What it takes to succeed in Recruitment

The average recruiter will spend most of their working day seeking the right job opportunities for the right candidates, matching companies with top talent and ensuring client needs are met at every turn. But what do you, the recruiter, want from your career? How would you like your career to progress, and what growth are you seeking at work? What does it actually take to succeed in recruitment?

Understand how career progression works

Your own, personal career growth will look a lot different to the next persons, but there should be one thing you have in common with every other professional looking to progress: a goal. You need to know what you want from your career, where you want it to take you and what it will take to get there.

Recruitment as a profession has many great prospects - the key is knowing which route is right for you. Here at Michael Bailey Associates, we’ve developed a very clear progression path for our recruiters, one which allows you to strive for the top, if that’s where you want to be. Your own path is unique, and so we make sure you have the right toolkit to get you there.

How do you make the right decisions when it comes to deciding your career path? Talk to us. Work with our learning development team to get an understanding of the way we work, and the individual goals we set to get you through the next stage and onwards. From graduate trainee consultant, all the way to Senior Recruitment consultant - we’re with you each step of the way.

Take advantage of mentors and leaders

Allow the people around you to guide you and educate you. Learning on the job is hands down the best way to succeed, so take advantage of the knowledge and skills that are available to you. Good managers will ensure that you have the support and guidance you need to progress, but it’s up to you make sure you grab that opportunity with both hands.

Our learning development team will guide you through your career progression, working with your own strengths and abilities, whilst at the same time helping you learn from ours. Advanced level opportunities will allow you to hone in on vital leadership skills, helping you to nurture the right mindset and the right behaviours to drive your career forwards. If you want to succeed in recruitment, you need to take advantage of this.

And just as learning from mentors is essential, don’t forget the value in formal training and courses too. Personal development training, skills training and one-to-one mentoring will help you to up-skill exponentially.

Understand the importance of support

Having a team who support each other is crucial for success, no matter which career path you choose to take. High-performance environments, such as the recruitment industry, thrive on celebrating success- and here at Michael Bailey Associates, this is integral to all that we do. We know that recognising the invaluable work our team does is vital for helping our employees to feel respected, valued and appreciated- and we take our ‘one team’ culture very seriously, no matter where you are in the world.

Why is this support so important? Because there isn’t one single person who will enter their career and be 100% perfect from the word go. We all need to learn, and learn from our mistakes- but we also need to know when it’s right to lean on others for help. We need to know the value of teamwork, of collaboration and of innovation. We need to be able to take risks, to invest in our own careers with gusto and with courage. But we also need to know that our colleagues and managers have our back; we need to know that we have the potential to succeed even if we hit a few bumps along the way.

Here at Michael Bailey Associates, we’re proud of our transparent awards scheme, which aims to assist you in achieving uncapped earning potential. We’re proud of our team spirit. We’re proud of our individual targets as well as our company-wide incentive programmes. We’re proud to celebrate your success, because we know that nurturing the right workplace culture will only help us all to progress and to smash our personal career goals.

Know the importance of building relationships

Our learning development team will demonstrate how to build relationships simply by how they work with you; it’s up to you to nurture your own network for success. And it’s not just building the relationships, it’s maintaining them too - and that goes for colleagues as well as clients.

Be the person who is consistent. The person who has the skills to communicate well, and to build trust and respect. Be the person who understands client and candidate needs, and is able to keep these at the forefront on a day-to-day basis.

Don’t be afraid of new technologies

The ever-evolving world of technology is constantly changing the way that we work, so stay ahead of the game. Embrace it. Use video technology and apps to talk to candidates. Use social media. Use whatever you have at your disposal to increase your efficiency and allow innovation to take you forward.

Ultimately, to succeed in recruitment you need to have confidence. Confidence in your own abilities, your own career path, goals and in your leadership team. You need to invest your time and energy in a career path that will reward your achievements and help you to reach your goals.

Get in touch today to find out how we can make this happen.