by John Purser | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog
Five things I wish I knew before I started my Recruitment Career is an article I found on LinkedIn which I thought was oh so very true. Some of them are the reason I started this business, others are things you just cant avoid. I have inserted the article below for easy access. Great read Ed! Five things I wish I knew before I started my Recruitment Career – Ed Hunter I remember the day that I accepted my first recruitment job. I completed the “stringent” interview process with arguably one of the biggest agencies in the UK and I was so excited. Little did I know the land of placements, milk and honey was not as accessible as the front door of a trainee recruitment desk. It was at the end of a maze akin to something out of a Hollywood movie. I know what you’re thinking… ‘This is a fairytale story where Ed becomes a divisional manager, bills a million a year and marries the woman of his dreams.’ Well sorry to disappoint. I absolutely bombed. Hated every minute of my first job and was gone in 6 months. The good news is what I wasn’t told – recruitment is different in every company and ‘finding the right desk’ is less about Feng Shui, and more about actually just working for a good company. Thankfully my fortunes changed and I found MY desk! But I recently thought about what other things it might have been nice to know before I started in this wonderful world: 1. In your first recruitment role – the odds of winning the lottery and...
