Q: Is there a “starter’s manual” that I can use for contract staffing? A: There certainly is. Top Echelon Contracting, the recruiter’s back-office solution, offers a free Contract Training Kit. This newly revised Kit provides a step-by-step process so you…

We strive to fill this blog with tons of pertinent and valuable information regarding contract staffing. As a result, some of the information we publish is based on the Contracting Corner newsletter. This newsletter, produced by Top Echelon Contracting, the…

One of the critical components involved with contract placements is the back-office component. There are countless administrative, legal, and financial duties associated with contracting. Perhaps more importantly, these are time-consuming duties, ones that can distract any recruiter from their core…

Many recruiters might be saying to themselves, “Okay, how in the world do I get started in contracting? I don’t know the first thing about it.” Don’t worry about that. You do know something about being a recruiter, and that’s…

In today’s day and age, you must be extremely careful about the questions that you ask a candidate during an interview, as well as the questions that your client companies ask. The reason is simple—so that you can avoid accusations…

In a previous post, I offered “Six Tips for Finding More (Contract) Candidates.” I’d like to add to the information in that post by listing four additional ways in which you can uncover a wider diversity of qualified candidates—including qualified…