Before you find yourself in an SOS situation, check out Richard Warner’s All Hands on Deck. He explains how to get out of HR Hell and hire the right … Read more
Big Billers Know how to Gain Compliance
To get people to do what we want them to do, we need to give a clear understanding about how we work and ensure that the client and candidate are willing … Read more
Seven Questions to Ask the Recruiter in the Mirror
Do you believe that you’ve reached your full potential as a recruiter? As a business owner? As a person? Are these questions that you even ask … Read more
The Magic of Metrics
I hear it all the time. Recruiters ask, “What is the one thing I can do to hit it big?†Managers say, “Can a hopeless wannabe transform into a … Read more
Ask Barb
Q. My Top Producer has been with me for over six years.  Her work habits are progressively getting worse, and now her negative attitude is adversely … Read more
Selecting for Work Ethic! How to Reduce Staff Turnover
A reader in a recent Fordyce Letter indicated that he has high staff turnover as a result of new recruiters lacking an appropriate work ethic, and inquired … Read more
Internalize – Don’t Memorize
Picture this. A Trainer comes to your city and conducts a one-day training seminar and 100 Recruiters attend. In that seminar the Trainer shares a number … Read more
Coaching Your Placement Team to Run Your Placement Machine
Placement is an individual, one-on-one, one-at-a-time activity. There’s nothing else in the world of work more personal than hiring or changing jobs. … Read more
5 Powerful Recruiting Scripts
Scripts can feel overly constrictive and robotic if you become attached to them but as a point of reference and starting point they can be a huge asset. … Read more
Recruiting on YouTube
Vendors selling products to recruiters as well as corporations trying to get the attention of job candidates are producing short, hip, fun videos that, … Read more