Sourcing and Research

Finding and hiring top recruiter talent is the toughest search assignment to work. It is also the most profitable. You will receive a fee for a successful search assignment; however, a successful placement of a recruiter in your firm will create an ongoing annuity based on the increases in sales, client development and an increased candidate database. Further success will be realized in the internal momentum and synergy among your recruiters that comes with the addition of another productive recruiter.

Building a broad and relevant Twitter following takes time and strategy. In Twitter, part one, we looked at View Suggestions, Browse Interests, Find Friends, and WeFollow. Part two will focus on Twitter’s Advanced Search option and organizational tools.

Twitter’s Advanced Search option can be found at http://search.twitter.com/advanced.  The search is very simple to use,

For many salespeople, the most difficult part of the referral process is how to go from the actual sale into asking for referrals without coming across as nervous, abrupt, anxious or even desperate. Enter the “Referral Bridge.”

I want to start this series on selecting recruiting software by just saying “I love recruiting”. Recruiting is one of the fastest growing, moving and evolving industries I could ever imagine working in and I have had the privilege of seeing some of the most amazing companies, tools and strategies put to work over my 18+ years in the industry. Read more...

TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY TIDBIT- To tweet, or not to tweet

Twitter is considered a micro-blog, users have only 140 characters to answer the question, “what’s happening”? Twitter pages are talking about anything and everything: company acquisitions, mergers, promotions, and open positions, just to name a few on the business side. The 140 character limitation is restrictive, however, you can include a link to your website and/or mention the other social networks where your business can be found.

I have covered this topic a number of times before, but I sincerely want all of you using LinkedIn, even a little bit, to have this knowledge. Linkedin Name Finder is a must have tool when searching LinkedIn.