Recruiting Tips

There’s a conversation happening in staffing firms across the country right now. It usually sounds something like this: “The market is slow. Job orders are soft. We just have to grind through it.” And yes, that is partly true. Hiring is cautious. Budgets are tighter. Decisions that used to take two weeks now take two […]

20 seconds. That’s how long job seekers spend scanning a job posting.  You’ve got 20 seconds to make your job postings stand out. If your job postings stink, you’ve lost that candidate before they even have all the relevant information.   But what exactly makes a job posting “stink?”   Here are 10 reasons your […]

Richard Rosner, AKA the Staffing Shark, provides key insights on the future of recruiting, how to make grassroots marketing work for you, and how to keep your social media “human.” Listen in!

Qualified people may be tough to recruit, but that doesn’t mean you can’t keep your candidate funnel full with a steady stream of qualified talent. By adapting your recruiting strategy to include innovative, effective ideas like the ones in this article, your staffing firm will do more than just survive; you’ll thrive.

Social recruiting is NOT just posting jobs to social media. It is about using social touch points (online and even in the real world) to attract and recruit active and passive job seekers. Here are 40 ideas to improve your social recruiting results:

Improve Your Job Advertising Results and ROI Looking for better ways to increase the ROI of your job advertising spend? Programmatic job advertising brings these three benefits to each staffing agency that implements the tactic: No Annual Contracts Automated Posting Data to Make Better Decisions No Annual Contracts There are benefits to a 12-month agreement. […]

In a difficult economy, more so than ever, efficiency is key. Technology helps gets you there. For staffing agencies, an enormous opportunity exists right now to improve the efficiency in the recruitment spend and make those dollars go farther. Here are four ways to increase the efficiency of your recruitment spend: 

The best way to improve recruiting? Plug the leaks in your recruiting funnel.

In 2017, Google announced a new search feature to make finding jobs when searching Google quick and easy for job candidates. This search feature uses structured data to displays jobs from career sites and will display these jobs in job seekers’ search results. If your jobs are optimized with the right data, Google can scrape your jobs and display them on Google For Jobs.

You’ve worked hard to build a great business, providing amazing service experiences for both employers and job seekers. You’ve built a service model that has checks and balances. You’ve trained your staff on the right way to work with employers and job seekers. If you receive a negative review online, here’s how to handle it the right way:

If you’re committed to maximizing your revenue in 2021 (and beyond), don’t take “NO” for an answer. Don’t let “no time” become an excuse. Make the commitment now to a consistent marketing effort, and develop a game plan for tactics you will execute regardless of how busy you get. To help you get started planning your activities, here’s a list of 25 marketing ideas:

By focusing on recruiting, you can create improve the quality of the candidates you have available, differentiate yourself from the competition, and create many new sales opportunities. Here are some ideas to get you started…