Is it time to take a long hard look at yourself with the new dawn of 2012? I don’t mean you to dash off and start the next detox diet, or join a gym , I mean let’s have a look at your business documents and see if they need a little bit of a...
Getting your fee out of the client in the present economic climate can be sometimes tricky. You have done your job, they have the candidate in place ( invoice on day one of work!) yet 7 or 14 or 28 days later ( what are your payment terms?) the...
As December’s festivities kick in with a vengeance, it is easy to feel like giving up the ever increasingly difficult job of getting any one to make a decision about a candidate or a job. It can feel as though all your decision markers are so immersed...
Confidentiality –the key stone to many successful recruitment consultants. What’s said to the consultant ( not necessarily in Vegas) , stays with the consultant – and that’s more true for clients perhaps, than candidates. Have you...
You might think this is something that only applies to financial organisations and large corporates - you would be wrong! If you hold a customer list or database ( however simple) on a computer with names addresses and contact details - maybe even payment...
It’s the age old story – you place a temp with a client for a few, maybe several, assignments – then someone just goes off the radar. The candidate who was keen to know about the next assignment disappears and won’t answer their...
If your consultant leaves your business, to go to a competitor, is their LinkedIn profile and contact list your property as confidential information and therefore protectable, or is it their own personal network , and property? Not...
There has been lots of news coverage this week regarding planned public sector walkouts for a number of teachers unions, and Unison staff which are going to happen later this month. Recruiters and Agencies need to be careful if they...
Some of our previous postings have talked about unscrupulous rivals using personal data – ie CVs and candidate details – in a less than professional way, but some of the tricks being pulled in those circumstances are not only...
Placed any nightmare candidates recently? Ever placed a candidate with a dubious past – who has wrought havoc in the role you placed them into. Ever had that telephone call from the client saying “You know Joe Bloggs that you placed with us...
Perfect Candidate – Perfect role – but you can’t get them in because you are not on the PSL. How easy is it to get onto a PSL? What selection processes are in place for the consultancy and what information do you have to give up, to be...
Following on from the IOR poll last week - the battle of the intros..... You send a CV for a candidate that you have interviewed, and with their consent, to a client. The client replies to say that they have already received the CV from another...
Recruitment is all about who you know and what you know. That ‘database’ in your consultants head can be a tough asset to protect – is putting your recruitment consultant on garden leave for a month your only protection when one of your...
You have just placed a great candidate in a role with a new client who came to you as they were struggling to fill a vacancy which required a particular skill set. Having ‘pulled one of out of the bag’ often at the last moment and after much...
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