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The recruitment\u00a0industry is built on relationships, literally and figuratively. Many new business owners get up and running by building relationships with a few tried and true clients. But how can you identify new partnerships and get new clients for your recruitment agency? <\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a struggle that faces new and tenured recruitment agencies. Wherever your business is on its journey, prospecting new clients is essential for finding and maintaining success. Here are five ways to prospect and get new clients for your recruitment agency, helping you build lasting relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Leverage candidate relationships <\/b><\/h3>\n

You can’t meet your clients’ hiring needs without qualified candidates. Likewise, building strong client relationships is difficult if you haven’t built great relationships with your candidates<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span>When you work with a new candidate, always ask if they have worked with a recruiter before and if a recruiter had ever placed them at one of their previous positions. This can help in a few ways: i<\/span>t sets the expectation of how your partnership will help them in their job search, and i<\/span>t will help you identify businesses that work with recruitment companies. <\/span>If you know that Candidate A was placed at XYZ company by a competing recruitment agency, this gives you a potential lead with a new prospective client. You now know they are open to working with recruitment companies.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Utilise job boards <\/b><\/h3>\n

Job boards are not just for candidates anymore. \u00a0They also help recruiting and recruitment agency find new business. <\/span><\/p>\n

When recruiting companies post positions on their websites or public job boards, they aren\u2019t altering the published job description very much. Run a search on the entirety or a portion of a posting, and you may find results leading you directly to the end client\u2014a new potential lead for you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Ask for referrals<\/b><\/h3>\n

Sales can live or die by your willingness to ask for referrals from previous clients<\/a>. Don\u2019t necessarily focus on the \u201csuccessfully sold\u201d clients you have in your Rolodex to ask for these referrals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Think about clients you have worked with who didn\u2019t buy but with whom you had formulated a good relationship. \u00a0These potential clients weren\u2019t able to move forward just to timing, approvals, or budget. <\/span><\/p>\n

Think about points of contact who’ve recently transitioned to a new company but can provide insight into the right person to contact at their new or former company. <\/span><\/p>\n

Consider going old school and sending out handwritten thank you notes to your clients with a few copies of your business card\u2014one for them and one to pass on to a friend. These personalised touches can go a long way in an increasingly digital world. <\/span><\/p>\n

4. Research <\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Research your competition. Look at their websites for testimonials from clients or logos of their partnerships. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not many companies have exclusive contracts with one recruitment agency anymore and will sign multiple contracts to increase the probability of filling their vacancies. Even though they may have an existing partnership with your competition, they may still be looking for additional firms to work with.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Network <\/b><\/h3>\n

Leverage your network<\/a>\u2014through previous client relationships, connections on LinkedIn, or even that guy you knew from your Senior Capstone project in college who happens to work for ABC Company. These connections are always an excellent resource for finding new business. <\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how distant it might be, having a connection can be the difference between getting tossed into the pile with the other 300 recruitment agencies and being put through to the COO.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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