Category: clients

Business quiet in December? Doesn’t mean you should be. »

December is often an odd month in business, and doubly so for any one in the recruitment business game, and perhaps even more so for anyone starting a small business! Sometimes you have clients in a panic, desperate to get people in for projects in the new year and you can’t move for new [...]

Build your business relationships first »

Thought I’d ease myself back into it with a quick post on how I am finding the market within the recruitment sectors.
I know I am finding it slower than I would like. It is definitely not the ideal time to start a business (useless timing). But there is still plenty of work to be had [...]

Start Up Issues 1 - Making the Initial Introduction »

So I’ve been in business now for 3 weeks. Not exactly a milestone but this weekend has had me thinking about what I have gone through so far and how that relates to what I am able to offer others who are also starting a recruitment company at the moment.
There have been a few [...]

Problem clients - do you do business with them? »

I am currently sitting down in the office of my 9 - 5 job seething. A problem client I had flagged up to my MD a couple of times has yet again messed us around. As well as being notorious late payers they negotiate fees AFTER we have agreed them and done the [...]

The structured fee as a method of dealing with reluctant clients »

The Structured Fee
As time ticks closer to the date that my company opens its doors and my recruitment company starts up to the world at large I find myself thinking more and more about the taking of requirements.
Now as we know the best clients are ones that work with us, allow us to add value [...]