In 2025, networking isn’t just about handing out business cards or adding connections on LinkedIn—it’s about building relationships that matter. The landscape has shifted, and those who succeed know how to navigate both digital and in-person worlds with intention. Read the rest of this entry »
Networking in 2025: How to Make Connections That Count
by Kerry CrockettBuilding a Strong Professional Network: What It Is and How to Excel
by Veronica Blatt
Expanding a professional network is one of the most valuable things you can do for your career, whether you’re a job seeker, employer, or recruiter. Networking is much more than trading business cards or sending out LinkedIn requests; it’s about cultivating meaningful relationships that can lead to new opportunities, collaborations, and shared knowledge. Read the rest of this entry »
Recruiters: Make Industry Connections and Develop a Peer Network
by Dave Nerz
Establishing and nurturing industry connections is a crucial aspect of professional growth and success. As the president of NPAworldwide, I see the value of these relationship in play on a regular basis.
Building Bridges: The Importance of Industry Connections
In today’s fast-paced and interconnected business world, establishing and maintaining industry connections is more important than ever. These connections serve as bridges that link professionals, businesses, and organizations, creating a network that extends beyond individual capabilities. Here’s why cultivating these connections is essential: Read the rest of this entry »
5 Tips for Making the Most Out of Networking Events
by Veronica Blatt
As a recruitment agency owner, networking events are an essential part of your business development strategy. Attending these events can provide new opportunities and open doors to valuable connections that can boost your business growth. Networking events can be an excellent source of inspiration, knowledge, and support for any entrepreneur. In this blog, we will share some helpful tips on how to make the most out of networking events and maximize your chances of success. Read the rest of this entry »
6 Ways to Expand Your Network
by Liz Carey
Networking is an essential skill in navigating career success, but the thought of networking conjures up images of stuffy business meetings, business cards, and sales pitches. People often forget that networking can be casual, and should be a daily effort — Even if you have an established network, it’s important to still make an effort to expand it. Just as candidates may want to network to expand their potential offers, recruiters always want to expand their talent pool and client base. Here are 6 ways to expand your network: Read the rest of this entry »
Time to Fill Your Pipeline
by Liz Carey
Prior to the pandemic, recruiters focused on building a pipeline of talent, so that when their clients handed over a job req, they had candidates at the ready. Despite a completely different labor landscape than we’ve ever seen in the past, this recruiting tactic is still practical. Even if all hiring is on hold, recruiters should continually grow their talent database (or pipeline)… that way, you won’t have to start anew when things do open up. When this pandemic is over and the economy rebounds, those roles that were put on hold will open back up and employers will be overwhelmed with applications. You want to be one step ahead of the game and have that top talent ready to present to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Make a Network Work for You
by Liz Carey
Recruiting is a tough business. Sometimes you’re given a seemingly impossible req to fill from a client, or sometimes you have a great candidate that you just can’t seem to place. What do you do when you hit that brick wall? What if you had a whole network of like-minded recruiters who could bring you a wealth of talent, determination and diligence? This is what split recruiting is all about. Split placements involve two recruiters who work together to help a client find the best candidate, and help a candidate find the best role for them.
In the NPAworldwide recruiting network, we often see stories of two hard-working recruiters working together to make a placement. Here’s a story of a recent one: Read the rest of this entry »
Behind the Scenes of a Global Recruitment Network
by Sarah Freiburger
As the Director of Membership at NPAworldwide, a recruitment network, I am often asked this question: So who runs this network? As a network that is member-owned and run, this is a multitiered question at best, and does not apply to every online network that you may find. However, here is the breakdown of what is happening behind the scenes at our specific split-placement network. Read the rest of this entry »
Recruiter Networking – Getting Beyond the Social Networks
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is James Seidel with James Seidel & Associates located in Kelowna, BC, Canada. JSA is an owner-operated firm with clients across western Canada. The firm primarily places candidates in I/T, engineering, and sales. James is a former I/T Trading Group Chair and is currently serving on NPA’s Board of Directors .
The low hanging fruit in the recruiting world is easier than ever to find. Substitutes for recruiter networking such as LinkedIn, Google, Monster and a myriad of technical resources are available at a reasonable cost to every employer and recruiter. With a minimum of effort and recruiting talent, one can pepper the web with advertisements and review lists of hundreds of employees with a few clever clicks of the mouse. The job seekers send in their resumes and respond to the first email they receive and voila – there’s a list of candidates to show to the hiring manager. Done, right?? For some, yes. But what about the companies looking for the very best? The ones looking for just the A players? Is that list reflecting the very best people on the market? No, it’s not – it is a very small snapshot of the folks who are looking at that moment.
Recruiting is still hard work – that’s why it pays so well when it’s done right and the best in the business are still charging a hefty fee for the service. What are we still able to do that the hordes of in-house recruiters are unwilling or unable to do? We pick up the phone and find out where the candidates are. Oftentimes, the databases of thousands of people we have amassed over the years in the industry give us an instant head start. We can identify our target companies. With a few clever keystrokes we have a list of people who look like they have the skills we need. Now select a few people we have dealt with in the past to give us some key information on who the real performers are. Remember, recently departed employees are often better sources of these opinions than the folks who are still there and don’t want to see the best folks leaving. (Pretty hard for the in-house recruiters to find those folks and best of luck getting them to give them any information.) Now time to start making those calls. No secrets, no cloaks and daggers, just the beginning of some career-based conversations. This is another big, BIG difference between US and THEM. We are here to offer insights into market opportunities in the best interests of that candidate for the rest of their careers. An in-house recruiter is here today, gone tomorrow, and only interested in filling one job, right now, for one company. No relationship, no long term lead generations or referrals, no trust, no reason to stay in touch if that company happens not to be of interest. Their networks don’t have the power ours do. They can’t. So use the tools everyone else uses, by all means. But combine them with the recruiter networking you already have and now you’ve really got something to sell.
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