Recruiters, some great tips to leverage your PR

Guest blog from Sam Woodward, BlueSky PR First of all, thank you to Greg for letting me infiltrate his brilliant blog. If you ever need a success story for Twitter this would be it – engaging with Greg online led to some great PR success for Aquent and a new client for BlueSky! But that’s […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 23, 2010
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Recruiters, use your ‘necktop’ when engaging with clients (video)

The savage truth is that most recruiters have no idea how to build relationships with their clients, nor how to develop business opportunities through their day-to-day interaction with customers. It’s an ironic tragedy, but the more technology we have available, the less recruiters actually use that technology to connect with clients and candidates in a […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 17, 2010
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Recruitment. It’s like running a marathon. Just harder

Not so long ago, I ran the Sydney Half Marathon. So why tell you this? Well, running this marathon reminded me of a very important life lesson. And it’s a lesson that has huge significance for anyone who wants to be a great recruiter and make a long-term career in this industry.

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 10, 2010
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Coaching Recruiters. Shut up and let them talk!

This is the fifth blog in my series on great coaching for managers of recruiter teams. Previously I expanded on the importance of ‘live feedback’, ‘real life coaching’, as well as the tactic of ‘plugging in’ new recruits. Today we look at ‘role swapping’. Many managers I have worked with feel that if they are […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 27, 2010
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‘Plug-in’ your new recruiters for fast learning

This is the fourth blog in my series on great coaching for managers of recruiter teams. Previously I expanded on the importance of ‘Live Feedback’ as well as the ‘Real Life’ approach to consultant coaching. Today we talk about effectively inducting new hires through clever coaching. If you spend all your time training consultants in […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 13, 2010
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Coaching Recruiters. Doing your job while teaching them their job!

This is the third blog in my series on great coaching for managers of recruiter teams. Last week I expanded on the importance of ‘Live Feedback’ as a coaching tool, and today we turn our attention to the sadly under-utilised ‘Real Life’ approach to consultant coaching. One of the major learnings for me about effective […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 13, 2010
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Coaching Recruiters with ‘Live Feedback’

In my last blog post I explained how great coaching is built on two key functions – recognition and correction. Today I expand on one of the tactics I have found exceptionally helpful in mentoring and coaching recruiters to outstanding performance, ‘Live Feedback’. This may sound unusual, but a good leader who wants to have […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 6, 2010
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Recruiters only learn by being coached in ‘real time’

As anyone who has been in recruitment for a while knows, the subtle and varied skills of our industry are best learned ‘on the job’, and they are always best communicated with the help of a mentor or coach, usually your manager, who can show how things work in real life. There are stats on […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 28, 2010
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A lesson in marketing from the Red Light District of Amsterdam

Not so long ago, I was in Amsterdam. Venturing out from my hotel, which was in the very centre, I was overwhelmed by the swarm of tourists and locals that plied the streets wandering, seemingly, without purpose. I sat at a café and pondered the mass of humanity. And clearly it was a hungry mass, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 22, 2010
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