2020
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret!
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret! Around the world, the virus’ impact is affecting healthy people as workers are laid off and see hours reduced. Recently, I had a conversation with a lady who contacted my office to find out more about starting her very own home-based recruitment agency. She said she works for a major retail store and on Monday morning when s [...]
March 12, 2020
Internet-most powerful tool in the world
Recently I stumbled across a new stunning statistic that reported 90% of new millionaires are made on the internet. Can you see why the internet is such a powerful tool in the world of online businesses as it provides one the ability to reach an unlimited number of people either as potential clients or candidates? The fact that the internet is the preferred choice for employers looking to r [...]
March 11, 2020
Still Searching For Your Pot Of Gold?…
Struggling to make ends meet and desperate to take control of your destiny, yet constantly waiting for the right time to take the plunge. Sounds familiar? Thought so. Each week I speak to hundreds of people who contact me in connection with starting their own home-based recruitment agency. Many of these individuals attend one of my weekly free workshops that are designed to show them how they c [...]
February 28, 2020
101 Benefits of having your own recruitment agency- Benefit No#20-Successful people say ‘NO’
If you want to go your own way, be prepared to hack a lot of people off. Nobody likes being told no. That's why so many people say yes to things. They don't want to make others feel bad, or they don't want to sever current or potential friendships, or they don't want to be excluded from future possibilities, or they don't want to be looked down upon, etc. But the truth is, if [...]
January 17, 2020
101 Benefits of having your own recruitment agency-Benefit No#19-Stick by the 80/20 Rule
The 80/20 Rule means that in any situation, 20 percent of the inputs or activities are responsible for 80 percent of the outcomes or results. The problem is, it’s the 80% that is the least productive is where we spend most of our time and effort. That's because the 20% is usually more challenging and can take us outside our comfort zone. And, picking up from yeste [...]
January 16, 2020
101 Benefits of having your own recruitment agency- Benefit No#17-The Kings’ Harems
Many years ago, I was working as a Business Development Director for a company called Crown Personnel. They had recruited a new Managing Director who had promised the Chairman Stephen Crown that he could turn the company’s fortunes around within weeks. He said, what the company needed was a more stick than carrot approach management style and he was just the man to deliver the required disc [...]
January 15, 2020
101 Benefits of having your own recruitment agency – No.#18-The ‘Naysayers’ are wrong!
It’s amazing the number of people who attend our free recruitment start up workshop presentation, who are very keen to get started, but who then run the idea past a friend or relative and allow that person to talk them out of starting their business to their detriment! Negative peer pressure from naysayers is perhaps the number one reason why a person does not start a business. And it can have [...]