Todd Kmiec's Blog – December 2011 Archive (5)

A Good Year

2011 was a good year. For us it was a good year primarily because it was better than last year.

Business owners, recruiters, salespeople etc… we all set goals and have objectives for things we’d like to accomplish, levels we’d like to reach. But in the end, if we did more business this year than last year, it was a good year. Businesses want to grow. This is what they are built to do and doing more business each year defines growth.

For most in recruiting, 2011 was a… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on December 31, 2011 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Merry Christmas

What makes a Christmas Merry? There are a lot of good answers for this….Family, Faith, Good Presents (my kids would say). What I believe makes a a Christmas Merry and a New Years Happy for most people is optimism.

There are many people starting a new career or advancing their career with a new company. I know, we’ve placed a bunch of them. There are many companies growing and looking forward to reaching greater levels in their business. I know this as well, we talk…

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Added by Todd Kmiec on December 25, 2011 at 7:44pm — No Comments

It's Your World That Matters, Not The Whole World

Talking with a client today he said “It is going to be a very slow 2012 for technology hiring.”

Really? That’s one of the most surprising things I’ve heard recently. That is not what I’ve been hearing from others and not what we are currently experiencing. For this client, and really for all of us, what is happening in our world is far more important to focus on than what is happening in the rest of the world.

It is important to pay attention to what is going on…

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Added by Todd Kmiec on December 23, 2011 at 10:46am — No Comments

Is Everybody Coming Back?

I read a blog recently suggesting that young people should consider going into recruiting. I agree. As long as it is right for them.

Recruiting is a fantastic business. Tremendously rewarding. Great compensation. Incredibly complex and always engaging. But very challenging.

In ’08 and ’09 the air came out of the industry and many in recruiting were flushed out of the business. Things have improved since then and business is back. Is everybody coming back? I doubt it.…

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Added by Todd Kmiec on December 21, 2011 at 12:56pm — 4 Comments

Holiday Slow Down

The holiday slow down is here. At least for us it is. Every year around this time we see things slow down in recruiting.

Many companies shut down the process of hiring for certain positions until after New Years, many have budget and needs analysis going on, and of course many in recruiting/HR along with hiring managers are on vacation or wrapping up to end the year. So things slow down. Fewer new job orders, fewer things in early stages moving forward.

Looking back at…

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Added by Todd Kmiec on December 16, 2011 at 2:05pm — 1 Comment