And really, who can blame them? You\u2019ve got to have some self-destructive or sado-masochistic streak to stay, really.<\/p>\n
But… there is a REASON I Recruit!!<\/h3>\n
But some of us \u2013 the ones of us who are really recruiters \u2013 roll up our sleeves and stay. So, what\u2019s good about being a recruiter? Why would anyone in their right mind subject themselves to this thankless, high stress, low reward, and little respected profession.<\/p>\n
If you are a\u00a0 corporate recruiter, I feel for you.\u00a0\u00a0The perceived stability\u00a0is not\u00a0a reality<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Believe me, I have been there.\u00a0 In-house talent acquisition team is inevitably the first ones on the chopping block when the economy or the business turn south. \u00a0You can go broke pretty quickly as an agency recruiter if you don\u2019t have the resiliency required, and it takes a lot of resiliency to be repeatedly villainized, slammed with invectives or just ignored by top talent entirely.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not going to lie to you, dude. It\u2019s rough out here in the recruiting trenches<\/a>. You\u2019ve got to like people. You\u2019ve got to know that those people, largely, are going to either flake or fail at getting an offer (statistically speaking). You\u2019ve got to know that your hiring managers are going to be a pain in the ass, and so too are most of the candidates you come into contact with. Those are the realities of being a recruiter, and while they\u2019re tough, they\u2019re also inevitable.<\/p>\n So, why am I still at it? I guess why I recruit, why I do what I do, is that I truly believe that what goes around comes around. Call it the karma of candidate experience. The people I help out and who help me in the industry aren\u2019t just colleagues; they\u2019re friends. They\u2019re there for me when I need a hand, or a sympathetic ear, advice or encouragement \u2013 a misfit band of brothers bound by a shared passion for people and the work of helping those people find work, as it were.<\/p>\n These relationships \u2013 and the relationships I\u2019ve built with my clients, colleagues, candidates and coworkers \u2013 are what recruiting is all about. And those relationships do not suck. \u00a0They\u2019re what get you through the day, and what gets you through the Sisyphean process we face day in and day out. \u00a0This is the part of recruiting that doesn\u2019t piss me off \u2013 and I, like most recruiters,\u00a0have a lot of things that piss me off.<\/p>\n When I have one of those days \u00a0here\u2019s what I do. I take a deep breath, pour a Gentlemen’s Jack &\u00a0 Diet Coke\u00a0at the end of the day, and reflect on the fact that all this crap is just part of being a recruiter. \u00a0And despite all that crap, there\u2019s nothing else on earth that I\u2019d rather be.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an impulse, an addiction<\/a>, a feeling, but every day I come to the office, no matter what the one before looks like, I do so with the sincere belief that today is going to be the day where I find the perfect candidate for the perfect job. And when that happens, that\u2019s perfection \u2013 and there\u2019s no better feeling than being a recruiter who gets it right.<\/p>\n Getting it right, of course, is easier said than done, but brother, if you\u2019re in recruiting, know this: you\u2019re not alone. We\u2019re all in this together. And what you do as a\u00a0recruiter is more than represent a brand or a job \u2013 you represent the entire profession every time you pick up the phone or send an e-mail or check a reference. So hang in there, move on, and know that it\u2019s going to be rough, and you\u2019ve got to have thick skin, a healthy sense of competition and a little bit of a crazy streak to survive \u2013 and thrive.<\/p>\n But ultimately, there\u2019s no profession that\u2019s more rewarding than recruiting \u2013 and in spite of everything else, it\u2019s important to never lose sight of how important what we do really is: we don\u2019t just put good people in good jobs, we improve their quality of life, their career opportunities and their economic and emotional security.<\/p>\n Stick to your guns, be confident, be courageous and know that every day as a recruiter is a challenge \u2013 but if you\u2019re having one of those days, remember: if this was an easy job, it wouldn\u2019t be worth doing. But\u00a0recruiting is always worth it. \u00a0Just ask your\u00a0next hire. <\/p>\nThe Real Rewards of Recruiting<\/h3>\n
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