Meet Jennifer Simmons: With over a decade of experience in the recruiting and staffing industry as a corporate recruiter, Jennifer decided to set off by herself. She wanted to work as a freelance recruiter. For over a year now, Jennifer has done just that. She has become very familiar with recruiting online.

She has experimented with a number of services like Reflik, which bring jobs to professional recruiters who are looking to work remotely from home.

Reflik also works with staffing agencies that are looking to make more money by reducing costs in sales and business development. Read More>>

On Reflik, Dave has submitted dozens of highly-qualified candidates, has gotten plenty of interviews for his candidates, and has even made a few placements. He has earned thousands of dollars in placement fees.

That’s right. Dave works on Reflik as an independent recruiter on a part-time basis – placing candidates and earning thousands of dollars.

We spoke with Dave to see exactly how Reflik gives freelance recruiters like him the opportunity to recruit for jobs they want to work on, when and from where they want to work on them. Read more >>

“I am always looking for opportunities to apply my skill set as a recruiter to fill jobs. Reflik allows me to do just that.”

Cory has over 10 years of recruiting experience. The Ohio-native has submitted dozens of highly-qualified resumes using the Reflik platform. Most recently, he has filled two positions for The Wills Group within a month. Read more >>

As a business head for Blue Ocean Ventures, a recruitment business, Fahad Mistry has much to handle. His many tasks include calling his account managers to find out which requirements are most important, relaying these details to his team succinctly, and delegating the recruitment process steps to the rest of his team.

This all can be a lot to handle for any talent acquisition agency. To be as efficient as possible for the company, Fahad manages offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Bangalore, India. “We work with two strategic verticals. This way we can approach different technical jobs efficiently,” Fahad said.

Despite all these efforts at efficiency, Blue Ocean Ventures always experienced the typical recruitment agency struggles. Read more>>

Denise has been a recruiter for 12 years and the president of Client Growth Consultants, a recruiting and consulting agency, for 3 years. Denise prides herself on creating a happy relationship between a candidate and a company, particularly in the manufacturing industry.

Denise achieves this by working with a team of researchers who are responsible for tracking job description updates and candidates’ progress in the recruitment cycle. Working with researchers is an important aspect of Denise’s dynamic recruitment methods. Read more>>

Marzette Henderson is the kind of recruiter who looks at the bigger picture of things, especially in the staffing/recruitment industry. He enjoys knowing that his work as a recruiter brings positive, impactful change in the lives of his candidates. Marzette explains, “I just love to connect people with opportunity. I hope that the opportunities I present to my candidates will allow them to provide for their families, improve their professional careers, and give them a sense of purpose.”

Henderson finds fulfillment in tasks that may seem mundane. “I just love it all: the whole process of recruiting, even checking emails, making calls, networking.” Nevertheless, he finds that staying on top of the political, social, and economic context in which recruiters do their work is as important as these day-to-day tasks.

“The changes happening to recruiting are bigger than the field itself.” As a 12-year veteran in recruiting, specializing in the healthcare industry, Henderson understands the influence policy has on recruiting. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has created nearly one million jobs. Changes to this Act by the new administration, then, can certainly affect America’s job market.

Marzette Henderson

However, for Henderson, “the recruiting industry is still the [best] it has ever been in a long time. There are more opportunities, more platforms, and resources to help recruiters. Because of all this, recruiters are more empowered.” Technology offsets the tumultuous changes caused by social, economic, and political changes.

Reflik is able to do this by crowdsourcing talent. Before Reflik, indeed, a variety of variables destabilized the recruiting industry and kept recruiters from recruiting – none of which were necessarily a recruiter’s merit. Recruiters were bogged down by trying to acquire new business – whether that meant finding work at an agency or becoming an approved vendor. Employers could hire only so many recruiters. So, no matter how good a recruiter was at filling jobs, they were unable to recruit.

Reflik simplifies the whole process, stripping recruiting down to its most important function: finding top candidates. We’ve got jobs. You’ve got candidates. It is just that easy.

Henderson concluded: “I believe Reflik is a blessing to the industry. It lowers the barrier of entry for anyone who wants to recruit. It is easy to use and straightforward.” There are jobs of all kinds, cutting across functions and industries.

Being a Human Resources professional for over 15 years, I have had to take on many responsibilities. What has always been the most enjoyable for me is talent acquisition – finding great people to work for remarkable companies. Recruiting is my passion.

Recruiters have certain pain points, certain ambitions and dreams, and a unique perspective that no single solution can fully appreciate. At these points, we dream of a simple solution. We want a way to realize our potential. We want a solution that integrates smoothly with our workflows, with the way we look at the world.

When the Reflik Team asked me to write a quick blog post about the platform, with little hesitation, I began jotting down the five reasons why every recruiter should use Reflik today. Recruiters have always wanted to use a talent crowdsourcing platform like Reflik. Here is why:

1. Comfort and Ambition 

   My area of expertise is recruiting in the manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain spaces. This is what I am most comfortable doing. Reflik allows me to thrive in my comfort zone and gives me the opportunity to extend my reach. I’ve always wanted to explore talent acquisition in the IT space; Reflik allows me to do just that.

2. Volume of Jobs 

   Recruiting is challenging. Finding good people can be difficult and, in times when the economy is not doing so well, companies are simply not hiring. Reflik solves this problem through sheer volume.Reflik essentially has two crowds – the recruiters and the employers.By having so many employers on the platform, Reflik provides its recruiting community with plenty of quality jobs that need to be filled.Moreover, there is always a job on the platform for any kind of professional. I find myself submitting candidates for certain positions that I find while sourcing for other positions. This is possible only because Reflik has a lot of jobs that need to be filled.

3. Good Jobs and Great Companies 

   Reflik integrates seamlessly with my sourcing strategy. To sell a job to a candidate – the essence of recruiting – I need a job that pays well. The company that is trying to fill that job must be reputable, as well.Reflik seems to only have good jobs and highly reputable clients, differentiating itself from similar services out there for independent recruiters. This allows me to be very productive and efficient in the way I source candidates.

4. Low Commitment 

   Reflik is a great platform for lulls. When I am running low on jobs that I can work on, the Reflik platform is a great source for more work. It is a great way to refer candidates that I haven’t been able to submit to other jobs that I have worked on in the past.

5. Fantastic Line of Communication 

   Reflik’s communication is superb. Recruiters need constant feedback to fully appreciate the kind of person a company wants. The Reflik Team – composed of dedicated Account Managers and a Community Manager – provides the entire Reflik recruiter community with great feedback and much-needed information.The Reflik Team is willing to help, bridging the gap between hiring managers and recruiters. They are very easy to reach. I have the email addresses, as well as the phone numbers, of the Account Managers and the Community Manager. The chat box feature on the website is an added bonus. Moreover, the webinar and weekly phone calls make communication quick, easy, and constant – perfect for recruiters.