Please review and implement the action items on this list and watch your productivity soar and your stress plummet!

Create “platinum/golden hours” in your office
Establish certain times each day when no one can distract others or be distracted.  In recruiting, 9:30am-11:00am and 2:00pm-3:30pm are pretty good times. The only acceptable distractions or interruptions should be emergencies.

Create a running task list of administrative activities
As your day unfolds, pick a time before lunch and at the end of the day to handle them as opposed to throughout the day (i.e. emailing a client a candidate profile/resume, fee agreement or note).

Loosen your electronic leash four times a day
Set up a special ring on your cell phone for the critical people in your life (i.e. kids, certain client, etc.) and only answer that ring.  Turn off instant messages.  Shut down your email. Eliminate all distractions. You should create four different time blocks between 45 minutes and one hour each to fully focus on a specific activity that you have predetermined for that time.  Recruiters may designate an hour each for 1.) new client calls, 2.) client follow up calls, 3.) new recruiting  and 4.) follow up recruiting.  If you maintain only a few seconds between each call, then achieving 3.5 hours of market connect time in ONLY A FOUR HOUR TIME PERIOD is both realistic and highly effective!