Absorbing Market Share: How to Dominate Your Desk Now

Despite the slowdown, those who are absorbing market share are the ones winning right now. Many people ask me, "What are you seeing in the marketplace?" Absorbing Market Share Starts with Stronger Marketing Efforts Over the last couple of months, I have been...

Plant Your Tree: How to Unlock Recruiting Success Now!

QUESTION: Mike, we are more than halfway through the year, and I am nowhere near my goal. I am incredibly undisciplined and if I had to confess, unfocused. I have a goal of $300,000 for the year and am sitting at about $75,000. How do I fix that and unlock recruiting...

How to Charge More in a Client-Friendly Way

QUESTION: How can I raise fees with my existing clients? I settled for 20% with some of them a few years ago. Now, I have proven myself to them, and I know they are paying higher fees to others. https://youtu.be/SdkNd0lrRFk Starting the Conversation About Raising...

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.

How to Determine Compensation for Referrals

QUESTION: I am meeting with a business coach tomorrow that is interested in sending referrals in exchange for a percentage of the placements that I make from his customers. I have never done this before. What is the typical percentage to pay someone that can give me...

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Tracking Metrics for Email Conversations

QUESTION: We get a lot of emails, LinkedIn, etc. versus phone calls. What metrics are important to track to give that?  - Brian ANSWER: I track response rates. If I send out 100 MPC emails, my clients are typically getting a 20% to 40% response rate. By response, I...

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How to Fake It Until You Make it in a New Niche

QUESTION: I have a call with a potential client tomorrow and was told he expects me to have a network of candidates in their niche. Honestly, I am trying to break into this niche so I do not have many contacts yet. How do I fake until I make it? What good word tracks...

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2019 Trends in Recruiting

QUESTION: What do you think the 3 new trends of recruiting in 2019 that are impacting our business?  - Lisa, FL  ANSWER: The ongoing trends are not anything specific.  The main trends you are going to see are a continuing trend, because of market demographics meaning...

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How to Find New Clients

QUESTION: One of the major things that is holding me back is finding clients. - Roger  ANSWER: When I hear someone has trouble finding and attracting clients I am guessing they are talking to almost nobody. We have measured this in a bunch of different desk...

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