Recruiters Secret Weapon for Making More Placements in a Tight Economy

Jan. 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Recruiters Secret Weapon for Making More Placements in a Tight Economy

Madison, OH - 01/27/2009 - Some recruiters are using a secret weapon to assist them in placing a high volume of candiates in spite of the recession.

The recession has hurt both large and small recruiting agencies, job orders have dried up, and many candidates are afraid to make a move. Yet in spite of the difficult environment many small recruiting agencies and independent recruiters are using recruiting networks to connect with each other and place more candidates than they can on their own.

John Kaufman of http://www.RecruitingRocket.com says,"Networking with other headhunters and exeutive recruiters in a split fee network helps by providing you with additional job orders and a larger pool of candidates so that you can fill more orders more quickly".

He says that as a small recruitment agency or independent recruting company it's often difficult to both find job orders and source candidates quickly enough because of increased competition from other agencies.  He adds that recruiters working together as a team, allows each headhunter to have the resources of a larger company, while retaining the benefits of being independent.

Tips for Networking with other recruiters in a split fee network:

- Get it in writing - Make sure you have a split fee agreement in place, and you are both comfortable with the terms before you share client or candidate details.

- Act with integrity - When working splits with other recruiters, you should always act with honesty and integrity.  Cheap tricks will get you banned from the networks, and will earn you a bad reputation with the clients.

- Only present fully vetted candidates - When working a split, you should present candidates to other recruiters in the same way you would present them directly to a company.  "Dumping resume's" on another recruiter and expecting him to do your job will not work.  Make sure that your candidate is qualified, interested, and you have checked references prior to submitting him for consideration.

- Communicate effectively - Communicate with other recruiters regarding job requirements, timelines, candidate profiles, and each of your expectations from the relationship.  Working with other recruiters in a split network is an excellent method of building long term business partnerships, not just one time placements.

Using split fee placement networks like RecruitingRocket.com helps recruiters by helping them build long term partnerships which help in both sourcing candidates and job orders.

John Kaufman is a managing partner with AgentHR - a nationwide recruiting agency with over 50 independent offices and founder of http://www.RecruitingRocket.com - a split fee and social network for recruiters.

Contact John Kaufman for more information.
Direct line: (440) 497-4304
Email: jkaufman@RecruitingRocket.com
Other helpful information can be found at:
http://www.RecruitingRocket.com
http://www.AgentHR.com/jkaufman

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John Kaufman is a managing partner with AgentHR - a nationwide recruiting agency with over 50 independent offices and founder of http://www.RecruitingRocket.com - a split fee and social network for recruiters.