The RecruiterU Has Merged!
As of August 1, 2024 TRU has merged with Next Level Exchange, Dimensional Search, Sanford Rose Associates, and all Starfish Partners enterprises to transform recruitment training, coaching, and consulting.
Making the Leap from Corporate Recruiting to Starting Your Own Firm
QUESTION: I am an experienced corporate recruiter, and I am making the jump and starting my own recruiting firm which will be a sole proprietorship. I would love to know what you would consider the most critical things to focus on with the launch of my new...
Marketing Strategies to Founders or Owners of Smaller Companies – Part 2
Last week Mike began answering this question. Go here to read Part 1 of his answer. QUESTION: Mike, I am looking to bring on some smaller tech companies as clients in the 30 to 100, maybe 150 employee bracket, the kind of companies that have 1 or 2 rounds of VC...
Marketing Strategies to Founders or Owners of Smaller Companies – Part 1
QUESTION: Mike, I am looking to bring on some smaller tech companies as clients in the 30 to 100, maybe 150 employee bracket, the kind of companies that have 1 or 2 rounds of VC funding. The issue I have is that my ideal hiring manager is the Chief Technology...
How to Get Inspired with Metrics
QUESTION: Can you ever be a good recruiter if you are not metrics goal oriented? I rock when I am inspired, but numbers do not inspire me. - Anonymous ANSWER: There are a lot of recruiters that bill $300,000, $400,000, $500,000, $600,000, or $700,000 a year that...
Structuring an Interim Contract
QUESTION: Can you talk about the structure of an interim contract? What are the general terms? What if they want to convert from full time? Is there a conversation clause? Any help on this is welcome. - Jon, Philadelphia, PA ANSWER: Yes,...
Maintaining Motivation and Focus for Recruiters
QUESTION: How do you maintain focus and motivation on a day in, day out basis? - Jeff, IN ANSWER: It is a good question and my gut feeling is that you are not focused on an outcome. I am reading between the lines. Let me just reverse engineer something. Let us say...