QUESTION: Mike, I have been stuck between $125,000 and $150,000 in the last 3 years in what has been a pretty healthy economy in my niche. My goal has been $300,000. It is amazing how consistently I end up in the same range, plus or minus $25,000. How do I take my practice to $300,000? […]
QUESTION: Mike, what is the best way to do a business plan for a solo operator? Marty, Auckland, NZ ANSWER: That is a great question which is probably an hour or two of training, but I will share the basics. One, you want to get really clear on the outcomes. In a call I did […]
QUESTION: Mike, do you recommend taking existing clients from contingency to retained or engaged, and if so, how do you do that? Sara, Naperville, IL ANSWER: That is a great question! Yes and no. When I evolved my business from a lot of contingency to retained, I did it mostly with new clients. When I […]
QUESTION: What are the top recruiters now doing to find new clients and job orders? Can you be specific, walking us through step by step? What I am doing is no longer working. I get no reply to emails. I get no reply from my MPC presentations, 90% of which are left as voicemail, and […]
QUESTION: What are your thoughts on programs like BountyJobs.com or RecruitFI.com. What do you think their impact on the recruiting industry long term will be? Is this something we should be participating in? Bill, Colorado ANSWER: Bounty has been around for maybe 10 years and, in my opinion, it has never grown. Good recruiters do […]
Last time we tackled the first part of Gillis’ question by discussing flip marketing calls. In this post we go deeper into email marketing. QUESTION: I am successful in obtaining retainers and am working on good terms with existing clients. What I need to do more of is generate introductory meetings with new potential clients. […]
QUESTION: I am successful in obtaining retainers and am working on good terms with existing clients. What I need to do more of is generate introductory meetings with new potential clients. I have had some success with a broad email marketing approach, but wondered if there was something more specific that I could be doing. […]
QUESTION: I do not have a website. The reason is I do not have many clients or job postings to put on it. How important is it to have a website for a solo? Vic, UK ANSWER: I would say it is very important to have a website. Even when we were in the millions […]
QUESTION: I believe there are a few things holding me back from hitting my goals. We talked about the need for more recruiting presentations, but the biggest issue is sticking to my plan. I spend the time planning and use a great data miner who finds good candidates, but the last step of contacting them […]
QUESTION: Mike, my question is about new client retained search. I recently filled the role and then they hired a second candidate from the group of finalists. They want a discount since they hired two candidates from one search. They pay timely and it was an easy process. What would you give them? It was […]
Michael opened his firm in early 1990. Between 1990 and 1996 Michael cashed-in a mere $1 million as a billing manager. Frustrated, and wanting more, he drastically changed his approach to both the client and candidate side of the business. The result? Michael cashed in over $5.6 million between late 1996 and the end of 2001, when he came off a desk. During that time frame he ranked as a top 10 billing managers three times, ranking as high as second in 2000 with cash in on his desk in excess of $2 million. In 2001 Michael made the strategic decision to grow his firm instead of developing his individual recruiting practice. Training his team on the techniques that launched him, he developed an office that ranks in the top 3% of offices. He was ranked the eleventh fastest growing IT search firm in the country.
