The Best Way to Make Initial Contact with a Candidate
QUESTION: How do you feel about initiating a first contact with a candidate via LinkedIn and mail or email? Do you feel the phone is still the best way to do this? - Conrad, Walpole, MA ANSWER: I prefer initiating first contact via phone for recruiting. It is not...
How to Level Up Your Marketing
QUESTION: Are there any new sources, websites, or technology you have experienced or heard good things about you can recommend? - Ray ANSWER: That is way too broad. There are all these kinds of little hacks. New technology, most recruiters are not using old...
Finding Contact Information for Remote Workers
QUESTION: In making calls in the technical sales area we are running into a few problems. We are having problems getting phone numbers for some that work remotely, like territory and regional managers, also getting sales people with a manager title that do not manage...
How to Handle New Recruiters that are Underperforming
QUESTION: We have an employee that just started with us a few months ago and is drastically underperforming. We compensate our recruiters primarily on salary with little commission. She lost her brother and her father is likely to pass very soon. We are considering...
Should Recruiters Use Video?
QUESTION: Also, I have been looking to utilizing short videos since I have been reading that people are more responsive to video than emails these days. Have you heard of others doing this and what the results have been? - Conrad, Walpole, MA ANSWER: Video is so much...
How to Use Job Boards to Find Candidates
QUESTION: There are lots of open jobs in the area I recruit and one of the major issues in 2018 has been candidate shortage. The methods I use most regularly are headhunting, using LinkedIn, advertising, using major job boards, plus utilizing their talent search tool,...