A Flood of Recruiting Leads
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In a recent nationwide survey of employers, 54% of hiring managers reported getting too many irrelevant or underqualified applicants to their job postings.…
Defeating Your Competitors at Recruiting
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Since nearly 90% of companies are actively hiring or pipelining candidates, it’s difficult to separate yourself from your competitors. Of course, your first…
Who’s Offering the Best Career Opportunities?
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting The majority of individuals actively seeking new employment opportunities are already employed. Why are they searching for different jobs? Many of them want…
Who’s Searching for Jobs?
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting There's a common misconception that the only people searching for jobs are the unemployed.According the new research conducted by iHire, 43.1% of individuals…
Making a Great First Impression
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Yesterday, we addressed the frustration of recruitment ghosting, but failed hires are even more harmful. By definition, a failed hire is someone who…
How to Limit Ghosting in Your Hiring Process
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Ghosting is a term normally associated with dating, but it’s recently made it into the vocabulary of most recruiters. Why? Because according to…
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Jay Luebke recently published an article in Inman (subscription required) outlining his seven-year journey as a real estate agent (he started when he…
How Loyal are Your Agents?
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting A recent study by the career site Ladders revealed that individuals in the workplace are becoming increasingly disloyal.-94% of workers said they would…
Putting Your Recruiting Prospects in Scoring Position
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Baseball season is underway, and teams are settling in for a daily grind that will eventually culminate into a new champion being crowned…
A Small Group of Peers
by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting The day-to-day work of recruiting can sometimes feel relentless.How do you stay on track and not give up?According to Rich Millington, connecting with…