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Article #1:   Interesting Recruitment, Search and Employment Statistics

Below are interesting statistics related to Recruitment, Search and Employment.  The data can provide powerful insight into your industry and identify implications for your business.

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Article #2:  What is Your Handshake Saying about You?

We have all heard the old adage “You only get one chance to make a first impression”. When you think of your first impression, what comes to mind - your clothes, your physique? Most people think of the initial visual impact they have on people they meet, yet making a good first impression goes well beyond that. Before you even try to think of something clever to say when meeting someone, you have probably already given them enough information to base a strong opinion of you… your handshake!

Your company has finally made it through the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and is now one of many vendors who have been included on a company’s short list. Making it on this list is a reward, since the competition is great and only a select few actually make it past the evaluation process.

Do your employers know how much value you provide to them?  Do they know how much more value your staffing services offer over your competitors?  How do they know for sure the strategic value that your company provides?

Hire Dynamics cites retention as the key to it's success in the recruitment and staffing industry.
In 2001 Hire Dynamics started with seven employees, 37 clients, and 1 million in debt.  Since then, the company has been recognized by Staffing Industry Report for three years in a row as one of the fastest-growing private staffing companies in America, and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the best places to work and one of the 50 fastest-growing private companies based in Atlanta. Last year Dan’s recruitment and staffing company exceeded $50 M in revenues. 

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When it comes to resumes is less, really more?  Recently, a VP of a national recruitment and staffing company mentioned that his clients have been increasingly requesting that his recruiters submit a one page resume.  He asked my opinion on the trend and prevalence of the shortened resume and preference for the one page limit.  As such, this  article will focus on the resume length and employer preference. 

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Article #8:  Employers Demand Quality From Staffing Providers

Quality is important to every business, no industry is that more evident than in Recruitment and Staffing.  In a 2008 staffing industry study conducted by iLoyalty, the quality of candidates delivered ranked as the number one most important criteria when deciding on a staffing firm. 

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Article #9:  How Candidate Friendly Are You?

Every point in the recruitment process represents an opportunity to create an impression to the candidate.  When you think about all the successful placements you have made you may come to the conclusion that you have established a strong employer brand.  But what if you stop to think about all the job orders you didn’t fill, all the placements you didn’t make?  Would you consider your staffing brand as strong if you included all the candidates you didn’t place and all the resumes submitted that were not short-listed?

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A well written RFP or Request for Proposal document is the first step for a staffing company to win a bid and increase their client base. This is a difficult and stressful document to write and most companies just try to create a document they hope will be considered by a client. From an employer perspective evaluating hundreds of RFP submissions, here is a list of important criteria information staffing companies may want to include in their document prior to submission. 

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Article #11:  How to Respond to a RFQ?

There are many things in life that you would prefer not to see, a dentist or your mechanic while for others it is down loading a RFQ or RFIQ or any bid request document.  Unless you are a pro at responding to these requests, getting your tooth pulled might be considered less painful.

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Article #12:  Staffing Swag

Recruitment and staffing companies give branded promotional products or swag because it is believed that these gifts will promote their business.  But do have any evidence to support this belief?  Will giving recruitment swag help you get more candidate leads, job orders and ultimately place more candidates?

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