Recruiting
The State of our Financial Market
I was resisting the urge to write about the recent banking meltdown with household names like Fannie and Freddie, Countrywide, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia, AIG, Bear Stearns etc., goliaths taking a fall due to poor decisions made by a few and whose effects are now felt by millions across the globe.
Since this is not [...]
Dating and Recruiting
10 Rules for Dating and Recruiting written by Amy Kimmes.
As a Recruiter that places folks on contracts and contract to hire type positions, I’d add Rule #11.
Breaking up.
As recruiters most of us dread that call from a client on a Friday (or any other day for that matter) asking that the contract employee that you [...]
Negotiating with Candidates
Upon reading this article, it seems that Mr. Raghav Singh is assuming that most recruiters and headhunters only discuss compensation towards the end of the process i.e. when an offer is made by the client.
In my experience working as a Headhunter and training other recruiters - I would never even submit a candidate without closing [...]
LinkedIn not working for you?
For those of you not sure what LinkedIn is - please visit their site. I’m not getting paid by them or through any of their agents to write this (though I wish I was getting paid:).
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that a lot of recruiters use to build a pipeline of passive candidates, and [...]
How to become a Successful Headhunter - Part 1
I’m assuming that you’ve read one of my previous posts How do you become a Headhunter. If not, then please read it. I’ve detailed on how you can become a headhunter/recruiter there. It should open up some new opportunities for you and gives you a pretty decent road map on how to open doors for [...]
Corporate Recruiter versus Agency Recruiter
Corporate Recruiters are recruiters who are employed by a corporation and they work with their HR department to fill open positions corporate wide. Corporate Recruiters are usually spread very thin because they have the responsibility of filling every single open position that the company has. Based on how big the recruiting team is, being a [...]
How do you become a Headhunter?
I got in the headhunting game by fluke. I was getting ready to graduate from The College of Wooster with a degree in Business Economics and the reality of getting a job was setting in. Fortunately, I had a college friend who was a Headhunter in Northern Virginia and I reached out to him asking [...]
Stop being stupid
I was recently at an outplacement event where I was helping a client who had lost a contract and had a large team of people that would require help in finding new employment.
I did several 10-15 minutes interviews to get basic information - name, contact information, skills etc., gave out my cards and asked people [...]
Love them OR Hate them - they’re here to stay
Here’s an acronym that makes most sales and recruiting professionals shudder – VMS, unless you belong to the company that owns the VMS.
VMS or Vendor Management System has been around for about 10 years now and used by mid size and large corporation for procuring contract or contingent workers. Most VMS’s are web based where [...]
Is this what you call Recruiting?
I usually get emails like this a couple of times per week while I’m not even looking for a new job. I can only imagine what people who are actively seeking new employment must have to go through to weed out garbage like this in their inbox.I’ve removed the name, phone number and email address [...]
