As the Director of Membership for NPAworldwide, I get many questions from independent recruitment firms looking to join our split placement network. One that I am hearing quite often is, “What ATS do most of your recruiters use?” Some criteria I hear from firms that they rate an ATS by include: ease of use for applicants, company size and field, social networking and job posting capacity, search functions, and user support services. Since I am not a recruiter or expert myself, I took to social media to see what other firms are saying about their ATS, and here are some good bullet points I pulled out: Read the rest of this entry »
Small Recruitment Agency Seeking New ATS?
by Sarah Freiburger9 Numbers Indicating Opportunity for Recruiters
by Dave Nerz
The Staffing Industry Review is a great publication that I read on a monthly basis. This month I scrubbed through it for a collection of facts and numbers that should be of interest to anyone in recruiting or talent acquisition. Looks like there is much opportunity and some challenge on the horizon for those of us in these markets. Here is what I saw this month: Read the rest of this entry »
Use the Phone to Make Recruiter Connections
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Liz Carey, network coordinator for NBN. NPAworldwide and NBN merged in September 2014, and our two networks are working toward a full integration effective January 1, 2016. We’re happy to have Liz on our blogging team.
One of the hats I wear at NPAworldwide is “official note-taker” on trading group conference calls, where recruiters dial-in to discuss their hot job orders and candidates. What I have noticed on these calls is that connections are made – after one recruiter describes their job order, oftentimes another recruiter will chime in “Hey, I have a candidate that I think would be a great fit for that,” or “I didn’t know you worked in that space, I’ll give you a ring after the call” or “I’m near San Antonio too, let’s meet up for lunch!” Read the rest of this entry »
Q3 Global Employment Outlook: Hiring Expected to Increase
by Veronica Blatt
Manpower has released the results of its latest quarterly global employment outlook survey; modest hiring increases are expected worldwide. Manpower surveys more than 59,000 employers in 42 countries on a quarterly basis. Key findings include: Read the rest of this entry »
A Recruiter’s Handbook Guide to Snapchat
by Veronica Blatt
Our guest blogger today is Siofra Pratt from our friends at Social Talent. Read more about Social Talent at the end of this post.
As we’ve all seen over the last 2 years, the onslaught of mobile technology has dramatically changed how people interact, how they communicate, how they consume information, and (most notably for recruiters) how they search and apply for jobs. As a result, recruiters have had to adapt and work even harder to capture the ever-decreasing attention spans of today’s job seekers. Read the rest of this entry »
Why You Need a Social Media Policy
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.
I often have people ask me why should they have a social media policy? They only have two or three staff. They don’t actually use social media within their business (What??? That’s a whole other issue!).
And I tell them that all organisations need a social media policy. Even those that don’t use it. And especially those that have staff. Even if it’s only one employee. Read the rest of this entry »
Moving from Contingent to Retained Recruitment
by Dave Nerz
For many recruitment firms, the shift from one style of recruiting to another is a difficult transition. It is not unusual for those starting in the business to begin as contingent recruiters. And some firms find this model suits them well and continue as contingent recruitment firms with no need or desire to change. If it works and you are happy, your clients are good with your method, then keep a good thing going. Having recently spent a few days with a collection of 60-plus firm owners and recruiters, I saw a great desire on the part of many firms to move from purely contingent to at least a partially retained model. Most often there was a desire to offer both models dependent on the situation and the client. Read the rest of this entry »
How to Select a Recruitment Agency
by Veronica Blatt
Whether you’re an employer with ongoing hiring needs or have a one-off role to fill, using a recruitment agency is definitely an option worth considering. There are many traits and characteristics to consider when you are evaluating recruitment agencies. If you’re unsure how to select a recruitment agency, here are six pointers worth evaluating: Read the rest of this entry »
Linked-In Profile Guide for Recruiters
by Sarah Freiburger
While recruiters know what to look for in terms of candidate profiles when hunting through Linked-In, as the Director of Membership for a split placement network, it amazes me how many profiles I come across for independent recruiters that are, well, terrible. Today, your personal brand is present on every site you are registered on, and each one of these is an opportunity to network and become more visible. Even if you are not interested in connecting with other independent recruiters to potentially fill more roles by split placements, you can believe that just like you search candidates, the candidates search you when they get an email, phone call, or connection from you. Here are a couple of ways in to increase your personal brand on Linked-In. Read the rest of this entry »
Applying Moneyball Principles to Your Recruitment Efforts
by Veronica Blatt
I recently watched the film Moneyball (I’m perpetually behind on movie-watching, but I digress), and was struck by how similar it is to recruitment.
A little bit of background for those of you who aren’t baseball fans:
Moneyball is a film starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, that is based on a book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. The premise of the both the film and the book is that the game of baseball is unfairly rigged toward wealthy teams. Read the rest of this entry »