If you are like most recruiters, Human Resources is a department that you enjoy dealing with about as much as the IRS. HR can play a vital role in moving the placement process forward but the problem occurs when they…

Recently, Top Echelon published our first annual State of the Recruiting Industry report detailing our findings from a survey of our recruiter customers. It is comprehensive and contains a lot of great images, data, and analysis,  so we highly recommend downloading the…

A few years ago, I was driving to Indianapolis to speak at a conference. I was less than one mile from Lafayette, Ind., when my vehicle picked up speed and no matter what I did, it kept going faster.  I…

Are you on the fence about your recruiting software? Maybe you’ve developed workarounds just to function from day to day, or you find yourself frustrated by a user-unfriendly interface. Perhaps the problem is less with the software itself, and more with the…

Hiring ethics can often be a touchy subject. It can also be a subjective subject . . . depending upon who you ask. Although there are hard and fast rules for hiring, theory does not always mirror practice, and that…

Recruiters who possess a high degree of self-confidence and charisma tend to dominate their market and out perform their competitors. They negotiate higher fees, gain access to elite clients, and land highly sought after retainers. Much of their marketing is…