Interview with Bob Small, Vice President of Carroll Technology Services, Inc.  A few years ago, a die-hard direct hire recruiter was forced into making his first contract placement to meet his client’s request. He was amazed at how easy and…

A few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if recruiting was the toughest job I’ve ever had. I thought about it for a minute, then told him that recruiting was a piece of cake compared to serving on…

As we discussed in my previous blog post, you need six critical pieces of information for your job order. Now that you have those six pieces of information, that’s what we’ll call our “skeleton JO.”  Now set the times for…

Setting a proper frame of reference with a recruit should be a primary objective during your first in-depth discussion.  This frame of reference may determine whether or not the recruit views you as an asset or a liability. For the…

Have you ever hired a great candidate, only to have their “evil twin” show up for work? During the interview process, you met an individual with great credentials who you knew would fit into your company culture.  This is not…

What should you do when a client doesn’t set any limit on the hourly bill rate for a contract placement? While it might sound like a great problem to have, this can be frustrating because you have no clue what…