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.

What to Do When You Suspect a Candidate is Lying

Jun 5, 2018 | Working with Candidates

QUESTION: My question is about working with a candidate that is about to be in the process of getting an offer. All along the candidate said, that they have no other offers. The client wants to make an offer, at that same moment the candidate says, that an interview...

The Best Way to End a Flip Marketing Call

May 29, 2018 | Marketing for Recruiters

QUESTION: After going through a prospecting flip call, I have had a great dialog, got good information, asked what you to do to earn the right to do business with them. They tell you they do not have a need right now. What are some ways to end the call? - Tom ANSWER:...

How to Investigate Negative Rumors about Candidates

May 22, 2018 | Working with Candidates

QUESTION: A client company likes a candidate and wants to make him an offer, but they heard from someone in the industry they should not hire him and will share with me, who they spoke to or what they said. They want to see other candidates even though they loved this...

Using Virtual Recruiters in Your Solo Practice or Recruiting Firm

May 15, 2018 | Being the Leader In Your Firm, Training Recruiters

QUESTION: Do the part time recruiters hired as virtual recruiters reach out to people on LinkedIn if they are part of your company? Are they making it look like they are an employee of your firm or LinkedIn? - Kyle, Berkeley Heights ANSWER: I would never make them...

Training New Recruiters to Effectively Take New Search Assignment

May 8, 2018 | Training Recruiters

QUESTION: I have been developing our recruiters and not been getting the my desired result. They are not motivated, and except in isolated instances, the team is not getting the quantifiable information that you would have on a search assignment form. Is it me in the...

Is Cold Calling Dead?

May 1, 2018 | Marketing for Recruiters

QUESTION: I am curious what people are doing. Is cold calling dead? I am old school. This is the way I have earned my business for years, but it seems almost impossible to get through to people these days. - Pam, Montgomery, AL ANSWER: This is one of the topics that...

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