Blog for Recruiters
These articles share recruiting expertise and offer best practices – helping you streamline your recruiting processes.
4 Reasons for Recruitment Failure Within the Profession
by Matthew Deutsch | Oct 29, 2021 | Top Echelon Blog
Nobody likes to fail, and nobody sets out in the recruiting profession TO fail. However, it still happens. Countless recruiting agencies go out of business on a yearly basis. (And during recessionary times, the percentage can be as high as 30% to 40% of agencies in a...

Why Recruitment Objections Are NOT the Same as Rejections
by Matthew Deutsch | Oct 26, 2021 | Marketing, Top Echelon Blog
The life of a professional recruiter or executive search consultant is rife with objections. It’s inevitable. And ultimately, how you handle recruitment objections largely determines how much success—or lack of it—you experience within the profession. The vast...

Recruiter Cold Calling: Warm Calls vs. Cold Calls
by Matthew Deutsch | Oct 20, 2021 | Recruiter Training, Top Echelon Blog
When it comes to cold calling in recruitment, you would be hard pressed to find search consultants who like making cold calls. Sure, there might be an old school, dyed-in-the-wool headhunter out there who loves recruiter cold calling. But those are few and far...

Hybrid Recruitment: the Virtual Recruiter and the Post-Pandemic Future
by Matthew Deutsch | Oct 8, 2021 | Top Echelon Blog
The world has changed during the past 18 months. That much is certain. What has also changed is the world of recruiting. That’s because the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust a hybrid recruitment model upon all recruiters and talent acquisition professionals. And like the...