After ten years of managing and training new recruiters and building a recruiting business, I have gone back to the desk.
As much as the business has changed, it has remained the same.
The most glaring difference is the third party recruiter's relationship with the Human Resources dept.
In 1979, when I started recruiting, we didn't need a contract signed by our clients. All we needed was a verbal agreement. We charged a fee of 30%, (1% per thousand). I would simply call a hiring manager with a candidate and obtain a verbal commitment that if the candidate ...

