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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on July 13, 2012 at 11:27am

I do and I'm a corporate recruiter. It's for my own personal organization, not something anyone else looks at.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Tupper on July 16, 2012 at 8:51am

Exact same answer as Amy.

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Permalink Reply by Travis@nexusITgroup.com on July 16, 2012 at 8:59am

Cynthia,

With today's technology this task can easily be automated. You can dump the daily/weekly data into a spreadsheet if you prefer or use a BI similar to Tableau. 

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Klein on July 16, 2012 at 9:18am

As a self employed recruiter, I would rather spend my time recruiting than filling out reports.  Curious what tangible value those doing this can report (bottom line value - not just nice to have information).

 

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on July 16, 2012 at 12:16pm

with 30+ reqs at any given time I just can't keep that much info in my head. I still use an old school white board and color coded dry erase markers, but at the end of the day / week / month it's helpful to be able to refer back to my spreadsheet and know exactly where I am with each req and active candidate.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Recruits on July 16, 2012 at 12:50pm

@ Amy - Snap. Although I need a seperate sheet to track the colours...!

Excel - its the past - its the future (says my wallet carrying boss).

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Albright on July 16, 2012 at 2:07pm

Having an idea of your numbers has to be one of the top keys to success in agency recruiting.  Keeping track of your activity only takes a few seconds each day.  Why in the world would you not want to know your own stats?

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Permalink Reply by Theresa OKeefe on July 16, 2012 at 2:10pm

I keep a spreadsheet too, but it's for my personal use because I work for a search firm.  It helps me track my active candidates and where they are in the interview process.

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Permalink Reply by Amber on July 16, 2012 at 2:26pm

Independent recruiter, use spreadsheets -  but not as consistently as I intend to! And we have 2 newer people in our office and we are going to start having them use them as well because it will help us and them keep track of what they're working on, the stage of each order and candidate, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Schultz on July 16, 2012 at 3:15pm

I use Lotus 1, 2 and 3.

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Permalink Reply by Athena Teh on July 17, 2012 at 1:10am

recruiting agency, using excel too. But I drop down important point with a pen and paper

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Permalink Reply by Elise Reynolds on July 17, 2012 at 6:03pm

I don't because I am an independant recruiter and work on just a few positions at a time.  If I had dozens of reqs like corporate recruiters often have then I would probably use Excel.  When I was a corporate recruiter (seems like a lifetime ago) I did indeed use Excel or some other spreadsheet. 

 

I tend to put alot of notes or reminders to myself in Outlook Calendar on next steps with hot reqs and candidates. 

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