Last updated: June 19, 2024
Every recruiter wants to be an elite performer. A nice car. Fancy vacations. Your dream house.
But for most recruiters, the reality of life in this business isn’t as appealing. Fickle clients. Jobs on hold. The daily grind.
This juxtaposition leads us to a natural question: how did the people at the top get there?
A few combined their natural hustle and smarts and figured it out on their own.
But most of them were shown the ropes by a top recruiter, whether that was a boss, friend or coach.
So naturally, if you want to rise the ranks and crack a half million or even million per year, you need to find someone who can show you how to get there.
For that reason, we scoured the Internet for the best recruiter training programs and compiled this list.
Below, you’ll find a variety of trainers and coaches with diverse backgrounds and approaches.
Not everyone will suit your needs or tastes but we’re pretty certain that there is someone in the list that could transform your recruiting business.
The Best Recruiter Training Programs
The RecruiterU
Program Owner
Mike Gionta
The Pitch
The road back to great clients: (Re)Build a business that runs without you.
Program Details
Ignite
- 12-month coaching program designed specifically for solo operators with active recruitment businesses currently earning a 6-figure annual revenue
- Private 1-on-1 coaching
- Monthly Business Momentum Q&A Group Coaching Calls
- Monthly Metrics Group Q&A Coaching Calls
- Two closed door group mastermind meetings
- 14-module marketing & business building curriculum including a live training call, downloadable MP3 and transcripts, and templates
- Covers topics including marketing, client development, outsourcing research, how to get exclusives, creating predictable revenue, planning practices, time management, business analytics, how to get retainers and engagement fees, and creating leverage in your recruiting business
- Also get access to 5 Recruiting Masters’ best techniques
- Includes VIP attendance at the Recruiting Firm Owner’s TeleSummit
- Cost upon request
- You can also download the Retainer Blueprint here
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The Digital Headhunter
Program Owner
David Stephen Patterson
The Pitch
Fueling Executive Search Growth Engines
Program Details
The Digital Headhunter Accelerator (coming soon)
- 90-day high-intimacy program
- Mentorship, coaching and accountability, both in group and one-on-one
- Step-by-step assistance as you create your higher level offer
- Extensive training on sales, recruitment and persuasion strategies
- Strategies for scaling out
- DOJO roleplaying sessions
- Cost upon request
The Lighthouse Mentorship
- Includes everything in the Accelerator program plus a dedicated Digital Headhunter Coach to work with you 1-on-1
- Personalized strategies to quickly and easily deploy what works for your business
- Weekly meetings with Plans of Action
- Cost upon request
You can also get their free guide here.
The Website
The Website: https://thedigitalheadhunter.com
Book a call: https://book.thedigitalheadhunter.com/bookdsp
Moore eSSentials
Program Owners
Tricia Tamkin and Jason Thibeault
The Pitch
Master Every Element of Recruiting. Solutions to fit your goals, learning style and budget.
Program Details
Moore eSSentials provides programs for the different elements of recruiting:
eSourcing eSSentials (Sourcing)
- 46 modules (live & on demand)
- 16 hours of learningNine live sessions
- Multiple workbooks
- Search string documents
- Lifetime access to their online forum
- Cost – $3,000
- On-demand access is available for $5,000 and also includes recordings of every session, micro learning modules and monthly QA and live learning sessions
Client Cornucopia (Sales)
- Eight live sessions
- Business development strategies
- Workbooks, scripts and vocal training
- New clients by the end of the program
- Cost – $2,500
- On-demand access is available for $5,000 and also includes recordings of every session, monthly live training for a year, and lifetime support.
Church of Executive Search (Private Coaching)
- Private weekly 1:1 coaching or group training sessions
- Targeted towards both new and established established recruiters
- All training above is included but designed for each person
- Cost upon request
- Initial commitment is 5 months, then month to month
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The Recruiter’s Coach
Program Owner
The Pitch
Your competitive edge. More money, less stress.
Program Details
The Productive Recruiter Academy
- 3 modules containing 17 lessons covering foundational pillars and best practices of highly productive recruiters
- The Procrastination Cure
- 3 bi-weekly group coaching sessions
- Productivity enhancing tools
- Downloadable progress sheets
- Cost – $597
Ongoing Coaching
- One-on-one business advisory and coaching to solve your most pressing issues
- Mastermind/peer advisory groups to help you tap into advice and support of other recruiting industry owners like yourself
- Relevant group training and development programs to boost your firm’s productivity and profitability
- Cost upon request
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Next Level Exchange
Program Owner
The Pitch
Take Your Recruiting Expertise to the Next Level
Program Details
Foundation Training
- Self-guided study course
- 20 modules / 50 chapters
- Cost – $299 for 30-day access (after 7-day free trial)
Facilitated Foundation Training (for recruiters)
- Same as Foundation Training + live support
- 14 live sessions (60 to 90 minutes) over five weeks
- Cost – $1,495 for 6-week access
- Can also add a coaching call package ($150 for two 15-minute calls, $300 for four 15-minute calls)
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According To Danny
Program Owner
The Pitch
Dedicated to enhancing the skills and jumpstarting the spirits of recruiters worldwide
Program Details
According to Danny works as a subscription-based platform where both recruiters and owners can access classes.
- Hundreds of hours of training provided through video, classes and whitepapers
- Weekly email newsletters
- Cost – $109 per month or $989 per year
- On-demand webcasts are available through a premium subscription ($149 per month or $1,349 per year)
The Website
The Recruiting Lab
Program Owner
The Pitch
A Pressure Tested Toolkit for Capitalizing on the Emerging Recovery
Program Details
- Live monthly Marketing Mastermind sessions
- Live monthly Laser-Coaching Sessions with Gary Stauble
- Instant access to the Big Biller Interviews library
- Peer coaching through the private discussion group
- 20% discount on hourly 1:1 coaching
- “Gary in Your Pocket” mobile app allows you to take your training anywhere
- Instant access to the Training Vault, with audio seminars, business building videos, and how-to scripts and reports
- Access to tools, such as scripts and forms, from the Your Best Year Yet program
- Cost – $147 per user per month or $1,464 per user per year
- Multi-user membership available, from $195 (2-3 users) to $260 (4-9 users) per month
The Website
Lou Adler
Program Owner
The Pitch
Discover why some of the world’s top large and small companies are shifting to performance-based hiring. It covers every step of the hiring process from the intake meeting to sourcing, recruiting, interviewing and negotiating the final offer.
Program Details
Performance-Based Hiring (for recruiters and do-it-yourself managers)
- Live online and onsite workshops combined with self-paced training courses
- Case study approach where participants work on an active search project
- 5 two-hour modules supplement the self-paced coursework
- Full year of training, coaching and support
- Online suite of tools including interviewing guides, talent scorecards, sourcing cheat sheets and interactive tools for overcoming candidates objections.
- Two complimentary tickets to attend the subsequent Hiring Manager training program
- Performance-based Hiring Recruiter Certification
- Cost – $1,500 per person
Performance-Based Hiring (for managers)
- Live workshops combined with self-paced training courses
- Three-session online course supplements the self-paced training (2 hours per session)
- 1-year access to their new course, The Hiring Manager Combo Course
- Full set of templates and tools
- Cost – $750
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Steve Finkel
Program Owner
The Pitch
In-depth, professionally-proven material for recruiters at any level, brought by the industry’s proven best.
Program Details
Steve has many courses covering all facets of recruiting, available as books, CDs and DVDs.
Books-Based Program
- Steve sells four interlocking books that are geared towards recruiters at different stages of their development.
- Search and Placement! A Handbook for Success (foundational material)
- Real Recruiting! (sophisticated effective recruiting)
- Unlimited Clients! Perfect Prospecting for Today’s Recruiter (obtaining new clients)
- Breakthrough! Exploding the Production of Experienced Recruiters! (designed for experience people)
- Cost — $60 per book
The Art of Recruiting
- 10 modules
- 30 to 40 minutes each
- Covers all the bases of recruiting, from selecting the search assignment to identifying the candidate, and recruiting them
- Cost – $395 per license
Real Recruiting! Winning Search Strategies
- 42 modules in an audio-produced series
- Actual demonstrations
- Extensive role-playing
- Proven scripts and techniques
- Cost – $149 per license
High Profit Management
- 3 volumes / 4 hours
- Suitable for owners and managers
- Cost – $295 per license
Successful Search and Placement
- 12 hours of training in an audio-produced series
- Basic business planning
- Scripts, responses and rebuttals
- Setting and controlling interview techniques
- Indirect and direct recruitment training
- Cost – $295 per license
Private consultation
- In-house visit
- Hands-on training
- Cost upon request
The Website
Recruitment Juice
Program Owner
The Pitch
A focus on long term partnerships to provide you with a continually customised solution to meet the exact needs of your business as it develops year after year.
Program Details
Recruitment Juice offers five options so that you can select the perfect blend for your business:
- Gamified online learning solution
- Government-funded recruiter and manager development programmes
- Performance coaching to embed and reinforce learning
- Recruitment and management qualifications courses
- Blended workshops for all levels on all topics
- Cost – from £55 per person per month
- The cost per person decreases the more staff members are signed, and once 10 are enrolled, you can have face to face training sessions and a launch meeting, amongst other premium features.
The Website
WizardSourcer
Program Owner
The Pitch
Helping recruiters and talent sourcers stay updated on the latest sourcing trends within the community
Program Details
Zoom Chat
- Personalized training offered over Zoom Chat
- 1X1 Zoom sessions are $200 and last 60-70 minutes
- Also offers group pricing ($500 per session for 2-5 people, customized pricing for groups larger than 5)
Book Series
Jonathan Kidder has written several books on topics of interest to recruiters:
- Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters (Volume 1 & 2) – $19.99 per volume
- A Guide to Diversity Talent Sourcing – $24.37
- How to Become a Technical Recruiter – $29.99
- The Art of the Recruiter Message – $29.99
- Boolean String Basics for Recruiters (Volume 1 & 2) – $15.99 per volume
- LinkedIn Revealed – $14.97
- The Candidate Experience – $9.99
- Talent Sourced (Volume 1 & 2) – $9.99 per volume
- LinkedIn Networked – $8.99
- Launch your Recruiting Career – $19.59
- Productivity Hacks for Recruiters – $9.99
- Webscraping Basics for Recruiters – $9.99
- Talent Mapping – $29.99
- Guide to Recruiting Military Veterans – $8.99
- Hiring Manager’s Survival Guide to Recruiting – $8.99
- Recruitment Marketing – $9.99
- The SEO Optimized Job Description – $9.99
- AI Talent Sourcing – $19.99
- The Recruiting Leader – $9.99
- Working Backwards in Recruiting – $9.99
- Building a Personal Recruiting Brand – $9.99
The Website
Good as Gold
Program Owner
The Pitch
Looking to achieve higher sales profits and income? Follow a proven recruiter training system that teaches the habits and techniques of today’s “Big Billers”.
Program Details
Barb offers many courses in a variety of formats, which offer a blend of online learning, live webinars, and coaching calls. There are also options for coaching and customized training. Here are the full details:
Online Tutor Courses
- 12 total courses available in topics including Sales, Talent Acquisition, Strategic Management, Temporary Staffing, Contract Staffing, Flexible Staffing, and Direct Hire Recruiting
- Available 24/7 online
- Live weekly training webinars
- Live bi-weekly coaching calls with Barb
- Daily notes and weekly tests
- Access to an extensive resource library or training webinars, scripts and forms
- Cost varies depending on the course
Premiere Coaching Club Membership
- Ala carte version of the Top Producer Tutor Training
- Live training webinars and coaching calls
- Comprehensive resource library including forms, articles, webinars, and scripts
- Created for individuals or sole proprietors
- Cost – $97 per month (after one-time purchase of Tutor Course License for $50)
Customized Training Sessions / In-House Training
- Customized training webinars and zoom sessions
- Focus on specific training needs
- In-house one or two-days training
- Training sessions at conferences or events
- $3,500 for one day or $5,000 for a two-day training
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- 15 online recruiting courses available
- Cost – $29.99 per month with LinkedIn Learning membership
Listenable Courses
- Available topics include networking, negotiation, and using time wisely
- Free with Listenable subscription ($7.50 per month)
The Website
Sourcing Certifications
Program Owner
The Pitch
Decades of expertise condensed into courses that improve your skill, save time, and keep you competitive in today’s ever-changing world.
Program Details
- 40 hours of training content
- 20+ webinars
- Live attendance for all upcoming webinars for one year
- Sourcing ebooks
- A comprehensive training and certification plan
- Cost – $2,150 per year
- Individual courses can also be purchased for $69-$599 each
- Discounts and customized material available for recruiting teams upon request
The Website
The Recruiter Academy
Program Owner: David Szary
The Pitch: Comprehensive education on the “Art & Science” of recruitment for talent acquisition professionals.
Program details
Recruiter Academy Certified Recruiter (RACR) Program
- 11 modules covering the fundamentals of recruitment
- Live, interactive learning sessions and exercises
- Actionable tools and techniques including guides, forms, checklists, and procedures
- Cost – $1,995 per person (per-person discount for registering 3 or more at once)
Recruiter Academy Certified Sourcer (RACS) Program
- 7 modules covering all aspects of sourcing high-quality talent
- Weekly live sessions along with asynchronous learning
- Access to tools to be a more efficient and effective sourcer
- Roadmap for becoming a full-desk professional sourcer
- Cost – $1,395 per person (per-person discount for registering 3 or more at once)
- Reinforces learning for those who have completed the RACR course
- 5 weekly modules aimed at maintaining or re-establishing learning
- Free for RACR alumni
The Website: The Recruiter Academy
Talent Acquisition Institute
The Pitch: Affordable, Accessible and Enjoyable Learning for Everyone
Program details
- Talent Acquisition Course – 90 lessons covering the fundamentals of recruitment
- Boolean and Search course – 233 lessons to deepen knowledge of sourcing candidates and filling challenging roles
- HR Practices for Recruitment – 6 lessons to solidify knowledge of HR rules and regulations related to recruitment
- aTAC Certification Exam – 6 lessons culminating in a certification exam
- Cost – $250 for aTAC Certification (all other courses free)
The Website: Talent Acquisition Institute
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