The #1 Mistake Most Recruiting Firm Owners Make when Scaling their Business
QUESTION: Mike, 2021 has been a pretty good year for me. I am looking to break into another level and possibly start hiring people, but I am worried about the overhead and expenses of growing a firm. How can you help? – Larry ANSWER: This is a common mistake...
How to Use the Reverse Retainer Method with Recruiting Clients
QUESTION: I have been utilizing your retainer method for signing new clients, taking a diagnostic, and then explaining my process, i.e., reaching out to 60 to 80 candidates, each one up to seven times, and ultimately presenting the best three to five candidates...
How a Marketing Associate Can Dramatically Increase Lead Generation for Your Recruiting Firm
QUESTION: Here in Canada, we are not in a market where we have a plentitude of search assignments to work on. We are an executive search firm offering full fee retained search in the $100,000 to $300,000 market. Our biggest challenge is getting new searches. We...
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...