Recruitment Training Tips
Bullhorn Tip - Note Action Types for Smart BD, Account and Candidate Management
We have a super easy 1-minute Bullhorn tip to help you manage your candidate and client relationships.Having lots of candidate and client data, but not being targetted with your time and effort is lunacy! BD, Account Management, Candidate Pool ManagementSearching on Bullhorn's note action types will help you be smart with your time and relationships. Find candidates who you need to reach out to:Prevent dropouts.Keep candidates warm.Prevent counter offers.Source for your jobs.Find contacts you need to manage, to:Protect your accounts. Work them harder and smarter!Develop business quicker and easier.Prevent your accounts from becoming "at risk". Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and try finding contacts using note actions and see what opportunities you can uncover and work. Watch Our 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Manage Your Relationships (and Sales)Need more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Productivity Series: 5 BD Tips for Recruiters - More Sales!
Our November Bullhorn Tips webinar is Friday 08 November 12:00-12:30 BST. This webinar continues our new season of free recruiter webinars focusing on productivity. (October's focus: Account Management. Click here for more info...) ... and now it's time for BD - Business Development - More Sales!We've trained 1000s of recruiters to be "Bullhorn1st" with live training webinars, during our Bullhorn Vision projects, and with our fab online Recruitment Training platform: Recruitment HIIT, so we know our stuff! Recruiter Productivity = Smart BD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tips to help you sell more... We know that time is precious. A busy recruitment desk can often mean a "hand to mouth" approach to sales. You need some cool tricks to help you improve speed and pipeline. The stats speak for themselves: 50% of sales time is wasted on unproductive prospecting. (The B2B Lead) 50% of leads are a poor fit for you. (salesinsightlab.com) You'll increase revenue by more than 10% if you automate your lead gen! (Bullhorn Grid) Spend 30 minutes with us in November (that's 0.2% of your working month) and get at least 1 tip to help you make more money from Bullhorn. Can't make the date? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording.REGISTER HERENeed more Bullhorn / Automation Tips?Try our 1-minute tips.Sign up for future Automation and Bullhorn webinars, and get some tips from our past webinar recordings.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment and Bullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best live Bullhorn ROI webinar training, and you'll find other tips and tricks in Recruitment HIIT, our online recruitment training platform.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US ABOUT BULLHORN ROI
Bullhorn Tip - Note Templates for Smart Screening, Registration, and Pipelining
We have a fab 1-minute tip to use Bullhorn to help you drive your screening and registration calls.Plus, it will also save you time, help you get more organised, and protect your fees! Note Templates = EfficiencyOne of my favourite Bullhorn features is Note Templates.They are so easy to setup.They save you time and help you be more organised. They will drive more effective screening and registration calls.Plus, they will prompt you to answer the right questions to help you prevent dropouts and counter offers.Result! Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and setup your own note templates. Watch My 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help Screen and Source EfficientlyNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
How to Use Bullhorn to Drive and Secure Your Sales Pipeline
Recruiters! We're keen to share Bullhorn tips to help you drive and secure your sales pipeline. Whether you are a BD, an account manager, a resourcer, or a 360 recruiter, you will "ABS" - always be selling. This webinar recording is perfect for some quick wins!Every task you deliver should be setting the tone, solving a problem, and creating a great experience for candidates and clients. This will drive a sale - ideally laying the groundwork for repeat business!Whether you have Bullhorn Corporate or Bullhorn Enterprise, there's plenty it can do to help you proactively manage your sales process. As part of our Bullhorn ROI service we train recruiters to "weaponise" their time, data, and Bullhorn, so we have lots of tips and tricks to help you drive your sales.ABS - Always Be SellingWith candidate and client experience, and sales, there's always room for improvement.We know that:69% of clients would work with a recruiter recommended to them. (Source: CIPD)60% of salespeople struggle with a lack of organization. (Source: ValueSelling Assoc)Effective CRM use can boost sales by 29% and increase productivity by 34% (Source:Salesforce)Whether you are a full time sales person in recruitment, or a recruiter in charge of delivery, every day is a sales day. ABC (always be closing) and ABS (always be selling) should be your mantra. Watch this Bullhorn "1st" tips webinar and get some ideas on how to use Bullhorn to proactively manage your sales process. Watch How to Use Bullhorn to Drive and Secure Your Sales PipelineNeed more Bullhorn / Automation Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Sign up for future Automation and Bullhorn webinars, and get some tips from our past webinar recordings.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment and Bullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best live Bullhorn ROI webinar training, and you'll find other tips and tricks in Recruitment HIIT, our online recruitment training platform.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US ABOUT BULLHORN ROI
Productivity Series: 5 Account Management Tips for Recruiters
Have you seen our Bullhorn Productivity Tips webinar? It is the first in our Productivity series and focuses on Account Management...Over the coming months, we'll focus on cool Bullhorn tips, tricks, hacks, and best practice, to drive recruitment workflows harder, faster, smarter, and more joyfully! Yay!BD.Sourcing.Candidate management.Job management.Data health....and other crucial recruitment topics will be on our agenda. We know they are crucial to help new and experienced recruiters, resourcers and leaders get to "Bullhorn1st" and be more productive, happy, and profitable.We've trained 1000s of recruiters to be "Bullhorn1st" with live training webinars, during our Bullhorn Vision projects, and with our fab online Recruitment Training platform: Recruitment HIIT, so we know our stuff!Productivity = Smart Account ManagementWe know that:It's 6-7 times cheaper to keep existing clients. (Source: Invesp)50% of sales time is spent on unproductive prospecting. (Source: The B2B Lead)Increasing client retention by as little as 5% can boost profits by as much as 95%. (Source: Bain and Co)So, it's time to knuckle down and focus on your accounts. You need to keep them warm, prevent them from being distracted by other recruiters (or themselves), and monetise them.This webinar is a must if you need to get more sales from your existing accounts, as well as protecting them from becoming "at risk".Watch Our Bullhorn Productivity Webinar: Account Management TipsNeed more Bullhorn / Automation Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Sign up for future Automation and Bullhorn webinars, and get some tips from our past webinar recordings.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment and Bullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best live Bullhorn ROI webinar training, and you'll find other tips and tricks in Recruitment HIIT, our online recruitment training platform.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US ABOUT BULLHORN ROI
How Many Candidates (and Clients) Do Recruiters Really Need?
Recruitment leaders and their resourcers / recruiters need to read this blog for insights on how much data they really need, and how much data they can realistically manage, to run a successful desk and recruitment business.We’re all human (even recruiters) and we all have limits. In recruiting world, our limits can be how many jobs we can work, how many calls we can make, how many temps we can manage. One significant human limit is our ability to nurture relationships. Data = Relationships = SalesRecruitment is a relationship business. A recruiter’s job is to build and maintain relationships. Candidates need managing, clients need managing, colleagues need managing. Dunbar tells us that humans have relationship limits – we have “a number” we can manage. Robin Dunbar is a Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Psychology of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at Oxford Uni he knows a few things about human behaviour. Think of your relationships a bit like a layered onion with you in the middle. 5 loved ones 15 good friends 50 friends 150 meaningful relationships 500 acquaintances 1500 people you can recognise People can move in and out of these layers. What is Dunbar’s Number? And What’s It Got to Do with Recruitment? Where does a “typical” recruiter sit in their ideal candidate / contact’s layer? And where do their candidates and contacts sit? Recruitment Leaders! What should you be considering if you want to maximise the value of your database, and the relationships you want to maximise, optimise, monetise? How should you focus on and nurture the right relationships? What’s the Number of Candidates and Contacts a Recruiter Can Actively Manage? Dunbar suggests that humans are capable of building, nurturing and maintaining 150 good meaningful and trusted relationships. Of course, there are variations to this, such as extroverts vs introverts and social networks – for example women tend to have more contacts in the closest layers. Dunbar v Recruitment Dunbar’s study isn’t focused on recruitment or recruiters, but it’s definitely food for thought. 150 meaningful relations is not that many people when you consider the average recruiter has a database in the 1000s. But could you really market your recruitment business on a database of “acquaintances” or “people you recognise”? Where do your candidates and clients fall within these categories? Have you got any in the magic 150 “meaningful contacts”? Is your database segmented in such a way, or do you have a “data dump” which needs a good clean?[link to clean webinar]. Recruitment in the Good Old Days Before tech and data began paralysing recruitment (too much / never enough), recruitment was much more of a relationship business. You knew your candidates, their dog’s names, their kid’s ages. Relationships were easier to sustain, they were more valuable, and we charged more for our services. It’s likely that Dunbar would say a recruiter pre-social media had 150 meaningful relationships with candidate and clients, and perhaps even some friends? Now with infinite data and technology allowing for massively increased reach and volume, relationships, ironically, are a harder to start and sustain. Are you / your recruitment teams engaging with the right people, or just lots of candidates? (Too many applicants, not enough candidates?) Are you working the right opportunities, or just a list of one-off jobs? (Too many jobs, not enough sales?) Is Your CRM Simply a Datadump of Strangers? Recruiters who try to maintain too many relationships actually limit their own success. They dilute the relationships they’re trying to build, resulting in weaker, less meaningful, and less valuable relationships. Could Dunbar help you run your recruitment business? For example: Recruiters who run a busy temp desk and managing 100+ temps might not have the capacity to take on more or even do other activities such as Business Development or Sourcing. 360-degree recruiters will have more relationships to manage than a 180-degree recruiter, so this could mean a less focused strategy and outcome. Is it always necessary to hire another recruiter to manage more relationships, or could tech do some heavy lifting? 4 Ways to Be Smart with Recruitment Contacts Social Networks can help. Publishing content to your “connections” can help keep you in and around the Acquaintances and People You Recognise category. Your goal, though, should be to get your ideal contacts on to your CRM so you can more actively work them. Ideally you should be aiming to nurture them in the 150 “meaningful contact” space! Your Recruitment CRM/ATS (ideally powered by automation) also has ways to identify and categorise your relationships. Status fields, rating and grading fields are great places to start and will enable smart ways to manage and work the data. Automation (and recruiters) can keep these vital fields current. Automation is helping Recruiters identify, engage, nurture (and monetise) Acquaintances and People You Recognise and capitalising on these relationships. In the automation projects we deliver we are creating functional data so recruiters can focus on segments of contacts and candidates. They can then “work” their data, rather than just collect it. Your recruiters (ideally powered by automation/CRM) need to keep this data updated to ensure you can track, manage and support where necessary. This should also protect your relationships when recruiters move on. Final Thoughts Engaging and nurturing your candidates and clients is an important part of the recruitment lifecycle. Recruiters often struggle with “too much data, too many systems, not enough process”. Any help and support you can provide to your recruiters to create focus, so relationships are stronger and profitable, is crucial. How could you use Dunbar’s theory to help you create focus, function, and sustainability?(Big thanks to Louise at UK Recruiter for initially posting this blog.)Bullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Automation Tip - Nail Your Date Ranges in Automation Lists
We've got an automation tip to help you ensure that you can really target the data (candidates and clients) you need to source, sell to, and place.We help recruiters to source quicker, and sell more, through our Automation Buddy program. Automation can positively transform a recruitment business - when it works. But when it doesn't work it feels like it simply costs money and keeps you reliant on Linkedin, Job Boards and other expensive data sources and tech.Don't Miss Out On a Hot Date (Or Sale)!When you build automations, they can be date-related, but I often see lists that aren't quite right, date ranges are setup incorrectly, and this means that you'll be missing out on vital sales (and candidate) opportunities. This can really affect automation ROI (and RoE - return on effort!)Damn!In my recent "5 Automations to Make You Money" webinar I explored how to create good quality lists to target your time and attention and keep hungry recruiters busy with the right calls. For example, you'll want to target lapsed clients, wake them up, and get them back into paying clients. These automations really need to work!But I have a fix for you to ensure that your lists and automations really drive revenue.Watch My Quick 1-Minute Automation Video, Nail Your Date Ranges, and Make More MoneyAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to drive revenue using automation.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICENeed more Bullhorn / Automation Tips?Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARS
LinkedIn Tip - Increase Your SSI and RoE in 1 Minute
Try this speedy 1-minute LinkedIn tip to help you increase your profile views and InMail responses, so you can spend more time recruiting and selling.Recruiters! I know that every minute counts when you're recruiting.You need time for:BD and account management.Candidate screening calls.Nurturing candidates from application through to placement, and ideally referral.Nurturing contacts from prospect through to invoice and referral / repeat business stage.And lunch and toilet breaks.You Do Not Need LinkedIn RecruiterWhat you should not need to do is waste crazy amounts of time and money on LinkedIn, sourcing from the same pools as your competitors and clients.As part of my Recruitment HIIT recruitment training workouts, we cover how to weaponise the free version of Linkedin so you can spend less time on LinkedIn, more time on your CRM (your USP!), and more time on the phone managing your candidates, clients, jobs, and sales!Nice!This speedy 1-minute LinkedIn tip helps you improve your productivity.Click this link and get your SSI score. Note the advice the results screen gives you and what you need to do to improve your score, so that you improve your LinkedIn return of effort!Then:Try my LinkedIn HIIT for tips to improve your profile, LinkedIn lead gen, InMail responses, and return on effort (RoE)!Start making neat changes to how you engage with LinkedIn, and how it engages with you!Check your SSI score weekly and watch it increase. And see how your profile views and InMail responses increase too!Some of my clients have competitions to see which recruiter or resourcer can get the highest score! (Cute!)Watch My 1-Minute LinkedIn SSI Score TipNeed more Linkedin / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Bullhorn Tip - Organisation Charts for Smart Account Management
We have a smart account management (and BD) 1-minute tip to use Bullhorn to drive and secure your sales pipeline.Plus, if you have automation, it will enable a turbo-boosted approach to networking and driving a more efficient and profitable desk.Organise Your Real and Ideal ContactsBullhorn's company organisational charts feature allows you to map out your clients, real and prospect, so you can:Network the organisation not just the contact - it's risky when you have just 1 relationship. People move about a lot!Create battle plans to drive more sales. Who else can you get jobs from?Thus opening up new opportunities and securing your relationships. What a cute recruitment tip and Bullhorn tip!!Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and check each of your key accounts - have you mapped them fully so you're managing the account and not just the contact?Plus, your prospects, how mapped are they? Have you exploited the organisational charts feature to help with BD? Watch My 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Map Your ContactsNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Bullhorn Tip - Sell What Your Contacts Desire
We've got a desirable Bullhorn 1-minute tip to help you easily sell more candidates to your clients. We know that BD is a critical recruitment task, but often you have too many options to help you sell more - it can be paralysing!This tip will help you speedily match candidates to clients, so your sales time is targeted and effective. Sell what Your Contacts Desire!If you "work" Bullhorn so that it knows the skills that your contacts need, you can source candidates that they want to buy!Easy! So - rather than trying to generate loads of cold leads which may be hard to convert, instead you could be calling lots of warm clients who need what you have! Isn't that what being a recruitment consultant is all about? Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and ensure that your sales contacts are coded up to allow you to speedily match them to your candidates. Watch My 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Sell What Your Clients DesireNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.It's perfect for new starters, experienced recruiters, and leaders who need to onboard quicker and improve productivity.TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Bullhorn Tip - Convert Candidates to Sales Contacts
We've got an easy Bullhorn 1-minute tip to help you easily get more sales leads. Nice!Picking up the phone and building, driving, and monetising your relationships is key to a successful recruitment desk.Cold calling is crucial of course... But warm calling may be better and more effective.Question: How many candidates have you placed, or got interviews for, that you could work as sales contacts? Likely plenty?Easy Sales Leads for RecruitersFocussing on the candidates you have helped and converting them into sales contacts is a must. Using Bullhorn to do this makes this task a breeze! Watch my 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and find your warm candidates. How many do you have? Which ones are your fans? Who can you call to get intel, referrals and leads from? Watch My 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Get More Sales LeadsNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.It's perfect for new starters, experienced recruiters, and leaders who need to onboard quicker and improve productivity.TRY HIIT FREE HERE
4 Things to Help Recruiters Bill More Sales
Every recruitment leader I speak to wants stronger pipelines, speedier placements, accountable recruiters, and more sales!But often at least one of these 4 elements is a struggle. Here are my thoughts to help recruitment leaders connect their tech, people, data, and process to drive revenue.Running a Recruitment Business Is a Struggle?I often see recruitment businesses suffering:Too much data, not enough information.Too many applicants, not enough candidates.Too many jobs, not enough placements.Too many systems, not enough process.This creates unnecessary lag, enables your competitors to win, and limits sales.Now is the time to seriously accelerate effective tech adoption and improve recruiter performance.But with world events, economic frustrations, tech evolving at an accelerated rate, and "new normal" changing every day, how do you do this? 1. Recruitment Tech: All the Gear, No Idea?Technology can and should free up your recruiters and drive your business, but perhaps due to:Massively distracting market conditions and world events.WFH, hybrid, remote working.... you're investing in tech which delivers little ROI, and may even be seen by your team as sales-prevention technology? Adoption is poor, and if you have 20 staff, you have 20 different ways of delivery.For example, as part of one of our Bullhorn ROI projects my team reviewed a 25-person recruitment business with a tech stack costing £150k+.) The business wanted to be more effective at attracting, sourcing, engaging, converting, and retaining. They had some great tech, lots of data, and passionate recruiters… but poor adoption and no "way".Tech has a job to do. Be clear on what that is and work to realise your expectations. But be careful not to spite yourself by turning tech off that hasn't been adopted correctly.2. People: The Problem in Between the Chair and the Keyboard?Are you suffering from PIBKAC?Are your recruiters engaging with tech, driving sales, consulting in their space, or simply administrating?Is your culture geared up to get the best from your people? Or does it drive PIBCAK?Ask yourself - Is your recruitment training:Induction and "off you go" (high failure rate).Designed for robots - "they've been told once and need to remember" (hope is not a strategy).Continuous and part of your culture - they are only human and need constant development.Hint - point 3 is the most successful antidote to PIBKAC. If you're struggling to adopt tech and drive sales, think about what you need to do to eradicate PIBCAK. Continuous training is way cheaper than very little training resulting in lots of missed opportunities and high attrition.3. Data: Everything, Everywhere, All at OnceWhat state is your data in?Do you make money from it, or do you need to spend money finding it?Do you have to advertise your jobs and waste cash on LinkedIn Recruiter to find candidates that you likely already have?Are your recruiters data / community managers or just data collectors and hoarders? Is FOMO driving poor trust / data health / ROI?Or is your Bullhorn system "1st" for sourcing and sales? Have you automated the administration and dirty data out of your business so your recruiters can thrive?4. Process: Develop and Drive Your "Way"What is your process? What is your "way"?If you have 20 staff, do you have 20 ways? If someone new joins do they find it easy to deliver your way, or is it not clear enough?Does your tech and training drive your way, or contradict it?Are you using automation to enable your way? Is your process aligned with how tech has evolved and how the recruitment market has changed? Or is your recruitment and sales process reliant on the good will and skills of a few naturally gifted high performers? Recruitment Leaders! Within a Year You Could...Now's the time to review your tech, people, data, and process.Perhaps take one workflow at a time and tighten it up, or even innovate it. (My team can help you do this via a Bullhorn ROI project.)Take each workflow and spend a couple of months driving it. How much more could you bill if you are smarter with your sourcing, BD, account management, and candidate management?Start now, and within a year you could have it nailed! Imagine what your business would be like now if you'd started this a year ago.Imagine how you'll feel in a year if you don't do anything...Bullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe help recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.Arrange a Free Consultation Now
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