Beware of “Contract Recruiters”!

Employee Retention

As a Contract Recruiter with 26 years of professional recruitment experience, it has come to my attention that the term “Contract Recruiter” is being widely overused. When you are hiring a “Contract Recruiter”, what are your expectations? Do you expect a professional recruiter with many years of experience? Are you expecting someone who knows how…

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Memorial Day

Please take time from the 3 G’s – Golf, Grilling, and God (though not necessarily in that order) to remember all of those men and women who have lost their lives protecting our freedom.

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Congratulations New Graduates!!

Congratulations!

Studying to complete your bachelor’s degree is done for most of you. What are you going to do next? Some of you have committed yourselves to more study to become a Doctor or Attorney or other position requiring an advanced degree. Some of you went to College Career Fairs last fall and last February and…

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When is a Person a Valued Contract Recruiter?

Countering the Counter Offer

As I am searching for my next opportunity to serve a company, I am reading online postings for “Contract Recruiter.” Some of them require one to two years experience and the ability to develop recruitment into a world class experience – and the compensation is $20 to $30 per hour. Whom are they kidding? Are…

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SHRM Staffing Management Conference – New Orleans

As is usually the case, last week SHRM did a great job organizing and running the Staffing Management Conference in New Orleans. This was one of the smoothest running conferences that I ever attended. Nicely done! There were a variety of speakers speaking on many of the recruitment processes. Attendees came from as far away…

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