Two uncomfortable truths you might not like
Here are two uncomfortable truths you might not like… Firstly, if you want a Recruitment or Search Business that stands out in your market instead of blending in, you want to attract the best clients and charge the fee’s that your service actually deserves… If you want your ideal clients to seek you out…
The three types of buyer Recruitment and Search Business owners attract
There are three types of ‘buyer’ you can attract into your Recruitment or Search Business Transactional Buyers – These clients that drain resources, drain profits, are notoriously slow payers and worst of all they’re disloyal! Relationship Buyers – These clients who value what you do, value the relationship you have with them, are…
How to become an open target for “haters”
Almost every one of the Recruitment and Search Firm owners I work with share the same fear… And I must admit… It’s a fear I suffer from too from time to time… It’s the fear putting yourself out there… You see, when you push your business and push your brand so more of your…
How much can you charge for your Recruitment or Search Services?
There are no restrictions on what people will pay for your Recruitment or Search service (or any service). There are only self-imposed limits, both psychological and practical in nature. It is the absolute truth that we set our own fees, and more often than not, set them lower than necessary… Simply put, it…
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“Random” kills Recruitment/Search Businesses
“Random is dangerous. Randomly captaining a cruise-liner over the ocean can get you and a boatload of passengers killed. Randomly flying a plane hither and yon can stick you nose first into the side of a mountain. Randomly wandering a large forest can get you hopelessly lost, eventually turn you into a meal for…
Do you like it hot or cold?
I want you to imagine this scenario for me… You get into your office tomorrow to find two A4 sheets of paper on your desk both of equal size and both containing lists of names and telephone numbers of decision makers in your market… One list is filled with people who don’t know you,…
How Farmer Gary Won 6 Retainers
I have a friend and client who I affectionately call farmer Gary… He’s a Search Firm Owner originally from South Africa but who now lives in the UK… And one of his big dreams is to one day buy a Farm (hence the nickname)… Anyway… Back in April, he won my client of the month…
Why I thought about my naked friend
This morning, after a conversation with one of my clients… I started thinking of my naked friend… I won’t give you my clients’ name for obvious reasons… But long story short, she was being messed about by a client who was refusing to stick to the terms they had both agreed to when they started…
What are you doing to DELIBERATELY attract the best clients you market has to offer?
You don’t have to have been running a Recruitment or Search Business for very long to find this to be true… But not all clients (or prospects) in your market are equal! There are good clients… And there are bad clients… There are clients who are willing to pay a premium for the service…
Lets Talk About Results
Every day, the Recruitment and Search Business owners I’ve been working with are raving about their wins… Winning more of their ideal clients in less time… Commanding the fees they actually deserve (even if their competitors are offering to work for less)… Turning underperforming consultants into consistent top billers… Increasing revenue by 50% or more……
How Gary and Anthony won their first retainer
I don’t care what anyone says, in my book, it’s always better to get paid upfront for the work you do rather than doing the job and hoping you get paid later on down the line… Thats why I’ll never get why so many Recruitment and Search Business Owners choose to go down the contingency…
I hope you’re frustrated
As human beings we tend to view frustration as a negative emotion and most people don’t like the feeling of being frustrated… I’m different… I love frustration…. It’s not that I like the feeling of being frustrated per say… It’s just, I know when I am frustrated, I’m most likely to take drastic action……
Did Charles Darwin say this about Recruitment?
Charles Darwin was once quoted as saying: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” I have since seen a few articles claiming that this is a misquote so whether he said those words or not remains a mystery to me… But…
“But Terry, No one in my industry does it that way…”
“But Terry, No one in my industry does it that way…” I hear the sentence above (or similar) way too often… I would go as far to say that almost EVERY Recruitment or Search Firm Owners I’ve ever spoken to has said it to me at some point… It usually comes right after I’ve…
You could be doing better
I speak to a lot of Recruitment and Search Firm Owners almost daily. From various sectors and achieving various levels of success. But something they all have in common is…. Without any exceptions, they can and should be doing so much better. Even the top 1% in the industry could be doing better still…
Why GOOD Recruiters end up with AVERAGE results
As far as I’m aware, very few Recruitment or Search Business Owners ever set up in business with the goal of being just ‘average’, They usually hope for a lot more… Even so… What usually happens is, they go out and model what the average Recruitment or Search Business in their sector is doing……
Should you be charging more?
One of the smartest things you can do if you want to increase the revenue and profits in your Recruitment or Search Business is adopt a premium pricing strategy… It doesn’t take a genius to work out; if you charge more for the work you’re currently doing, you’ll be a lot more profitable… And…
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