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Look for Leadership Problems

Look for Leadership Problems

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting You’ve probably heard the old saying: People don’t leave jobs, they leave...

Making the Right Choices

Making the Right Choices

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting We’ll wrap up our short series on making choices today. If you’re just...

Too Many Choices

Too Many Choices

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In the late ‘90s, Sheena Iyengar conducted her now famous “jam study” at...

The Psychology of Choice

The Psychology of Choice

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting A few months ago, I had the privilege of hearing Sheena Iyengar deliver a...

Would You Be Willing to Refer Us?

Would You Be Willing to Refer Us?

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting I was recently on the phone with my mobile phone provider regarding a...

A Crisis of Perceived Value

A Crisis of Perceived Value

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting I’ve often made the point that a real estate office is like a small...

Don’t Short-Sell the Dream

Don’t Short-Sell the Dream

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting A person transitioning into real estate often has two basic questions: Can...

Lacking Transaction Experience

Lacking Transaction Experience

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting I spent some time with a friend last weekend who’s in the middle of...

Most Agents are Not Net Promoters

Most Agents are Not Net Promoters

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In the consumer marketing world, net promoter score (NPS) measures how...

Recruit and Retain or Die

Recruit and Retain or Die

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting For the real estate industry, an attrition rate of 25% has been the “rule...

Next Generation Agents

Next Generation Agents

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Here is a quick recommendation to check out Glenn Kelman’s post on The Next...

Leveraging Disengagement

Leveraging Disengagement

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting A few years ago, the Gallup Organization published some interesting...

Constantly Be Recruiting

Constantly Be Recruiting

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In a recent podcast, Silicon Valley recruiting expert Rick Girard makes the...

Persuasion Plus Honest Connections

Persuasion Plus Honest Connections

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Yesterday, we discussed one of the tactics high-performing hiring managers...

Simple

Simple

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Over the weekend, Carl Franzen of Inman News wrote his weekly commentary on...

The Google for Jobs Search Game

The Google for Jobs Search Game

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Two years ago (June 2017), Google launched Google for Jobs as a way of...

Upgrade Your Written Communication

Upgrade Your Written Communication

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting It's Friday, so let's take on a lighter topic. As a recruiter or hiring...

Why Do Recruiters Fail?

Why Do Recruiters Fail?

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Yesterday, we discovered some of the reasons agents fail when beginning...

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