3. 6 Things Wildly Successful Recruitment
Consultants Do
Being a recruiter is one of the best jobs in the world.
It must be I have stayed with it for over ten years and
I get bored easily!
It is a great career choice and one that will reward
you handsomely with: a great lifestyle, development
and the opportunity to feel good about yourself and
what you do; lets admit it we all love listening to
candidates that call us to say; “I got the job!”
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Consultants Do
That‟s of course if you are a successful recruiter.
So what is the key?
What are the habits,
traits or personality
quirks that will guarantee
your success?
5. 6 Things Wildly Successful Recruitment
Consultants Do
1. They have a goal
That might be; how many
placements; a billings figure
or a recruitment manager role in
twelve months.
They have something though.
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Consultants Do
These recruitment consultants are „grown up‟
about their career.
They know that to be successful in business you
have to have something to aim for.
The thing is as human beings we are set up to
have goals. We consciously and subconsciously
are wired to be success seeking creatures.
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Consultants Do
2. They have a positive attitude
Yes it works.
Being upbeat and positive
attracts, rather than
repels people.
Think great clients and candidates here as a first step.
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Consultants Do
Then think about all the people in your network
that might be able to help you find; great
candidates and clients.
I am not talking about woo woo „stuff „here.
Positive people have an air of confidence that
people admire and makes them more likely to
gravitate towards them; remember recruitment is
about relationships.
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Consultants Do
3. They do the work
Being wildly successful
usually comes after
doing some work.
Now I am not talking
about grinding yourself
into the ground.
I am referring to doing the things that create results.
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Consultants Do
A common term for this is KPI‟s, in other words doings
activates that produce results. Here is an important
point; do them consistently.
If that means making 10 calls in your first two hours in
the office, do it.
Why because that is what successful people do.
Here is a fact for you; it is well known that successful
people carry on when others give up.
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Consultants Do
4. They look after themselves physically and
mentally
It is a well-known fact that the mind and body are all
connected.
Neglect one and it will have an impact on the other
and of course vice versa.
To be at the top of our game we need to be healthy
and fuel our body with the right „stuff‟ so it works well.
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Consultants Do
Here is an interesting fact for you.
One of the most successful
and well known business leaders
in the UK is Richard Branson.
He is in his sixties.
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Consultants Do
Does he look it? Not exactly.
I also know that he has a strict fitness regime that
includes swimming around his island most days.
I appreciate we all may not have that luxury!
However we can walk, cycle, swim or join a gym
and look after ourselves.
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Consultants Do
5. They follow their own drum
Yes they do and definitely
not anyone else‟s.
It is far too easy to get
caught up in what
everyone else is thinking or doing.
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Consultants Do
6. They are always learning.
A business mentor of mine
pointed out an interesting fact
to me one day.
That was; if we are not growing by definition, we are
shrinking.
Think about it? If you are not the person learning the new
selling strategies or how to use LinkedIn someone else is.
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Consultants Do
That will mean you get left behind. There is nothing
more predictable than change and recruitment is one
business sector when change will always happen
rapidly.
The remarkable recruiters make it their mission to be
ahead of the pack.
They buy the latest books and attend the webinars
where they can learn new skills that will make a
difference to their performance.