John Zappe
on Jul. 25, 2011
Since launching in 2003, TheLadders has been pretty clear what it’s all about. It’s the place for jobs who pay $100,000 and up, and for candidates in that range.
No more.
Beginning in September, says TheLadders, any salaried worker on their way up is welcome.
Amybeth Hale
on Jul. 22, 2011
Recruiting today should encompass all possible communication methods – of course, this business is a phone business, but if you have the opportunity to take advantage of online tools and resources with minimal effort (as well as minimal investment), why not do so?
Forget social media and Internet research: one of the biggest hassles of developing an online presence starts at the very beginning – creating a company website. Particularly if you are a “solopreneur” with limited budget and manpower.
Thankfully there are some tools out there to help you do this – Top Echelon, for example, created its Hiring Hook product to help recruiters develop a job website and online tools to draw traffic to these sites. Top Echelon started off as a split placement network, then developed a recruiting software product called Big Biller, and now has website development services. This is a great service that I know many of you use.
I was recently introduced to a company called ZipRecruiter, a web-based service that enables companies to post jobs to more than 20 leading job boards with one click as well as search a growing resume database. The company today launched ZipSites, a new feature that lets recruiters create customizable websites to advertise their services and job openings.
The best part? Unlike most other similar services currently available, this particular service of ZipRecruiter is free.
Amybeth Hale
on May 17, 2011
We are only two weeks away from the fifth annual Fordyce Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada! As such, I wanted to provide you with a list of some of the individuals you should certainly take the time to meet while you are attending the Forum. These folks will be in our exhibit hall and available for you to have conversations with throughout the duration of the conference. And of course, we are most appreciative of these companies as our event sponsors for helping us put on the conference – without our sponsors, we would not be able to bring you all the speakers and networking that you love so much about Fordyce!
Make sure you take the time to connect with the following individuals:
John Zappe
on May 5, 2011
A new — and for now, free — toolset from Bullhorn is getting good marks from users who have been testing it for a few months, but what’s most impressive is that it can give recruiters an early heads-up about their connections who may be preparing to “go active.”
KC Carpenter, a healthcare recruiter and co-founder of K.A. Recruiting in Boston, says the still-in-beta Bullhorn Reach is “great. It’s a huge, huge time saver for us … What would take 10 times as long, we can do with one click.”
If automating postings to social networks and optimizing them for search engines was all the service did, “it would definitely be a site I would pay for,” he says. But Radar, the tool that tips you to the likelihood one of your connections may be starting an active job hunt, is something Carpenter sees a “great for business development.”
Amybeth Hale
on Aug. 17, 2010
Our goal is to move beyond ‘vendor’ status to become trusted advisors and consultants with our client companies. So – how do we get past scenarios like the ones outlined in this video?
How many of you have ever encountered situations like these? Clients essentially asking you to work for free, or wanting to ‘test out’ your services with a promise to pay next time, or even haggling your fee to an unacceptable low. Forming strategic relationships does require some negotiation, but this must happen on both sides of the table. Sustainable relationships involve both parties benefiting (known in nature as a symbiotic relationship), not just one (known in nature as a parasitic relationship).
How have you or your company gotten past these types of scenarios? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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