Making the right decision

Making the right decision

You’re trained in every aspect of your job except one… Recruitment. Whether you have been given the authority to hire without prior training or have been learning as you go at interviewing, you are risking a key decision-making process. If you have ever watched The...
Carving out your space

Carving out your space

I was talking to a client the other day about a historic success story of a female high-flyer in a male dominated industry.  The sector was in fire and security, which in the early 00s was notoriously male.  In a team of 10 field salespeople, there was only one woman....
Agency Needs

Agency Needs

What do you need? I did a survey recently about what you thought was the most important trait of working with an agency. The results were: Trust 36% Communication 36% Quality 18% Cost 9% Interestingly, trust and communication were the joint top 2 traits which shows...
Sales Process

Sales Process

I disagreed with a post recently about the agency sales process and how agencies should ‘stop sending in their CEOs to charm people as most are not that charming’. Regardless of the size of your recruitment agency, the CEO should still have an interest in new...
Confidence in our Candidates

Confidence in our Candidates

There aren’t many recruiters out there who are so confident in their candidate’s suitability for your job that they are prepared to interview them alongside you!  From my experience, many recruiters walk a middle path when it comes to candidates, hedging their bets...
Fee for Chambers

Fee for Chambers

Recruitment fees have always been a barrier in our industry. Talking to a client recently, though, I see how much certain agencies are charging to further exasperate the problem. The manufacturing business had recently recruited someone in their finance department...