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Positive; The Word Of The Week

It is vital that recruiters are efficiently using every minute of their jam packed work week that starts Monday morning and lasts until Friday afternoon. Are your recruiter's first 60 minutes of their week being effectively utilized and setting the tone for a positive and successful week?

David Szary from Ere.net wrote a phenomenal article about efficiently and successfully running your weekly recruiting meeting titled "Logic Prevails At Well Structured Weekly Meetings." It lays out exactly how to run and what to cover in your weekly meeting. It helps you to ensure that everyone's time is optimized and they leave the meeting ready to have an extraordinary week. You will notice as you read through his agenda that almost all of it is focused on highlighting the positive while still discussing any issues. His recommended meeting agenda follows.

Trouble at the Office – Generational Tension; Work/Life Balance and BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek gets high marks for its special report on Trouble at the Office.  Aside from HR and operations effectiveness group heads, recruiters and staffing companies should take note of lessons learned about generational tension and the work/life balance. 

The incredible insight garnered on Gen X and Y are detailed meticulously throughout the special report.  And, it’s directly from surveys and in-depth interviews from the proverbial horse’s mouth, so to speak.  Gen Xers are unhappy at work, so what can recruiters do to help?  Just read What’s Eating Gen X.

Any staffing firm working with long-term temp assignments or any recruiter dealing with “I’m an actor, but still need to pay the bills” candidates should read Tips from a Bitter Temp, an enlightening and hilarious look at how to survive a bureaucracy.

And any firm looking to grow, should look at Ram Charan’s thoughts on getting around roadblocks to build business in his Stop Whining and Start Thinking article.  Mr. Charan outlines five simple steps on how to help cut through the red tape:  “Spring Cleaning”, Streamline, Coach or Remove Indecisive Managers, Make Information Transparent and (last, but most importantly) Celebrate Success.

And there are a multitude of articles about the generational differences, wants, needs and how to communicate to each group.  Starting with A Boomer’s Guide to Communicating with Gen X and Y to Don’t Treat Them Like Baby boomers to how Unilever is trying to painfully bridge the tech divide in Go Ahead, Use Facebook.

What Makes You So Different?

During the Sales process we are frequently asked "What makes you different than your competitors?"  I know the answer to that question but when I turn it around on the client they occasionaly stumble through their words.  Think about how you place yourself and your firm within the industry and what are your strengths?  What are your weaknesses?  Maybe you focus on quality or industry knowledge.  I would love to see more companies (in any industry) focus on Customer Service.