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...