22
Jan
Gary Eastwood, Beck/Eastwood Recruitment Solutions, NPA 6770
One technique Beck/Eastwood has frequently employed as a best practice over the past 10 years has been to utilize contrary logic in order to pinpoint what exactly a client is looking to employ as a skill set for high level positions.
Huh? I know, it sounds bewildering. For us, it works like this:
When we take on a new assignment (we often work across the board in every discipline for our best clients) we ask for and receive the company published job description. This is one of the least helpful documents in talent acquisition in my humble opinion. Continue Reading »
13
Jan
Kimberley Chesney, CPC, Prime Management Group,NPA 7525
How many times have you been asked to provide more resumes so your client can make a hiring decision? As annoying as it may be, we have to look at this from the client’s point of view. How you react to this request should be dependent on how well you know your client. Continue Reading »
09
Dec
Gary Eastwood, Beck/Eastwood Recruitment Solutions, Valencia, CA
The beauty of the NPA experience is that there’s no wrong way to work successfully with a trading partner, if the importer and exporter are on the same page. Following is a case study in developing a new trading partner met at an annual conference and developing a partnership that yields multiple split placements.
In my experience, the backbone of a great NPA partnership is finding a process between importer and exporter that is efficient, particularly if you’re working with several different types of positions with different clients. In my case, I met Jeff Kortes from Human Asset Management in Milwaukee at last year’s Nashville conference.
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22
Oct
Recent financial events have me thinking about our globally connected world and the importance of diversification. We have long understood the continued globalization of world economies but it is highlighted when China’s demand for commodities has an impact on Main Street. These signs of change can cause many to retreat to our comfort zones and expect that our world won’t really change. Or we assume, perhaps even hope, that what we do will remain unchanged.
If you haven’t been touched by globalization and the flattened world, you are either in a uniquely localized market or in a niche that is insulated from the global economy. Most recruiting businesses are touched, impacted, maybe even clobbered by the growing worldwide influences on our economy and particularly on the industries we serve. Ask someone in the auto industry.
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20
Oct
It saves time, effort, and frustration, and gets results. Representation by an experienced recruiter greatly increases your chances of interviewing success for several reasons:
- Better information about the client and their hiring preferences, work environment, and compensation package
- A recruiter can check your references and promote you in a way you could never do yourself
- A recruiter serves as a buffer to smooth the interview and hiring process and can often circumvent misunderstandings
- Provides feedback on the interview
- He can let you know your realistic chances of getting an interview for a particular position
- Gets your resume noticed
- Companies that enlist the services of a recruiter are serious about hiring a talented engineer
- He can tell you when your job change expectations are unrealistic
Robert Ambs
Ambs Chemical Search
