I write this having just finished up hosting our annual college coaches' gathering, the National Collegiate Recruiting Conference.One of the focuses of this year's NCRC? The changing landscape of effective college recruiting.Part of what we do at this event every year is outline the …
11 Things You Need to Do Now That the NCAA Has Put Recruiting Reform on Hold
As has happened before, the NCAA has slammed on the breaks and skidded off to the shoulder of the road right before taking the proverbial exit towards recruiting communication reform.The proposed rules would have allowed a greater variety of contact over longer periods of time, starting sooner. …
A Gathering Storm for College Recruiters
For all the challenges college coaches face when it comes to recruiting - overcoming parents' cries of how far from home your campus is, or why that losing season was just a fluke, or the fact that your dorms don't include 42-inch flatscreen televisions like the other college they just visited - …
Former College Coach Ready to Teach Recruiting Lessons
Among the line-up of coaches and experts slated to speak at the National Collegiate Recruiting Conference, John Brubaker is unique. He's a former successful college lacrosse coach who left the profession and successfully reinvented himself as a rising motivational speaker, business and sales …
7 Critical Things Your Prospect Presentation Absolutely Needs
“Presentation” might be the wrong word, actually.As a college recruiter, you don’t give recruiting “presentations” in the same way that a business sales professional might give a sales presentation to a new prospective client. And if you are doing it that way, prepare to have a long, painful …