Recruiting Trends

Abacus Group Blog: How Virtual Footprints Affect Employment

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:25:00 -0400

Abacus Group Blog: How Virtual Footprints Affect Employment: Typically, an individual seeking a job prepares, as is recommended, in the following ways: developing a valuable skill set; networking with ...

Abacus Group Blog: Don’t Get Discarded: Six Techniques for a More Att...

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:39:00 -0400

Abacus Group Blog: Don’t Get Discarded: Six Techniques for a More Att...: As discussed in our 10/7/11 post , a resume serves as a candidate’s chief form of personal advertisement to recruiters and potential employe...

Abacus Group Blog: The Road to Career Recovery

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:52:00 -0400

Abacus Group Blog: The Road to Career Recovery: It’s common knowledge that the current economic conditions have been less than friendly to many Americans, including finance professionals. ...

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:20:00 -0400

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PCmag's Top 20 Job Websites

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:52:00 -0400

After 8 years of collecting data, analyzing trends and testing uncountable numbers of landing pages the website that i took from concept to launch has finally received recognition by PCmag.com as #4 on their list of Top 20 Job Websites.

While it has been a year since i left the company, I still find it rewarding that my dedication and hard work has been recognized.

In this market job seekers need all the help they can get, I being one of them.

this market finds hiring companies being more selective and more willing to "hold out" for the perfect match than any other.

A recent poll of executive recruiters has shown that 50% of them find that "Slow / Hesitant Clients" are their greatest challenge in this market. This is not only a problem for recruiters, but also, candidates.

With unemployment continually on the rise most companies believe that the perfect match is out there, so they are more apt to over-evaluate prospects under the assumption that the ideal candidate to fit their mold exists. Since recruiters are paid my companies they are also falling into line with the companies, making job searches for candidate considerably more challenging.

Funny Recruiting Video

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:08:00 -0400

I found this on recruitingblogs.com and thought i would share.

Find more videos like this on RecruitingBlogs.com

The Bastards Got Me Again!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:02:00 -0400

Yesterday morning I was in the middle of updating the copy for my website...because quite frankly...as far as marketing copy goes...it sucked...

As i finished updating the last page...BAM!...my site was hacked again and I lost all my updates...about 3 hrs worth...

And it still appears there is nothing i can do to prevent this other than spending a ton of money to put security on the site...And at this point it is just easier for me to clean it up than put the security in...

just keep pushing forward.

Hackers...I hate 'em!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:59:00 -0400

So..earlier this week my website was down for over a day thanks to some hackers in Russia.
Apparently they are attacking websites and using the http 'get' command to inject malicious code into sites.

And from what I understand I am not the only one effected...my developer told me that I was the fifth of his clients to be taken down by the hackers...

And apparently there isn't much you can do to protect yourself unless you want to spend a ridiculous amount of money to defend against something that may happen once or twice.

But now my site is back up and i can finish cleaning up the copy.

Not much about recruiting trends...but there is definitley an increase in cyber attackes across the US.

Why Recuiting Firms Stop Growning

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:43:00 -0400

It seems to me that there are a few big players in the Recruiting Market Place that have learned how to effectively grow and control their company.

My observation is that those firms that have difficulty growing beyond a certain size (15-25) have some common road blocks that they struggle with.

At this size the principals tend to be active billers as well. This is the point where the time to manage the firm becomes too demanding to also maintain their billing levels. So they have a choice to make;

Decide that they want to remain active billers and choose to not grow the firm any larger.
Decide they want to remain an active biller and bring someone on board to manage the operational side of running the business so they can continue to grow.
Decide to shift their focus from billing to running the firm.

Each of these options has their pros and cons.

Choosing to not grow the firm allows you to maintain control and do what you enjoy, but for your recruiters this can be a down side because you will inevitably have those that feel they are stagnating and look to find other opportunities. For a small firm the impact of 1 high biller leaving can be significant.
Deciding to hire someone to help handle the operational aspects can be a great way to grow your firm, but as an owner you are relinquishing some control, so you need to make sure your choice can do what you want and need.
Shifting from being an active biller to running the firm sounds great, but realize that their will be a revenue drop when you stop billing. You need to be prepared for that with either a cash reserve or a transition plan.

My experience is that most small firms choose to remain small, more out of fear of relinquishing control than anything else.

Marketing for Recruiting

noreply@blogger.com (Gregory Saukulak) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:37:00 -0400

I have been speaking to a lot of recruiting firms lately about their marketing practices and i am finding that many fail to see the value of a robust, interactive website. Most firms view their website as a "nice to have" or a brochure to tell people to look at.

I see that as being a tad short sighted, especially in this day and age when all too often the Internet is the place of first contact.

A website isn't just for getting resumes. It is an opportunity to brand your firm. If your site is lacking in robustness and sophistication it tells people about you and your company.

When ever i speak with people today one of the first questions i get is "what is your website?"
(it will be live sometime next week: www.saukassociates.com)

They want to see how you represent yourself and your company .... and today that is usually the fist impression they get...often without every speaking to anyone from your firm.

So where i am i going with this?....Those companies that embrace the idea that a comprehensive, robust website is a necessity for effectively marketing their services and take the steps to implement that now, while we are in a recession, will be in an outstanding position to exploit the opportunities that arise as we move out of the recession over the next year or so.