Looking for a new recruitment job? What should you consider?

Looking for a new recruitment job? What should you consider?

If you work in recruitment and are considering a new role, what should you consider? It seems simple, but you don’t want to solve one problem and cause a bunch of others.

First, understand why you’re leaving. Be honest with yourself about it. Is it because you’ve hit a glass ceiling on earnings, your company’s ambitions don’t match your own, or you want a more lucrative market? Or could it be that, despite you wanting to believe the place is toxic and the managers are useless, you’re just not that good at the job you’re currently doing?

Either way, you can have a career in recruitment, but you just need to make sure you’re in the right place. And this starts with being bluntly honest with yourself.

What do I need versus what do I want?

Are you a top 10% biller in your current company? If so, how big is your company? If you’re at a modest-sized outfit and your billings have stayed static for the last few years, you need training in a new market, negotiation, business development, or better roles if you want to kick on. What if you’re at a big company and are already a top 10% biller? Are you earning well enough? If the company is holding back your commission, you need to move on to kick on.

What if you’re not a top 10% biller but want to be? Are you putting in the effort to be better? Do you actually want to learn? If yes, then it’s probably a training and coaching issue. In that case, you should move on. If the answer is no, then moving is probably going to see you become that job-hopping recruiter. You know the one—every company is toxic, every manager screwed you over, and you have a new job every year. Any good company won’t give you the time of day, and they’ll smell the B.S. if it’s a consistent pattern, so bear that in mind.

What does a good recruitment company look like?

Once you understand why you’re actually looking to leave and what you actually want and need, then you need to look at who to go to. For example, if your reason for leaving is that you want to earn better commission, then you need to consider a few things.

1. If I’m a top 10% biller, then I need somewhere with better performers and where the company offers development to take me to the next level. So, where are the billers who are better than yours, and have they developed people to be better than you are now? Then, draw up a shortlist of those firms and apply to one of them.
2. If I’m not a top 10% biller but I try really hard and want to be, then again, it’s a training and development issue—one that your current company isn’t solving.

You need to do your due diligence and see whether a company has a track record of taking people from your position and seeing them achieve what you want to achieve.

But what if I’m based in Bristol and considering Elix? What have you guys got to shout about?

1. Our track record is taking people from poor- to good-paying agencies and offering them a better commission so they can earn more for the same results.
2. Our track record is also taking people with average to good skills and training them, on occasion, to double or nearly triple their previous billings.
3. We are more of a boutique-feel agency as it stands, but following our rebrand, we are on track to grow with a new model that is already seeing us break records.

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