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Recruitment Career Tips-So You
Want a Career in Recruitment?

3. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
You have packed away the books in a box and
everything you own in an assortment of bags. It has
been a great few years at Uni so what next?
When you started you thought you wanted one thing
and now you are not so sure.
A friend has mentioned recruitment to you; in fact you
have met a few recruitment consultants in the last few
months and it has got you thinking.

4. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
Let’s slow down a minute, before you rush headlong
into the recruitment arena it would be worth a stock
check of; who you are, what you enjoy, and what you
excel at.
To have a successful career in recruitment you need a
few important attributes.

5. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
1. Drive
Recruitment is
rewarding at every level.
Seeing people get the
job of their dreams is
an amazing experience. Getting paid for it is
even better!

6. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
This experience will happen on a consistent basis
as long as you put in the work.
Great jobs to recruit to and high calibre candidates
to place don‟t just drop in your lap you will need to
put in the effort; role up your sleeves and be
prepared to keep going, even when people say
no.

7. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
2. Focus
The power of focus can
work wonders in all areas
of your life, both personal
and professional.

8. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
In a recruitment setting you will need to focus on
areas that work and produce results on a
consistent basis.
Keep distractions at a minimum and keep your
eyes on the vision of your company and your own
personal vision about what you want to achieve.

9. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
Take a leaf out of the experience of our own elite
athletes from London 2012.
They had their mind on one thing and one thing only.
For you that might be that within six months of starting
your role as a recruiter that you will consistently be
placing 2++ candidates a month.
That is possible by the way provided you place
attention on our next suggestion.

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Recruiter
3. The ability to receive direction and
coaching.
This is a big one and where
many new recruiters fall down.
The truth is you won‟t know
it all when you join a
recruitment company.

11. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
You might have had some experience of „selling and
influence‟ in the past and not in this context.
Your recruitment manager will be your best source of
inspiration. Hang on their every word and follow what
they say to the letter.
The thing is, in recruitment many recruitment
managers are still billing and at a high level. If they
can do that and manage a team they are worth getting
to know well and they have a brain that is well worth
“picking”.

12. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
If you were nodding in agreement to any of what I
have just said this could be a career for you because
you have the fundamental values that will serve you
well.
So what next?
Prepare yourself. Head over to Google and find out
everything you can about recruitment and its many
facets.

13. So You Want a Career in Recruitment?
Approach a professional rec to rec company and
ask their advice on what you could do.
They are a friendly bunch and might even have
clients that are looking for brand new recruiters its
well worth asking.

14. For more information on Career in
Recruitment please contact
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