How to Re-Engage with Clients Who Go Dark
QUESTION: A CEO called me directly for a search and accepted the commitment fee to initiate the first search. Successfully placed a candidate. Sent an email follow-up recap from our conversation and the completed search and asked more questions about the new,...
Dealing with Candidates with Cold Feet After Accepting an Offer
QUESTION: How have you worked with candidates who have agreed to the definition of acceptance but now have cold feet? - Joseph ANSWER: The definition of acceptance is one of our processes that I will explain for first-time readers. We teach our clients...
Techniques for Engaging Candidates that Really Work
QUESTION: My question is about engaging candidates, motivating them to actually get on the phone and have a conversation. In 2020 I was working retained and having a similarly difficult time. I thought people were just too distracted with COVID, setting up new...
Recruiting Firm Succession Planning Considerations
QUESTION: What are some factors now that I need to take into consideration in how to do succession planning? - Gary ANSWER: If you want to sell your business, and I will just include succession planning since that is one of the options, you need to be...
How to Convince Your Client to Work with You Exclusively
QUESTION: How do you shift a client to want to engage with you exclusively in a more volume-driven market? I work in construction and engineering and want to do exclusive work. I do not want to lose work, but I also do not want to be competing with everyone else...
Strategies for Getting in Touch with Hiring Managers
QUESTION: I have no problem reaching candidates, but hiring managers and above are really tough to connect with. I make phone appointments that are partially successful, but I need help on this. - Herbert ANSWER: The two main concepts we talk about to...