Frank's Corner

While hiring remains dismal there are pockets of activity and even robust hiring in certain sectors. Our insurance recruiting practice at IRES experienced a pick-up in activity June – July where one manager-level individual was being hired for nearly seven out of eight consecutive weeks.

When I think about the National Association of Realtors® (which won’t even let anyone use the word “realtor” without the “registered service mark” character), I think of a powerful, effective trade group that sends a clear message on the advantages of using a professional Realtor ®.  Same goes for the RIAA (Recording Artists Industry Association) [...]

Finally something I can agree with on Yahoo. It seems instead of re-pasting Associated Press news releases – (which Yahoo often does) it came up with some news of its own in this rare instance. As I have been saying all along in our newsletters (for those of you that subscribe) there are plenty of [...]

First it was predatory lenders. But for the past year, my team and I have noticed an enormous surge of for profit educational enrollment. These are mostly the “ONLINE” colleges, like Kaplan, ECPI, Phoenix, etc. etc. They advertise aggressively on TV. On billboards, and all over the internet. Finally a Yahoo article is confirming what [...]

The recruiting-specific publications won’t let me mention “Monster” or “Hotjobs” by name due to the fact these companies provide most of the sponsorship to most state, regional, and national recruiting conferences and trade shows.  But that’s what my little “Corner” is for … speaking up on that which others won’t allow me to speak up [...]

Here’s a great video on the proper way to use skills and profile assessments. I’ve always been a believer that the right individual with the right attitude can be trained as to deficient skills, while the most competent individual can be impossible to work with attitude-wise. This video (by a phd in industrial psychology) underscores [...]

There’s no point in working hard as a recruiter, unless you practice what you preach as a recruiting trainer ought to do. I believe in rewarding yourself for your hard work. This weekend my son (17) and I went Supercar Racing at Concord, N.C. raceway. We got to play with and race several supercars including [...]

This chart visually telegraphs the depth and extent of the current unemployment situation better than any other I have seen. http://tinyurl.com/yby44hw Click to View

Here’s a great tip for all 2010 college-bound students now receiving their early registration replies. What do you do if you are fortunate enough to receive an admission/acceptance letter from your top choice college? What’s the very next thing you should immediately do?

Ahh. The cool, dry high-elevation air is a welcome relief from the simmering heat of Charlotte in the summer. 98 Degrees in Charlotte when we left. 78 degrees here! Here we are at our vacation cabin located at 3,600 ft. elevation facing the outer Southern edge of Smoky Mountain National Park in Maggie Valley, N.C. Continue for more [...]