10 Essential Qualities to Spot in Effective Remote Workers
How do you identify truly committed remote workers? Here are 10 essential qualities to identify during the recruitment process.
Meet Heather Larkin: RecruitLoop Recruiter In Greenville, South Carolina
We decided to catch up with Heather Larkin one of our awesome new recruiters from Greenville, South Carolina.
How To Improve Employee Engagement in the Workplace [Infographic]
Distracted workers cost U.S. businesses a whopping $350 billion annually. The solution is to hire the right workers, but engaging them isn't so simple.
Why Rejecting Candidates is Actually Good for Your Employer Brand
Rejecting candidates and providing feedback should be considered part of the recruitment process and can ultimately improve your employer brand.
The Link Between Employee Engagement and Customer Loyalty
Believe it or not there is a strong correlation between how happy and engaged your workforce is with the level customer loyalty and client satisfaction.
Who Really Needs to get Involved in the Recruitment Process?
Having too many decision makers in the recruitment process can become a hindrance to the point that you might never actually make the hire.
6 Tips for First-Time Managers to Thrive at Work
If you are a first-time manager, it's now time for you to help others succeed by delegating work to them - not by doing everything yourself.
What Type of Leader Are You? [Infographic]
Do you want to be a boss? Or do you want to be a leader? Whatever your management style, the important thing is to know what your strengths are and which skills you need to develop.
How Social Media Can Become Your Recruiting Weapon
Apparently 50% of employers who use social media recruiting strategies find an issue on a profile that influences them to reject a candidate. Where would you fit on the spectrum?
Why it’s Essential to Assess Software Skills During the Hiring Process
At what point during the recruitment process should you conduct a skills assessment of a potential new hire? Here are some great suggestions.
6 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement and Build an Irresistible Organization
Here are 6 ways you can improve employee engagement, build an irresistible organization, and become an employer of choice.
3 More Reasons SMBs Should Engage an External HR Specialist
Here are 3 more common scenarios where an external HR specialist can help your business overcome unnecessary workplace obstacles.
The Future of Recruitment: 7 Tips on How to Best Recruit Gen Z
Gen Z-ers are becoming adults and smart business leaders are acknowledging their contributions to their company’s greatest potential. Here are seven tips on how to best recruit Gen Z.
Recruiters are Now Marketers (So Start to Think Like One!)
As a recruiter you need to stand out, be different and use new or different channels to engage with your audience. Just like a marketer!
6 Must Read Books for Every Recruiter
On Amazon alone, you'll find more than 7,000 books and publications related to the recruiting profession alone. Here are 6 must read books for every recruiter.
8 Ways to Prevent Ruining Your Productivity
Procrastination is very common. We all do it at some point. In reality, we can improve our productivity by focusing on what precisely ruins it.
5 Ways to Discover That Recruiters Aren’t Wizards
Here are few things you can continue doing as a hiring manager to quickly discover that your recruiter is not actually a wizard.
7 Unconventional Social Recruiting Channels To Find Potential Job Applicants
More than 50% of initial recruitment screening is happening through unconventional social media channels. So how can recruiters get the best results?
6 Ways to Attract a Rockstar Employee
Here’s a comprehensive checklist to work through the next time you need to hire somebody to ensure you can attract a potential rockstar employee.
3 Reasons SMBs Should Engage an External HR Specialist
Here are 3 common scenarios where an external HR specialist can help your business overcome an obstacle.
Thinking about hiring a graduate? It might seem like a leap of faith, but this could be the best decision you ever make for your business.
11 Employee Perks to Attract Top Talent [Infographic]
Your ability to demonstrate to potential candidates that you can offer great perks and benefits will help you attract your future top performers.
7 Ways to Provide Your Interns With a Valuable Experience
Whether paid or unpaid, or simply providing extra experience for interns to place on their resumes, the internship program should be a valuable one.
10 Reasons Not To Ignore Active Job Seekers
Unfortunately some say, ‘If they are looking for a job, they can’t be any good.’ Here are 10 reasons why you can’t afford to ignore active job seekers.
6 Tips On Reaching Out to Candidates Like a Rockstar
While technology has certainly changed the recruitment industry in many ways, the magic of recruiting still happens in relationships.
How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Employees [Infographic]
You don't have to lose sleep when you need to give constructive feedback to your employees. Doing it well can actually help them to grow.
7 Pitfalls to Avoid in Managing Remote Teams
Remote teams can work just as well as in-office teams by encouraging productive communication, choosing the right team members, and staying connected.
Are You a Good Boss? [Infographic]
Being a good boss is about keeping those who really respect you away from those who haven’t quite yet made up their minds!
5 Reasons Why You Should Eliminate Chairs From Team Meetings
Do standing meetings help teams accomplish more, or are they a corporate fad to accompany the latest set of fashionable buzzwords?
7 Things to Consider Before Engaging a Recruiter
You wouldn't hire a lawyer without asking them a few questions, would you? Well there’s a lot to uncover before engaging a recruiter too. And rest assured finding out up front will save you a lot of angst in the long run.
5 Things You Should Consider When Hiring a Marketing Expert
Here's a list of what you should consider when hiring a marketing expert to design a strategy that will make your products and services more alluring to prospective customers.
10 Ways to Successfully Manage a Team Whilst Working Remotely
This Infographic highlights 10 ways to successfully manage a team whilst working remotely.
How to Build a Candidate Shortlist in 3 Simple Steps
Finding the person that will be a true asset to your company is never easy. It requires being innovative to attract and obtain the right candidate.
Your 6 Step Checklist to Crafting the Perfect Job Description
Every candidate expects to see a job description if they are going to consider a career move. What sort of impression are you creating if you can’t even provide a potential new employee with a detailed description of the job you expect them to do for you?
How to Get Away With Managing Millennials
Managing millennials can be a somewhat tedious task. What are millennials expecting from their bosses? What motivates them, and how can you keep them engaged in their work?
Will Your Employer Brand be Ruined by Social Media? [Infographic]
Now more than ever before, it's important to build a positive employer brand. But the rules for how you do that have changed considerably.
4 Ways to Push a Candidate’s Hot Buttons Around Salary Packages
Candidates are interested in their total salary package. An increase in base salary or an offer of profit share may not get them across the line.
Why A Poor Candidate Experience Can Destroy Your Business
Far too many candidates are starting to feel disrespected and even resentful during the recruitment process. Whether you’re a hiring manager, or internal recruiter, it’s up to you to ensure you treat your future potential employees with the respect they deserve.
3 Ways to Slash Costs if You’re Running a Recruitment Agency
Here are 3 tried-and-tested ways for anyone running a recruitment agency to slash their operational costs while maintaining a high-quality of work.
5 Ways to Guarantee You Won’t Fill Your Open Roles
If you're having a problem hiring - with a recruiter or not - here are five possible reasons you can't get butts into your seats.
The Insiders Guide to Passive Candidates [Infographic]
Here's a fantastic infographic highlighting how and why attracting passive candidates is often the best way to find to find your next employee, rather than waiting on the ideal candidate to come to you.
4 Employee Recognition Tips That Don’t Involve a Paybump
Here are 4 of the most powerful rewards for keeping your employees happy and engaged at work that don't involve a pay rise.
Why Allowing Social Media At Work Can Help Attract Top Talent
When it comes to recruiting top talent, candidates are happy with fewer perks provided you allow them a reasonable amount of social media time at work.
5 Awesome Tips to Create a Distraction-Free Team Environment
Have you ever wondered why people get distracted just when you expect them to do their best job? It's actually OK if they get distracted from time to time.
What You Need to Know When Recruiting Generation Z
You thought the Millennial crowd was an alien breed, and now you’re about to meet an entire generation that will tip the scales. Welcome to Generation Z.
7 Ways to Spot a Specialist Recruiter From a Generalist in Disguise
What is your so-called ‘specialist’ recruiter really offering you? Are you getting real value for money? Are they a specialist or a generalist in disguise?
5 Ways for Recruiters to Attract Passive Candidates and New Clients
Digital has changed the way you operate as a recruiter. If you don't adapt you'll start to lose market share as your smart competitors win more business.
12 Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Vacation Time [Infographic]
Discover 12 reasons why your brain craves vacation time, and the science behind them, check out the infographic to see why you should encourage your team to take holidays.
5 Recruitment Alternatives for Small Businesses
There are a number of serious alternatives small business owners and hiring managers can consider when selecting new employees. This post offers a brief overview of five major alternatives to the traditional job interview.
6 Ways to Ensure Your Recruitment Process Doesn’t Slow Down Over Summer
Summer can be your best friend whether you’re a hiring manager or a recruiter. Here are 6 ways to prevent a Summer slowdown.
12 Ways to Get Recruiters Gagging For Your Business
Picture it: Your business has reached the stage where you need to employ someone new into the team. But you’re far too busy to recruit the position yourself so you’ve decided to engage the services of a recruitment consultant. Regardless of whether you’ve decided to go with a generalist or a specialist recruiter, the recruiter […]
5 Secrets to Hiring the Right People
Finding the right people goes beyond the perfect resume or stellar interview. Here are some other considerations to keep in mind when hiring the right candidate.
7 Characteristics of Résumes Bound for Instant Rejection
Here are 7 application and résume atrocities that should prompt you to instantly reject a candidate.
7 Ways to Stand Out to Passive Candidates
A passive candidate is someone who is not necessarily looking for a new job, but would be open to taking a new job if the right offer comes along.
5 Text Messaging Tips For Recruiters
Here are some helpful tips to optimize your next mobile outreach campaign to find the most qualified candidates.
What Type of Office is Right for Your Business? [Infographic]
UK-based 'Make it Cheaper' has published this Infographic outlining how although choosing an office space can seem daunting, selecting the right one will ensure your business continues to succeed.
5 Tips to Ensure You Evaluate Candidates Consistently
It is important to observe and maintain consistent standards whenever you interview and evaluate candidates regardless of the job in question.
How to Improve Your Brainstorming Sessions [Infographic]
Is there are art to the perfect brainstorming session? The tips in this Infographic could even help you develop your next ground breaking idea.
4 Ways Your Office Design Can Help Entice Prospective Hires
Office design can reveal a lot about your company culture and is one way you can make sure you stand out to prospective hires.
5 Workplace Management Tips for Increasing Productivity
Here are some suggestions that may come in handy if you want to establish a productive and healthy workflow in your office.
How To Stay Connected While Working Remotely [Infographic]
Here's an awesome visual that demonstrates how utilizing networking apps, changing your location and embracing human connections can leave you feeling inspired, in-touch and in the best position to succeed.
How to Build Outplacement and Career Transitioning into Your Portfolio
We recently hosted a webinar to help recruiters integrate outplacement into their portfolio. Our special guest was Greg Weiss, Founder of CareerSupport365.
Top 50 C-Level Sales Professionals in Boston
Here's a list of the Top 50 Sales Professionals in Boston based on their experience, qualifications and digital footprint.
5 Unspoken Responsibilties of HR Professionals
Check out these 5 unspoken responsibilities you may not have known are handled by HR.
Minimum Wages Around The World [Infographic]
Minimum wages vary drastically throughout the world. Recent amendments in some US cities will make their minimum wages some of the highest in the world right up there with Australia, Luxembourg and France.
6 Essential Sales Tips For Recruiters
Sure recruitment is about helping candidates get jobs; or finding the best talent for employers. But whether you like it or not recruitment is sales.
The Importance of Real Conversations When it Comes to Coaching
Coaching is a great example of where we sometimes follow a framework a bit too closely and then miss the key ingredient - the human connection.
6 Ways Recruitment Consultants Piss Off Their Clients
I thought I would share a few of the more common responses I received from a recent survey I conducted with hiring managers … a snapshot of what they are actually thinking.
Recruiting a Superstar: 5 Ways to Engage Candidates
Candidates today want you to treat them like you’d treat your customers. It all starts with your first impression - your job description.
Top 50 Hadoop Developers In The Bay Area
Here's a list of the Top 50 Hadoop Developers in the Bay Area based on their experience, qualifications and digital footprint.
Now is the time for visionary leaders to come forward and inspire and lead the change we need for workplaces of the future to be consciously created.
How to Manage Staff Expectations Around Promotions
If someone approaches you in your organisation wanting a promotion, you need to seriously consider whether they are in fact looking for a promotion, or a new job entirely.
8 Warning Signs You’re About to Lose a Team Member
Whilst there are some pretty obvious tell-tale signs that someone in your team has one foot out the door, other signs might be less obvious. It's up to you to be more aware.
Top 50 Female C-Level Marketing Professionals in Seattle
Last week we celebrated International Women’s Day to recognise the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all over the world. Over the last few months, we’ve shone the spotlight on several groups of awesome women for their amazing contribution to ‘all things tech’. We set out to do this intentionally given that the […]
10 Not-So-Conventional Ways To Attract Talent
Putting an ad in the local paper might not do for a business what it used to. Check out this list for some innovative ways to attract talent.
7 Email Habits to Ditch to Improve Business Etiquette
In 2010, research showed the average corporate worker received 110 emails a day, and since then, the numbers have continued to grow. Today people are so overwhelmed that 63% of marketers consider overflowing email inboxes to be one of the top four inefficiencies in the workplace. However, it isn’t just the high volume of emails […]
10 Tools for Sourcing Candidates by the Hundreds
With the right tools, you can save time by automating a lot of the sourcing process. Here's a list of tools to help when it comes to sourcing candidates.
Top 50 Female UI/UX Designers, Austin, Texas
In an effort to bring some more positive news to the issue of women in tech, and highlight the positive impact so many women are having in this space, last month we sourced the top female engineers in New York. This month we’ve moved to Austin, to source the top UI/UX Designers in tech.
How to Get Super Stars to Work Effectively in a Team
One of the goals every single company or business strives towards is to put together an all-star team, gathering all of the best professionals from several disciplines, and having them achieve amazing things. However, while that approach has many merits, it’s not exactly perfect. Super star employees which are the best at what they do […]
4 Reasons to Implement an Employee Referral Program
Every employee is a walking job advertisement. A well designed and operated Employee Referral Program can bring qualified candidates directly to your door.
Why Sourcing Needs to be Key to Your Recruitment Strategy
Here's a recap of our recent RecruitLoop webinar - Why Sourcing Needs to be Key to Your Recruitment Strategy
8 Ways to Avoid a Stressful Workplace Investigation
Nick Hedges and Katriina Tahka share their tips and advice on how to get your workplace investigations right every time.
6 Smart Moves to Help You Recruit the Best Talent
Don't expect recruiting to get easier anytime soon. Here are 6 smart moves to help you in recruiting the best talent out there.
5 Reasons To Implement A Career Outplacement Program
Despite the unemployment rate of 5.1% in October last year (the lowest in the past 7 years) and the median forecasted rate of 4.8% for 2016, companies still need to prepare for staff layoffs and terminations. As organizations strive to get lean, go through mergers and acquisitions, and continue to automate and outsource non-core business […]
Top 50 Female Full Stack Developers in New York City
n an effort to bring some more positive news to the issue of women in tech, and highlight the positive impact so many women are having in this space, last month we sourced the top female engineers in San Francisco. This month we’ve moved to New York City, to source the top full stack developers […]
It doesn’t matter whether your company is a small business or large corporation – talent is key to achieving your business goals. Needless to say, there are many companies competing with you for acquiring talents, so if you keep on relying on recruiting methods which aren’t adjusted to this target, you might simply lose them […]
When is it Time to Define Your Company Culture?
Your company culture can, and will, dictate the amount of money your business makes, the type of people you hire and ultimately the success you achieve as organisation. But does culture really need to be documented? It's a question many people ask, especially in the early days of building a business.
We started RecruitLoop after years of frustration in hiring, from all sides of the equation. We’re rebuilding recruitment from the ground up, leveraging technology to unbundle the process and give companies the hiring support they need, on their terms, with better results. RecruitLoop is a platform for Elastic Recruiting with a marketplace of expert recruiters […]
9 Ways to Make Sure You Have Effective Meetings [Infographic]
How can you conduct a meeting that engages, inspires and actually achieves results? Are there really such things as effective meetings?
How Recruiters, Sourcers, and Hiring Managers See Each Other
Twenty years in the recruitment game is a long time. The industry has transformed incredibly, and over the last 2 decades I’ve also been on the receiving end of some pretty strange assumptions (sometimes perhaps more like ‘accusations’) about exactly what I did. I’ve got thick skin so when a prospective client once told me to my […]
How to Organise Your Office for Maximum Productivity [Infographic]
How you organise your office can be just as effective at improving your business’s bottom line as the way you optimise your operations.
6 Reasons Why Recruiters Really Can Find Better Candidates
There’s a growing feeling that hiring companies and recruiters are on a level playing field. Can recruiters really find better candidates?
12 Reasons Why You Should Let Your Employees Play Games [Infographic]
How can you relieve stress and boost employee morale in the workplace? Letting your employees play games may just be the answer!
How to Expand Your Reach in a Global Environment of Talent Diversity
Sourcing Thought Leader Jim Stroud shares his thoughts on how to expand your reach in a global environment of talent diversity with a focus on autism.
7 Ways to Guarantee a Positive Candidate Experience
It's critical for hiring managers and recruiters to create a positive candidate experience if they want them to remain loyal and not head straight to a competitor.
5 Quick Tips if You Need to Hire in a Hurry
How do you hire and get the best result, as quickly and cost effectively as possible? Tamara Blythman shares 5 tips for anyone needing to hire in a hurry.
5 Tips on How to Best Manage Remote Teams
3 experts from Influitive and GitHub share their tips on how to manage remote teams
Recruiter Tips: 3 Things to Include in a Winning Proposal
Recruiters often ask us for advice on what to include in a winning proposal, so here are three tips for how to make your next proposal world-class.
5 Essential Interview Questions To Ask Every Candidate
Editor’s Note: This post is by Paul Slezak, Cofounder and CEO of RecruitLoop – the World’s largest marketplace of expert Recruiters and Sourcers available on-demand. The war for quality talent is so fierce right now that if you are lucky enough to have identified a star candidate, you need to ensure that you make the most of the interview and not waste your […]
7 Tips For Building Your Dream Team
You know you can recognise a great team the moment you encounter one. Whether it’s on a sporting field or at a pub trivia night, there’s something about great teams that stands out; there’s a certain energy and unity that radiates. Great teams create envy for many leaders, especially when you’re looking to grow your business […]
How to Retain and Motivate Your Scaling Team
Leading a team can sometimes be pretty damn scary. Here is a snapshot from a recent webinar we ran on how to retain and motivate your scaling team.
The 10 Reasons People Really Quit Their Jobs [Infographic]
People quit their jobs for a number of reasons. Smart companies are prepared for when their people inevitably move on.
5 Tips For Getting Into Bed With A Recruiter And Enjoying It
Recruiters aren’t selling a product that is made to a prototype that can be mass produced and have bells and whistles added to it at will. We are people recruiting people for people. And people are the most unpredictable animals on the planet so it goes to reason that with this many people in […]
9 Simple Employee Recognition Ideas for Your Daily Routine
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Andre Janus, CEO, Cristaux International in Elk Grove Village/IL. His opinions are his own. We all work harder when we’re happy and when we feel that we’re really valued. The connection between appreciation and effort is primal, and even the most humble folks in your workforce want […]
How Non-Techies Can Find the Right Tech Talent [Infographic]
Last week I went along to GitHub’s “Universe” conference here in San Francisco. It was certainly an event of epic proportion. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. However one thing that became very clear to me was that even after playing in the recruiting game for 20+ years now, recruiting in the tech space […]
5 Simple Hacks to Find Candidate Email Addresses in Under 5 Minutes
Here are 5 ways to find candidate email addresses in less than 5 minutes, so you can easily get in touch with them about your amazing opportunity.
How to Have a Difficult Conversation With a Team Member
Nick Hedges shares his tips for any business owner having to have a difficult conversation with a poor performing team member or a difficult employee.
Employer Branding: How to Create a Magnetic Force to Attract Top Talent
The concepts of employer branding and attracting top talent go hand in hand. If you want to attract the best candidates, you need to create an employer brand that resonates with the best talent.
The Importance of Salary in Attracting and Retaining Key Talent [Infographic]
Attracting and retaining key talent starts with having a salary and compensation system that actually makes your workforce feel valued.
How To Maintain Standards And Culture While Building Remote Teams
2 talent acquisition experts share their stories and tips on creating a scalable process to source, hire and engage talent while building remote teams.
How Chameleons Will Win In The New World Of Recruitment
Bernadette Eichner shares 7 tips from her recent RCSA conference presentation, “Reinventing Yourself as a Recruiter in the New World of Recruitment”.
7 Strategies You Can Implement Today To Be A Successful Recruiter
Here are 7 simple strategies you can take back to your desk today to ensure you're a successful recruiter.
How to Build Your Employer Brand
Here are three fundamentals to creating an employer brand that is authentic, enduring, and extremely effective.
5 Of The Most Common HR Mistakes Business Owners Make
Nick Hedges addresses 5 of the most common HR mistakes business owners make from and how you can avoid them.
Model Warren Buffett’s Strategy. Hire Based on Strengths.
How can you model Warren Buffett's strategy and hire based on strengths only employing candidates in the top 20% and know this, even before you interview?
How Famous Business Leaders Deal With Stress [Infographic]
Taking advice from some of the greatest business leaders on how they deal with stress could help you improve your own approach to stress management.
Recruiter Tips: How To Ensure You Don’t Alienate Your Client
Don't alienate your client. Knowing what questions to ask them isn't enough. You also need to know how and when to ask them.
What Do Candidates Really Think About How You Treat Them?
How you treat candidates is an integral part of the hiring process that can impact how effectively your organisation attracts and recruits quality talent.
Why I Love Sharing Hiring Strategies With Tech Startups
Certain hiring strategies apply far more to tech startups because typically nobody in the founding team comes from a recruiting background.
10 Tips for Resolving Workplace Conflict and Increasing Productivity
When it comes to workplace conflict, it’s up to the boss to resolve it and bring the office morale and productivity back up to par.
How to Assess Candidates Using the STAR Interview Technique
The best way to assess how a candidate will perform in a role, is to use the STAR interview technique to see how they performed a similar task in the past.
Why I Love Sharing Hiring Strategies With Small Businesses
If one of the most overused phrases in small businesses today is that “people are our greatest asset", why are hiring strategies so often non existent?
How to Avoid a Churn and Burn Approach to Hiring
Have you ever really stopped to think just how important it is to find the best person for the job and not just someone who happens to be immediately available?
Meet Sandra Karamitelios: RecruitLoop Recruiter In Brisbane, Australia
Sandra Karamitelios has nearly 20 years' recruitment experience and has placed top talent for organisations right across Australia and New Zealand.
How to Deal With Delusional Expectations in the Workplace
The notion of promotion can differ depending on whom you ask. For some it may mean more responsibility. For others it may equate to more seniority and a new title on a business card.
Webinar: Cool Tools and Technology for Independent Recruiters
Don't run the risk of spending more time obsessing over all the recruitment technology available than running your recruitment business.
9 Agile Recruiting Tools For Candidate Outreach
You already have the people skills, now get the tech skills that will take your recruitment game to the next level.
Why Performance Appraisals Could Actually Be Destructive [Infographic]
Here's a really interesting infographic which poses the question around whether employee performance reviews are productive or destructive. You decide.
Meet Rick Gilbert: RecruitLoop Recruiter In Los Angeles, California
Meet Rick Gilbert. With over 10 years experience as a recruiter Rick has a successful track record of filling leadership positions in multiple states across the United States.
6 Tools That Will Change The Way You Reach Out to Candidates
Time isn’t always on your side as a recruiter. Here are 6 tools that will change the way you can access candidates' contact information at scale.
Beware of the Software Super Salesperson!
In order to avoid making a purchase you might regret later, here are the things you should focus on when purchasing software for your business.
Will the Future of Work Rest on the Next Generation? [Infographic]
Here's an awesome infographic which shows the HR sector why the future of the modern workplace rests on the shoulders of the next generation.
Webinar: How to Create Great Cashflow as an Independent Recruiter
Learn how to create regular cashflow, build a sales pipeline, and get paid as an independent recruiter.
Conversational Marketing: Why It’s Great And Who Does It Best
Your Facebook page isn't just a place to advertise your business. It's a platform for customers to reach out to you knowing that they'll get a response.
Webinar: How to Market Yourself and Create Your Personal Brand
You are the architect of your own success as an Independent Recruiter. Learn how to market yourself and create your own personal brand.
5 Ways To Avoid Being ‘Just Another Recruiter Who Fails To Deliver’
If you want to instil trust in your client and be seen as a credible professional, here's how to avoid being ‘just another recruiter who failed to deliver’.
Webinar: How To Build A Client Base And Get Referrals
Whether you're a recently liberated recruiter or already have your independent recruiting business up and running, you have all the foundations in place to grow your business.
6 Top Reasons To Take A Close Look At Your Sales Process
Here are some of the most common sales mistakes businesses make, and ways you can avoid them.
4 Traps To Avoid When Interviewing Candidates
Here are a few tips to avoid what, in the recruitment world, is often referred to as a “bums on seats” approach to hiring.
5 Ways To Launch An Awesome Employee Recognition Program
Fact: Organisations that take the time to reward and recognise their people grow faster, are more profitable and are more pleasurable places to work.
Webinar: How To Value Your Time And Experience As An Independent Recruiter
Learn how to value your time and expertise as an independent recruiter and get paid for every hour you work, regardless of whether a placement is made or not.
Meet Samuel Prince: RecruitLoop Recruiter In Seattle, Washington
Samuel Prince is a specialist recruiter for cyber security covering all major metropolitan markets in the USA, as well as the UK and Israel.
Why HR Analytics Can Help Improve A Company’s Bottom Line
Given the hype about how HR is shifting from an administrative department to one that plays a crucial role in outlining business strategies, should HR analytics be more widespread across HR departments?
How To Create A Winning Employee Retention Strategy [Infographic]
All too often, companies see salary as the sole contribution to employee satisfaction. The net result? Employees are looking for new opportunities in 2015.
Webinar: Get Your Head And Desk Into The $100K Zone
The time has never been better for professional recruiters wanting to go it alone. Learn the tips to earn $100K+ as an independent recruiter.
Webinar Series: How To Build A $100K Income As An Independent Recruiter
Many independent recruiters are earning $150K+ while managing to strike the perfect work-life balance. Learn the tips to make it work for you.
Meet Danny Powell: RecruitLoop Recruiter In Houston, Texas
Recruiter spotlight on Danny Powell from Houston, Texas. 20 years recruitment experience right across the USA - from Atlanta, to Chicago, and from Oklahoma to Orange County.
5 Tips On How To Handle Staff Resignations
There are certain tactics employers should keep in mind in order to help prevent the repercussions of a sudden and unexpected change or loss in staff.
Recruiting Is A Professional Service. Value Your Time Like It.
Sometimes it’s hard for recruiters to get their heads around the notion of charging by the hour. But the sooner they start to value what they do like other professional services providers the better.
5 Reasons Why Content Marketing Can Help Your Recruiting Efforts
Far too often there is nothing to distinguish between a job posting and a job description. So does it really always make sense to trust HR to find the right person to fill that job?
5 Ways To Let Your Team Know You’re A Control Freak
Every manager wants to be a control freak, right? Nobody wants to believe in empowerment, autonomy, or recognizing achievements. It’s all about micromanagement and having a demotivated team who live in fear. Sadly this is true of far too many managers.
How Gamification Can Help You Attract The Best Talent
Here's a guide to 'all things gamification' that could be of value to both internal and agency recruiters who are always on the look out for ways to stay ahead.
Recruiter Tips: Sales Calls – Going Back to Basics
“We’ve never spoken but I have KPIs to hit so can we please meet?” Is this how your sales calls might sound? There’s a right way to making sales calls and a wrong way. Here are some tips to increase your chances of getting through.
Psychometric Testing: Is It Really Comparing Apples With Apples?
When it comes to Psychometric Testing, nearly everyone thinks they know what it is and has an opinion about it. But most of us can't actually explain the fundamental principles or myriad variations of either.
Meet John Palcisko: RecruitLoop Recruiter in Cleveland, Ohio
John Palcisko is a relatively new member of the RecruitLoop community. He has been sourcing sales and manufacturing talent for over 14 years.
Recruiter Tips: Busting The Myth Around Retainers
Why has the notion of working on retainer always been ‘reserved’ for perm or executive search consultants? Any recruiter can work on retainer ... even temp consultants.
Generation Showdown: X vs Y vs Z [Infographic]
Understanding the different motivations and skills of Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z is vital when it comes to talent attraction, selection and retention.
7 Social Recruiting Mistakes You Should Avoid
If you're planning to incorporate social media into your recruitment strategy, here are some mistakes you should try to avoid if you want to ensure are top of mind with the best candidates.
Recruiter Tips: Managing Your Clients’ Expectations
When it comes to dealing with our clients, as recruiters we can never ever assume. It’s absolutely essential that we manage our clients’ expectations from the get go and at every stage throughout the recruitment process.
Feelin’ The Vibe: 4 Life Hacks For Conducting Better Interviews
It's important to provide a comfortable interview environment for your candidates since there's no doubt that candidate comfort leads to better interview results.
Why Do We Fear Change In The First Place?
Survival of the fittest has actually hardwired our brains to seek patterns and avoid change. Marty Wilson explains how we can’t let that underdeveloped Neanderthal part of our brain convince us to spend our life safely tucked up inside our cave.
8 On-boarding Tips To Ensure You Keep Your Best Talent
Hiring managers need to employ the resources to develop new hires in ways that will not only retain them but will assist them in becoming top-performers.
5 Tips to Make Your New Year Resolutions Actually Happen
Setting small, attainable goals throughout the year, instead of a singular, overwhelming goal on January the 1st will give you a much better chance of achieving what you're striving for.
Passive Sourcing: You’re Doing It Wrong
Like many folks in the Bay Area, I get a fair number of messages from recruiters and hiring managers who are passively sourcing candidates. And after a while of getting these messages and talking to these people, I've come to a conclusion: you're doing it wrong.
Why You Should Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
‘Why would I even want to get out of my comfort zone? I’m comfortable!’ Marty Wilson suggests that there are two reasons why constantly trying new things that challenge and unsettle you is really good for you.
Meet Suzanne Rey: RecruitLoop Recruiter in San Diego, California
global citizen, a seasoned recruiter, a professional singer and a passionate animal rights activist - Suzanne is one of those people in the world who truly make a difference, and we couldn’t be prouder to have her as part of our recruiter community.
Why You Should Consider Hiring “Boomerang Candidates”
Rehiring former employees, also commonly known as 'boomerang candidates', is a growing trend, especially in industries with limited or extremely specialized workforces.
Heads Up, U.S. Employers! You Can Still Lower Your 2014 Tax Bill
At this time of the year, most people start looking back at all they have accomplished, and preparing for the end of year holidays. However, as a business owner, you are more likely thinking about your impending tax return. You are probably wondering if you can still lower your tax bill for this year.
Why Hire an Overqualified Temp?
Two important studies have shown that overqualified staff perform better than those who have average qualifications. The case is even stronger when it comes to temporary workers, since they aren’t necessarily looking for a long-term future with your company.
Recruiter Tips: Caring For Your Client After The Offer Is Made
It’s frightening to think how many recruiters will wash their hands of a ‘client’ once their fee is up on the board. I can’t stress how much additional business I have won over the years from clients after the offer was made.
A Weevil Plague, A Gastro Outbreak, And A Temperamental Debt Collector
For anyone running a business, any unexpected disruption to the day-to-day operations can become frustrating. But then there are some situations that a business owner or manager just can’t prepare for. After all we can’t possibly anticipate everything.
Whether you’re starting out as a manager of a small business or you’ve been a manager for some time, you may have slipped into some bad management habits.
If you realize that every disaster at work – big or small – has four basic components, you can approach things more methodically and with less immediate panic.
Your Small Business Tax Checklist for a New U.S. Hire
Congrats on your new hire! To help you out, here is a checklist of forms you must fill out in the United States so that you can legally have him or her work in your small business.
7 Ways to Avoid Being a Trust-Buster
If your actions are sending trust-busting messages, then what you're communicating is that those relationships don't matter to you. Here are 7 easy ways to quickly build trust.
Finding Candidates on Google: Picking Which Keywords to Use
Google can be an excellent tool for folks who know how to construct the right search. It all comes down to finding the right keywords and creating a search that leads you to the right candidate.
3 Ways To Stop Throwing Money Out The Window
Here are 3 simple, but effective ways to keep your people engaged and prevent your hard earned money from flying out the window (or walking out the door).
Are Recruiters ‘Luddites’ When It Comes To Technology?
Are recruiters as technologically disinclined as some claim? Why don’t you be the judge of that? But in the meantime here are three interesting findings from a recent poll conducted by the team at Software Advice.
I have a confession to make: I LOVE practical jokes. At least, I love them in the office (my brothers might read this and I don't want to give them any ideas!). No matter how formal your work environment, practical jokes have a surprising amount to add to office culture.
Witches, Wizards And Warlocks In The Workplace
Despite having never actually worked at Hogwarts, I’ve still worked alongside my fair share of sorcerers and sorceresses. Sometimes I just didn’t know it … until they’d cast their spell!
[Infographic] Video Interviews: The New Frontier of Job Interviewing
Take a look at “Video Interviews: The New Frontier of Job Interviewing” for a great look at how video conferencing technologies are being used today to conduct interviews by HR reps all over the world. You’ll learn how to prepare for a job interview in the modern video-interview world as well as how your online social activity can impact the chances of landing your dream job.
Why Your Elevator Pitch Depends On Who’s In ‘The Elevator’ With You
You need to have your elevator pitch ready at all times. But just how well you articulate what you do can be the ‘make or break’ between someone believing in you and ultimately agreeing to buy from you.
The True Cost Of Hiring A New Employee [Infographic]
How much is hiring really costing you? What you're spending depends heavily on whether you're doing it yourself or depending on a recruiter. We did the research & ran the numbers, and it turns out that hiring can get EXPENSIVE! Whether you're spending a ton of time (that you should be spending on revenue-generating activities) or a ton of money, it's costly.
Recruiter Tips: Are You ‘Consciously Incompetent’ Or ‘Unconsciously Competent’?
Whether you’ve been recruiting for one minute, 18 months or 5+ years, you need to recognise where you’re sitting along the ‘recruiter competency axis’ and remember you’re not alone.
6 Tips On How To Grow A Global Business … From Brad Sugars – Founder of ActionCOACH
Here are 6 tips on how to grow a global business shared by Brad Sugars the founder of ActionCOACH – the leading global business coaching firm – on his recent Australian road show.
How to Use Boolean Search to Find Top Talent on Google
Companies can (and should!) use Google do the detective work to find top talent. We’re not saying you should use this instead of LinkedIn, GitHub, or a good recruiter. But skipping the power of the top search engine when you’re looking for candidates would be a big mistake.
Casual Fridays, Clock Watchers, Smoke Breaks & Other Culture Defining Moments
Here are few memorable questions and comments from candidate interviews over the years which very quickly helped me sort the yesses from the nos when it came to assessing cultural suitability for my own teams.
5 Ways to Create an Attractive Company Culture
According to a study recently done at Software Advice, job seekers prefer an honest and transparent company culture. What does that mean if you're trying to recruit top talent?
Target Job Ads to the Right Candidates – Think Like an Online Marketer
If you've got open positions in your company, start thinking like a marketer. Your job ads are just that -- advertisements.
4 Things To Consider Before You Interview Any Candidate
Here are 4 things you should consider before you interview anyone and why finding this stuff out beforehand can help you discover the perfect candidate.
Acronym Confusion: Why The Customer Isn’t Always Right
I’ve always prided myself on my customer service ethic, and I’ve always built teams committed to delivering an awesome level of service. But one thing I have also learned is that no matter what the adages say, the customer isn’t always right.
Get Your Job Ad Message Across – Think Like an Online Marketer
Here's a secret for you: stop behaving like a job recruiter. Stop thinking that you can post an ad online and your work is done, because it isn't.
End of Summer & Back to School – What’s the Impact?
With the end of Labor Day weekend in the US and Canada, many of us in the Northern Hemisphere are saying good-bye to the lazy days of summer and hello to a new school year. If you have kids (or remember being one), you know this can be a stressful time of year because of a huge amount of change.
Attract Candidates to Job Ads – Think Like an Online Marketer
The most perfectly crafted job ad is completely useless if the job seeker either can't find the ad, or the title isn't interesting enough for him/her to click on it. Take a close look at your job ad title and put your marketer glasses on in order to make it shine.
Recruiter Tips: The Importance of Objective Evaluation
There are many hiring managers out there who should never be allowed to assess candidates unless you are either sitting right there in front of them, or they are 100% comfortable evaluating the CVs objectively.
Get Your Jobs Found – Think Like an Online Marketer
By continuing to engage in ongoing SEO best practices, future job postings will benefit from a historically strong search engine ranking and incoming applications should continue to improve over time.
Do Your Employees Suck? Check Your Job Descriptions.
Research tells us uncertainty around performance expectations and lack of feedback are major contributors to job stress, low job satisfaction and staff turnover and clearly spells out the cost to productivity and profit when these negative conditions are present in the workplace.
An Open Letter To Hiring Managers … On Behalf Of All Recruiters
On behalf of my fellow recruiters, I feel compelled to share my thoughts to help employers realise that we really can make life easier … if you’re willing to partner with us.
Is Your Recruiter Clueless? Are You Causing It?
Are you working with a clueless recruiter? Or are you inadvertently making your recruiter look clueless? Here are some signs that you’re either working with—or causing—stupidity.
Happy Employees: The Key to Growing Your Business
The secret to a successful business is not only excellent quality of products and services that are offered but also all of the employees within the company. Your workforce is a valuable commodity. They should be nurtured, developed, and also rewarded.