Direct hire recruiting is a study in peaks and valleys. Getting that large direct hire placement fee after putting your blood, sweat, and tears into a placement is definitely a peak. However, it comes with the deep valleys of direct…

During the past couple of years, the Stock Market has experienced dramatic ups and downs, often yo-yoing from one extreme to the other. That might be an appropriate way to describe the typical recruiting desk. You just don’t know what’s…

Interviewing is one of the key components in selecting quality contract candidates for your clients. That’s why interview topics are so important. The questions that you ask can get you and your clients in “legal hot water” if you’re not…

There is nothing scary about contract placements. There is nothing difficult about contract placements. AND you can learn how to make them. At TE, we’ve heard all of the excuses down through the years: “They’re too difficult.” “They take too…

We’ve all heard the negative stereotypes about Generation Y, also known as Millennials. These workers are roughly those born in the mid-80′s to the early 2000s. Those stereotypes include they have an “entitlement mindset.”  They think too highly of themselves. …

Candidates’ perceptions of contract staffing have changed dramatically in the past several years. In fact, we are increasingly seeing candidates choose contracting as a lifestyle. Believing that they avoid it like the plague is one of the misconceptions about working on a…

In an industry as notoriously tough as recruiting, what is it that makes some recruiters successful regardless of the economic conditions or other challenges? Well, with more than 20 years in the contract staffing industry, we have noticed one thing…

It’s no secret that contract staffing is on a growth spurt with no end in sight. Throughout the past few years, it has grown steadily and broken records month after month. We could give plenty of statistics to illustrate this…

As a recruiter, have you ever felt like your livelihood was at the mercy of the economy? It doesn’t have to be that way. YOU can control the destiny of your firm by simply adding contract staffing services to your business…

One of the most difficult aspects of contract staffing from a recruiter’s perspective is payroll funding. The nature of contract staffing requires you, as the employer, to pay the contractors BEFORE you are paid by the client. While you pay…