruitment firm. For firms that participate in splits, there are even many different ways to be successful. But if you don’t have a long history of making split placements, and are wondering if they would be a good addition to your firm, here is a pretty good list of attitudes and attributes to have. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s guest blogger is Daniel Wood, the global marketing manager of SafeGuard World International. For nearly a decade, organizations around the world have relied on SafeGuard World for their global HR needs, specifically around payroll and employee compliance. SafeGuard World is an Alliance Partner of NPAworldwide.
Global expansion has long being a term associated with multi-billion conglomerates, but with the ever changing economic and technological landscape, the reality is this is no longer the case. Today, tens of thousands of small and medium sized businesses expand their presence internationally every year. Despite this upsurge, a number of myths around global expansion still remain. We’ve identified four of the most common global expansion myths and demonstrate how they can be dispelled through working with the right global employment outsourcing (GEO) provider. Read the rest of this entry »