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A "Calling", Not a "Career"

Published: Jun 27, 2012 7:15 PM
By Neil McNulty | Viewed: 2288
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Cold Calling, Candidates, Recruiting, Jobs

The year was 1980 and I was a twenty four year old lieutenant in the Marine Corps. My commanding officer, a lieutenant colonel, was giving me guidance as an officer under his command, and he gave me s...

From Commodity to Consultant: Four mistakes that drag the staffing industry's reputation down, and how to overcome them.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 2:52 PM
By Theresa Morgan | Viewed: 1391
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Placement, Staffing, Clients, Search, Hiring, Jobs

There's not a manager or owner of a staffing company who likes the idea of being a "commodity, " an expendable service that can be tossed aside when budgets get cut. But the industry as a whole has no...

The Importance of 'You 2.0'

Published: Jun 27, 2012 3:02 PM
By Debbie Fledderjohann | Viewed: 1417
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Cold Calling, Candidates, Recruiting, Job Orders, Placement, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

Computer software has undoubtedly had a profound impact on the recruiting industry during the past 30 years. With its help, not to mention the advent of the Internet, recruiters have been able to do t...

Unacceptable Casualties: Reducing Consultant Attrition

Published: Jun 27, 2012 3:33 PM
By Rob Kurz | Viewed: 1517
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Interviewing, Candidates, Recruiting, Hiring, Sales, Jobs

A veil of secrecy shrouds the sensitive subject of the casualty rate of "sales" consultants in the recruiting industry. Oddly, there is an equivalent aversion to discussing ways to improve the selecti...

Train Your ATS To Become Your Assistant

Published: Jun 27, 2012 4:54 PM
By John Sacerdote | Viewed: 1657
Category: Automation | Tags: Candidates, Job Orders, Placement, Marketing, Staffing, Search, Hiring, Jobs

Circle the wagons, quickly! We are all about to die, let alone go out of business! Well, to continue the pun, let’s all just hold our horses. I have been through a number of recessions since I s...

The Big Three - Resumes for All

Published: Jun 27, 2012 5:00 PM
By Mark Berger | Viewed: 1797
Category: Automation | Tags: Candidates, LinkedIn, Search, Jobs

No, we are not talking about the Detroit automotive industry. We are talking about the three largest and most productive Internet search engines…Google, Live, and Yahoo. Many recruiters favor G...

Online Recruiting Software: What Should You Look For?

Published: Jun 27, 2012 5:02 PM
By Top Echelon | Viewed: 1653
Category: Automation | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Job Orders, Placement, Marketing, Sourcing, Clients, Search, Hiring, Jobs

Here at Top Echelon, we routinely receive questions from recruiting firms about recruiting software. These questions include: “What are the most important features I need in my software? What is...

Four Spring Cleaning Rituals

Published: Jun 27, 2012 5:07 PM
By Frank Risalvato | Viewed: 1653
Category: Productivity | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Clients, Search, Hiring, Jobs

There have been more than a few outstanding ideas I regularly use, which I have collected from other "recruiting masters" over the decades. One of the best yearly ritual suggestions which I continue t...

Background Checks Under Attack: EEOC Takes Aim at Hiring Practices

Published: Jun 27, 2012 6:24 PM
By Diane J. Geller | Viewed: 1722
Category: Background Screening | Tags: Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs, Law

This summer, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) signaled that it was planning to revisit its longstanding Guidance (found at http: //www. eeoc. gov/policy/docs/arrest_records. html) wh...

Twitter for Recruiting: Part 1

Published: Jun 26, 2012 4:22 PM
By Jessica Meher | Viewed: 1609
Category: Social Media | Tags: Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, Leadership, Job Orders, Marketing, Staffing, Search, Jobs

“I don’t get Twitter. ” That’s the first thing I said to myself when I first discovered the social media platform Twitter. I can easily recall thinking “Oh great, a...

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