Recruiting is a cyclical business subject to the vagaries of the economy. I've seen scores of corporate recruiters laid off at in recent months . . .
If you are one of those still standing, in addition to updating your resume and teeing up your next opportunity, you may want to consider taking proactive steps to increase your ROI at your current company.
One suggestion I have is for you to walk over to whomever is in charge of your company's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice -- it often goes by different names like "sustainability" or "compliance and ethics" or "environmemtal responsibility". They, too, may be worried about their longevity, and the two of you should join forces.
Employee attraction and retention is one the primary dividends paid by a company's CSR practice. Yet remarkably HR and CSR rarely talk to one another So . . . if you have yet to leverage CSR branding in your reruiting pratice, nows the time, as it will grow your ROI. And if the CSR personnel have yet to tally their impact on employee attraction and retention, well, they should start running the numbers. For more on how candidates feel about great companies that also happen to be good, check our survey at http://www.thegoodsearchllc.com/html/survey.html
In fact, increasing your ROI may be a better strategy than teeing up your next opportunity, as those are getting increasing harder to find. For more on CSR, check
( If you'd like to discuss further, feel free to contact me at 203-227-8615. )
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