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5 mistakes rookie recruiters make, and how to avoid them
Every recruiter has a ‘rookie error’ story.  The good news, you don’t need to learn every lesson the hard way. In this blog, I am going...
martin hodgkinson
Aug 267 min read
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How to Handle Rejection and Stay Resilient in Your First Year as a Recruiter
If you’ve just started your career in recruitment, let me share a hard truth: you’re going to face more rejection in your first year than...
martin hodgkinson
Aug 187 min read
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3 keys for a new recruiter
The first 12 months in recruitment are the hardest 12 months you will experience. Â Sure, there will be times of economic struggle that...
martin hodgkinson
Aug 154 min read
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The mistake holding your recruitment agencies growth back
There is a trend in recruitment. Â A trend that is damaging the future of the industry. Â You could even say that it has made a negative...
martin hodgkinson
Mar 135 min read
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4 steps to 24% performance increase
What would a 24% increase in your performance mean to your agency this year? Â It would be great right, but probably not possible. Â What...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 274 min read
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Why Most Recruitment Agencies Struggle with Training (and How to Fix It for Free)
Most recruitment agencies face the same challenge when it comes to training their recruiters and it’s having a massive impact on their...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 182 min read
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Video Ad Revolution: 800% more engagement!
Recruitment agencies reported 800% more engagement with job adverts that had a video embedded in them. Â In 2018 I decided to do what...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 42 min read
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The turning of the tide: Clients are gaining control of the recruitment market
Unemployment rates are at the highest they have been since October 2021 and there are over 300,000 more people unemployed than this time...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 42 min read
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Recruiter FITT: How to win the war for clients
Last year was a tough year for recruiters when it comes to bringing in new clients. Â New business development is harder than it has been...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 42 min read
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Land and expand: The fast track to a successful desk
When I coach new recruiters, I often talk about Pareto’s law. You may have heard people call it the 80/20 rule. When you apply it to...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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Discrimination: How to avoid it in the recruitment process
Discrimination has been known to be an issue in the recruitment process. It is something that most recruiters will come across, and maybe...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 45 min read
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Client deselection: The secret to success in 2024
The last year in recruitment has had a huge focus on finding new business, and this trend isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.  ...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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Candidate experience: The key to recruiter success
Candidate experience is a huge area of weakness for the recruitment industry. It won’t come as a shock to you that recruiters have a bad...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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Breaking free from contingency: The retained recruitment revolutionÂ
For years, contingent recruitment has been the only way that recruiters have operated. No one wants to work in a contingent manner, and...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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A recruiters nightmare: The rise of the counter offer
Counteroffers are becoming more common as the war for talent continues on. 40% of employers have made a counteroffer in the last 12...
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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4 tips for a recruiter when there is a talent shortage
Last year was a tough year for a lot of permanent recruiters for a few reasons.  ·       It has been harder to win over clients....
martin hodgkinson
Feb 43 min read
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