This Just In: Being A Recruiter Is Not Easy

This just in…

If you have been in the recruiting business for any length of time I can guarantee you have had one of the following thoughts:

• How did I get myself into this?
• How am I going to pull this one off?
• They seriously expect me to find that skill-set for that salary?
• You’ve got to be kidding me?

Why do those questions come up? Its really easy – recruiting is a very, very difficult job.

So why do those of us who stick it out stay in it?

• Its challenging.
• Its different everyday.
• There is always something new to learn.
• You have to use both sides of your brain.
• Its rewarding to help both organizations and individuals meet their goals.

So what about you? What keeps you in recruiting?

Until next time – good hunting and good luck!

Four Questions to Ensure Your Recruiting Is On Point

As a recruiter there are limitless things that you can do to snag the right candidate and even more ways to track those activities. In my (sometimes) humble opinion there are four things that need to be happening to ensure you are staying on point:

Is your phone screaming for mercy at the end of each day? Recruiting is a people business and if you are not reaching out via the phone each and every day you are missing the boat.

Do you regularly have to fill in a CAPTCHA for Google to deliver search results? One of the quirky things with Google is that if you do enough searches in a given period of time they assume you are an automated search bot and make you fill out a CAPTCHA to prove you are you. If you are not being forced to fill them in on a regular basis you are missing a huge candidate pool.

Do you regularly find the problems with the technologies you are using? If you are using each and every tool offered to you to its max you will be the one finding bugs within said tools. If you aren’t finding them then you probably aren’t pushing them as hard as you should.

Do managers at other companies have your picture on their dart board for trying to pull their top performers out from beneath them? They should.

What other check-point questions should be included on this list? Look forward to reading your suggestions in the comments!

Until next time – good hunting and good luck!

Best Recruiting Thought Ever….

Last week I was fortunate enough to go to LinkedIn’s Talent Connect event in Las Vegas and from all accounts (mine included) it was a great event with great speakers, great content, great networking, and a great time had by all.

In the midst of all that happened and all that was said last week there was a simple comment made by one of the speakers that had the most impact – be constantly curious.

That one comment has been my ‘Field of Dreams’ moment (ie “build it and they will come”) and I am now on a mission to be more curious and open to the new in everything I do recruiting wise.

Hope you join me….

Until next time – good hunting and good luck!

if you want to see a whole slew of writeups on what went on and what was learned and shared search out #inTalent on Twitter and you will find a ton of information