The Recruiter's Review

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This podcast contains valuable and strategic content for any professional who is entertaining a career move or has been forced to the job market, as well as the employers trying to hire them. If you seek the advice of an experienced headhunter, this podcast is for you. Pat Mingarelle began his recruiting career in 1989 and is now President of National Register USA, a North American Sales, Marketing, and Executive Search firm. Topic dedicated episodes designed for easy and fast listening, yet packed with valuable advice to include employer and candidate guests sharing their experiences and expertise. The Recruiter's Review is real advice, real talk. Everything you always wanted to ask a seasoned and experienced recruiter.

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May 13, 2026Episode 2419 min

Employer's Edition: The Human Side to Interviewing - Be Human to Another Human!

Send us Fan Mail“Everything you do teaches people about you.” My wife coined that saying and lived by it as a career elementary school teacher. Remember that as you go through life. Interviewers, hiring managers and related, everything you do or don’t do when it comes to interviewing another person says a lot about you.I had an interviewing situation that reminded me of the human piece to hiring. We, both recruiters and the hiring team (manager, TA and HR) sometimes forget that in the middle of this “transaction” is a real life human being. I want to relay the lessons both my hiring client and I were reminded of. Tune in to this short but eye opening and a much needed reminder to the human and emotional side of your candidates. And now, another Employer’s Edition of The Recruiters Review.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

November 11, 2025Episode 2314 min

Employers Edition - The Fluid Nature of Talent Acquisition

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I will be discussing the fluid nature of recruiting, and how some hiring managers and/or those in talent acquisition try to keep their recruiting process static. When a hiring manager tells me, “Send me your top two” , it is a flag to me that this manager may not be fully aware of how fluid recruiting is, nor are they aware that what they think is saving them time may actually cost them more time. Like a sports team top ranked on Friday ends up lower in the polls on Monday. More so, “candidates” are not a commodity, “stacked in a warehouse awaiting shipment to an interview." And we have all heard the saying that people change. While a person in an interview process doesn’t really “change” overnight, sometimes their situations do. When a company stops interviewing before a position is filled because they feel they have found their ideal candidate, they may be in for a big setback if something changes with their lead candidate. To adapt to the fluidity of recruiting, plan ahead for interview process surprises and stay fluid, yourself. Tune in for this next "Employers Edition" of The Recruiter’s Review.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

June 26, 2025Episode 2214 min

Employers Edition - Salaries and Offers

Send us Fan MailAre you experiencing job offer turn downs due to salary? This episode discusses how to avoid those turn downs! Since my last episode regarding the employment market demographics and thin talent pool, several of my listeners and clients asked me to visit salaries. I had a very good episode for the candidate side on how to negotiate salary, but I am realizing that many employers need some help in this area. In this edition, I will be discussing the importance of ensuring that salary expectations can be met, and how and when to approach the subject of salary with the candidate. As well, when to approach it internally if you find that your salary range is not market competitive. I actually got the motivation for this episode when a client’s TA manager called me and asked me for some advice. She had taken a candidate all the way through an interview process to be faced with having to present an offer to her candidate that would be a pay cut. The advice she was given internally was to present the offer and if the candidate really wanted the job, the individual would accept the offer. Well, sure enough, the job offer was declined. I will give you my insights and how I see success in this area with my hiring clients. Tune into another Employers Edition of The Recruiter’s Review!The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

May 23, 2025Episode 2113 min

Employers Edition - Market Overview, The Demographics Behind The Thin Talent Market

Send us Fan MailAn Employer’s Edition of The Recruiter’s Review!In this episode, I will give an overview of the market itself to include trends and a few key demographics any hiring professional needs to know so they/you can take action if you want to win in the ongoing war on talent. We received so many great reviews from our last twenty-four episodes, both from candidates and employers. Just as my employer listeners learned from my candidate episodes, I encourage anyone who is actively on the job market to listen in to my employer episodes. At some point, I am going to host a few candidates I have worked with, who can weigh in and can let the employers know what helped attract them to their new employment homes through the interview processes.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

August 12, 2024Episode 2017 min

The Final Interview, Your Final Performance

Send us Fan MailThis is a special candidate side episode before I release The Recruiter’s Review: Employer’s Edition (coming this fall). As I move into the Employer’s Edition, I will still provide more of these strategic candidate topics. If there is a topic you wish me to air, email me or send me a message on LinkedIn.The material in this episode has been inspired by a few final interviews I have seen or heard of NOT going to an offer this year. As I said in "The Pendulum Swings" episode, we are no longer in that job market where it’s an easy and quick one or two interviews and an offer is made. Rather, we have returned to very traditional interviewing with multiples steps and a final interview that is truly a FINAL INTERVIEW that is not guaranteed to result in a job offer. I recently filled a position where the first finalist blew his final interview. Personally, I thought he was the ideal hire. But no matter what I said, I could not shake my client’s concern in what they call a very lack luster final interview with the CEO. How to win in the final interview? Tune in for another episode of The Recruiter’s Review.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

April 8, 2024Episode 2027 min

Special Live Interview: For Both Sides of the Desk!

Send us Fan MailIn this final episode of Season Two, Emily Mulicka and Monia Smith of NCR VOYIX are my special guests. Special on two fronts! The first is that both are seasoned and top performing Talent Acquisition Professionals and have worked at all levels of hires and disciplines. Whether you are a sales representative, in a technical role or a leader, listen to what they have to say! Both have been deeply involved in many hires into their global organization. Emily and Monia will provide their insights and observations on the candidate behaviors and traits that both win and lose in the interview process.Also "special" is that this is my transition episode that takes The Recruiter’s Review to the other side of the desk. This series ongoing will speak to the behaviors and strategies that both win and lose candidates as companies and corporations battle in this global talent war. Emily and Monia are excellent ambassadors for their organization and do an incredible job attracting talent into the interview process. They offer their insights into what a Talent Acquisition professional should, and should not do. As well, they have a key piece of advice for all hiring managers. This episode kicks off a number of episodes to come on what talent acquisition professionals, hiring managers and executives need to know if they hope to win in the war on talent. Tune in!The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

April 8, 2024Episode 1916 min

Counter Offers - Counter Productive, Counter Career?

Send us Fan MailCounter offers are often knee jerk reactions to an unexpected resignation. But whose best interests are really being served?I am in my 35th year of recruiting and have tracked many counter offer situations; recruits I found who shared with me their last counter offer experience, as well, some recruits who made the mistake of accepting counter offers when offered positions I recruited them for. To date, I have not found a single person that accepted a counter offer when I had them another offer that remained with the original company beyond six months past accepting the counter offer.I have converted my published pieces on counter offers into this easy listen podcast format. I can speak to the often ill effects that come from accepting a counter offer. I encourage you to pay attention to this advice on this episode of The Recruiter’s Review.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

March 12, 2024Episode 1817 min

The Resignation!

Send us Fan MailA bonus episode on the candidate side of the desk!You have just cleared the hurdles and obstacles of the interview process, and havesecured the offer that you were hoping for. Just as you breathe a sigh of relief becausethe interview process is all over, you realize that you have to face what could be thetoughest part of the interview process – your resignation. If you truly hate your currentjob and despise your current boss, resigning should be easy. But, if you have been withyour company for some time, you may now be feeling a sense of loyalty. Or, you may befriends with your boss, and now dread having to tell a friend that you quit.I understand these feelings and fears that arise at the resignation stage. I, too, wentthrough the emotional roller coaster of the resignation process. In this episode, I review my long standing article "The Resignation" and how to resign, and not let the career opportunity in your hands slip away at this critical stage.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

January 15, 202417 min

Apples to Oranges - Evaluating Money and Opportunities

Send us Fan MailSometimes you find opportunity, sometimes opportunity finds you. This holds true when it comes to job opportunities, too. Sometimes you find the job you are looking for, other times it finds you by way of a headhunter or an industry connection that reaches out to you. But how do you evaluate it? The money? What?I see many make the money mistakes – saying “no” without full understanding the “money” and saying “yes” because the job paid more than another. Comp plans and quotas are seldom the same company to company. Perhaps with direct competitors, but in similar spaces or ancillary markets, things are not as black and white as you might think. Things become apples to oranges instead of apples to apples.And when it comes to evaluating opportunities whether you are selectively looking or have been forced into the job market, my exercise in a previous episode is a must do I encourage you to listen to this episode before or after listening to this one. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2138795/episodes/12332399Join me for another great episode of The Recruiter’s Review.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com

December 4, 2023Episode 1616 min

I Accept...The Ethics of Accepting A Job Offer

Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to say, “I do”, or “I will”, or “I did?” It means just that. When you say, “yes”“ to what culminates a process and now begins the next phase of planning and execution, the other party takes that in good faith and proceeds in good faith, investing the time and money to make it happen. I Accept…The Ethics of Accepting a Job Offer is both about doing what is right and ethical, and part of proactive career management in this ever growing smaller world.In this episode, I talk about to talk about the gravitas and seriousness of formally accepting a job offer, and the damage it creates to the hiring side, and the candidate, when the acceptance was insincere and the individual kept interviewing and backed out after acceptance.I will tell you in this episode how to accept, and how to keep a job offer in hand without playing the game of accepting unless a better offer comes along.And now, another special edition of The Recruiter’s Review and I Accept….The Ethics of Accepting a Job Offer.The Recruiter's Review. Real Talk, Real Advice.Find me on LinkedIn, linkedin.com/in/pat-mingarelle-6369b63Visit National Register USA at https://www.nr-usa.com