by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In an effort to appear competent and “put their best foot forward", many recruiting prospects are reluctant to share their problems. When being…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Recruiting prospects who become hires always share two common characteristics: 1. Dissatisfaction:  Their current employment situation is not meeting their expectations. 2.  Hope:  They are…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Technology solutions in the world of recruiting are seductive. Your hope of efficiently engaging thousands of people through email, social networks, or other…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Building awareness one person at a time is a lot of work. Is there a shortcut?   Yes.  It’s called an employment brand. When…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In the 1994 film Wyatt Earp, Gene Hackman famously said those who were not related to him by blood were "just strangers." While…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting This is a question I commonly hear from the most successful hiring managers and recruiters.Those who perform at a high level seem to…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Here’s a simple principle of marketing in the digital world: to be found by consumers, you must be visible in places where they’re…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Next to recruiting, the retention of profitable agents is something that exasperates every real estate leader. It’s difficult and expensive to recruit, train,…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Even if you’re not a football fan, you probably noticed the NFL season is starting to ramp up again. The NFL marketers are…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting The idea for this blog was forwarded to me by Andy Nazaroff, the President and CEO of Guarantee Real Estate in Fresno, California.…