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Read the latest industry insights from our Guest Blogger Alison Humphreys, award-winning NED.
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Posted on Monday, April 1, 2024 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
Every recruiter I know wants more of their business to be exclusive. They know they can give the role the attention it needs because they will get paid. And the client will get a better service. But in many cases, they are just asking clients to take that on trust. I listened in to some conversations happening in recruitment businesses I work with. They weren’t getting exclusivity because: “The ...
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Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2024 by My Recruiter Jobs
Are you tired of sifting through countless job postings, hoping to find the perfect opportunity in the recruitment industry? Look no further! My Recruiter Jobs is here to revolutionise your job search experience. At My Recruiter Jobs, we understand the unique needs of recruiters and recruitment agencies. Founded by industry veteran Robin Solomons, with over 25 years of experience under his belt, ...
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Posted on Friday, March 1, 2024 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
If you are going to succeed in changed market conditions, you really need to review your sales technique. I’ve been listening to recruiters in multiple different sectors, and I keep hearing them repeat self-defeating phrases. Here are 3 phrases you should remove from your tool kit without delay. Upon introducing yourself to a prospective client: “I’ve been in recruitment for seven years. I sort ...
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Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2024 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
In Spring last year, I started working with a client who ran a small business (25 staff) placing tech infrastructure and UX specialists. They’d done pretty well during the job-rich year of 2022, and the owner was ambitious for 2023. In fact, he wanted to increase net profit by 50%. His cost base for candidate generation and marketing had risen a lot, so he had calculated that he should be able to ...
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Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by My Recruiter Jobs
Tips for Crafting a Recruitment CV In the competitive realm of recruitment, where talent meets opportunity, your Curriculum Vitae (CV) serves as the first impression you make on potential employers. To ensure that your CV stands out among the rest, it's crucial to hone your skills and pay meticulous attention to details. In this blog post, we'll explore essential tips to create a recruitment CV ...
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Posted on Monday, January 1, 2024 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
Are your team “tram track recruiters”? A business I work with has 45000 candidate records on his CRM. This was a mature business. At the same time, his team were spending 20% of net fee income (yes, 20%) on job boards and CV download services. That was having a big impact on net profit. He was a bit flummoxed. “Do we need to write better adverts?” he guessed. “Or do we have rubbish candidates?” ...
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Posted on Friday, December 8, 2023 by My Recruiter Jobs
The 12 Rules of the Christmas Party – An Employer's Guide to Navigating the Festive Minefield 🎄🎉 Ah, the office Christmas party – that time of year when the only snowflakes you want to see are on your festive sweater, not falling from the heavens. As an employer, it's your duty to ensure the party is more ho-ho-ho than oh-no-no. Fear not, dear employers, for we present to you the 12 Rules of ...
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Posted on Friday, December 1, 2023 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
Lots of recruiters I know are struggling to build new business at the moment. In some cases, they have a team who have no experience of BD and can’t have a conversation with a client unless it’s about a specific job or candidate. In others, they find that market outreach has changed and banging away on phone calls is not producing results. Some have invested heavily in a tech stack to automate ...
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Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know there is a surplus of vacancies over candidates willing to move. Consequently, there is noticeable pay inflation going on – including in the recruitment sector. But while some recruiters are ghosted by candidates, or they accept extraordinarily generous counter-offers, others have been able to enjoy the demand from clients, and convert it into ...
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Posted on Sunday, October 1, 2023 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
Every day my inbox is chockful of new bits of “news” for recruiters – cataclysmic labour shortages, unhappy employees, “revenge resignations”, the skills/jobs mismatch, the rising costs of running a business… the list goes on. One recruitment business owner, of 5 years, told me yesterday that he “had never known a tougher market”. This guy clearly has a very short memory. I have a message for ...