As a top headhunter and founder of Cardea, Andrea Colabella has tips, insights, and stories galore to share with you. This ep is perfect for you if you're looking for a breath of fresh air, positivity, and hope.

Andrea's passion for the business and high ethical standards has always guided her career journey and business processes. Tune in for tips on how to better run your desk, your recruitment business, and your mindset!

Look, the majority of candidates you place are likely to be passive because those are the only candidates clients want to pay a fee for.

They don't want you to rep somebody who's been out of work for an extended period of time. They want you to headhunt the passive candidate at their direct competitors who they know would be an excellent hire.

This is why we are called HeadHUNTERS.

Knowing that your job is likely to revolve around mastering dealings with PASSIVE candidates, here are 5 critical issues I see people making when faced with a passive candidate.

Go through the 5 mistakes and make sure you're not falling prey to it. Bonus tip at the end for those patient enough to listen to the whole coaching!

January 18th 2025, Dandan & Grace are hosting an in person all day training event in midtown Manhattan. Make sure to check it out on dandanzhu.com

As a headhunter since I was 23 tasked with the immense task of creating an entire client book from scratch and building a candidate network at the same exact time, cold calling was exactly how I did it for the MOST part.

Make sure to listen to all 6 Ss to cold calling & keep them in mind as you go about your day prospecting.

Lastly, make sure to join my coaching events on these topics which are always updated at dandanzhu.com