Which Overall Grade Would You Give to 2019?

In case you hadn’t noticed yet, the year 2019 is over. The year 2020 is here, but before we officially say good-bye to last year, why don’t we reflect upon it?

In fact, we recently helped Members of our recruiter network to reflect upon 2019 by posting a poll question in the Members’ Area. That poll question asked recruiters to assign a letter grade to the year, both personally and professionally.

Sure, we could have broken out the grade and asked recruiters to assess the year on a professional basis only. But what fun would that be?

And of course, if you did not participate in the Members’ Area poll, this would be a good time to reflect upon the past 12 months and perhaps even assign your own letter grade to the year. (As you can see below, the most popular answer was “B.” However, “C” was close behind.

Not only that, but this poll question was actually one of three that we posed to the Membership recently. The other two questions (and corresponding results) are also listed below.

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Which overall grade would you give to 2019, both personally and professionally?

The choice of answers that we provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters selecting each one:

  • A — 16.0%
  • B — 34.0%
  • C — 32.0%
  • D — 10.0%
  • F — 6.0%
  • Is there a grade lower than F? — 2.0%

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Do you have a blog on your recruiting agency’s website?

The choice of answers that we provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters selecting each one:

  • Yes, we post blogs on a consistent basis. — 6.6%
  • Yes, but we don’t post frequently enough. — 21.1%
  • No, but I’m thinking about starting one. — 25.0%
  • No, we don’t have a blog and we will never have one. — 42.1%
  • No, my agency doesn’t have a website. — 5.3%

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Do you send a newsletter to either clients or candidates?

The choice of answers that we provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters selecting each one:

  • Yes, I send a newsletter to both clients and candidates. — 16.5%
  • Yes, I send a newsletter to clients only. — 2.9%
  • Yes, I send a newsletter to candidates only. — 1.9%
  • No, I do not send a newsletter, but I might start one. — 35.9%
  • No, I do not send a newsletter and I never will. — 42.7%

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Just a reminder: we post a poll question in the Top Echelon Network Members’ Area every week. Once you participate in the poll, you can see the results as other Members cast their votes.

We usually post a new Members’ Area poll question on Monday. We usually do that, but we don’t always do that.

If YOU want to make more split placements and increase your Network production, then contact Top Echelon Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can reach Drea by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

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