Day five..... Friends, work and relationships

Well it looks like I'm starting to get some traffic/ viewers on a daily basis.... I'm not sure who you are yet but, I hope you like what you read.

I'm starting to realise a few things about life in recruitment; or my life in recruitment i should say, i try voicing my opinion at work and i notice subtle differences in how the more experienced guys receive my views, I'm not radical or obscene apparently just overly empathetic.

Any of the of the friends i had before starting to work in recruitment, use my new found career as a means of helping themselves, before i continue ranting i will say i love all my friends dearly. I am privileged enough to hold the keys to new career opportunities and they try to take advantage of that. On numerous separate occasions I'll have a friend have a bad day at the office and as result they need to find a new job. I'll pull in favours and spend alot of time preparing opportunities for them to take for them to realise they don't want to take the risk, resulting in interview cancellations which in this trade i notice can be bad at the best of times, I'm working on a theory..... but then the friend feels embarrassed and stays out of touch for a few months. What do you do eh?

This aside I've noticed a subtle change in my behaviour towards work, I've developed a strong sense of pride about what I do... I can help to change people's lives, so far I've noticed for the better.
My company has been going through some considerable changes recently for the better. With new procedures, targets M.I reporting etc.
I was tasked to call and speak to all of my candidates that had been successfully been appointed, something which was far more rewarding than first appears. I've now found 15 people in my short spell new jobs and all of them were genuinely happy.
It also highlighted another topic, how they were sourced/ found. I'm not the best of advert writers, making rookie mistakes like spelling mistakes and revealing the company, but i do seem to have knack for finding people. 12 out of 15 I found! 3 of that 12 have relocated for the jobs, but all had nothing but praise for what i had done.

I know the stats are probably tiny to seasoned guys but i feel a good sense of achievement. What i do notice is how people can be come intoxicated on this. To the point of letting that pride becoming arrogance, I'll remember to keep myself in check.

This job has done me a world of a good for my own confidence, as i really feel proud of what I'm starting to achieve, the cost of that pride i feel is relationships; this job can be overwhelming at times, aside from the obvious long hours, there's no kill switch.

I'm sitting here thinking about the week ahead; the looming deadline for the all important targets due to be met in 9 days, the meeting I have on Monday with a guy double my age, with a lack of self confidence- who's going to need some help for a second interview we have for him, the change in dynamic in the team as the new procedures are implemented! If it wasn't for this I think I'd be annoying the missus, with yet another boring conversation about work!

Finally before I go, I mentioned some goals I'd like to achieve this year well, I've started to cut energy drinks out of my daily routine, I haven't had one in two weeks ha that makes me sound like i was addicted- dear oh dear! I'm now also down to four cigarettes a day, was smoking around fifteen to twenty. Apparently people are noticing changes in my personality I'm seem more focused and controlled. Halve your caffeine and nicotine intake and see what happens to you!

Thanks for reading guys, be back soon :-)

New Year, New Start? (..... Day four)

Well for someone so young I'm starting to feel all kinds of nostalgic nonsense, the company i work for now has its first set of comparative financials and it seems were doing well..... actually increasing profit on last year by at least 30% Yep that's right have no idea about financial Speak, but understand beating targets, this seems like a good start. We have a steady workforce, I say steady but I now mourn the loss of another colleague, gone to pastures green, to the corporate internal recruitment world. She will be truly missed.
Something I've been so grateful for is the diversity in characters I've met, to work with people from three decades of recruitment essentially three generations. Its played to my interests, learning the history yes i emphasise the story  in his-story. anyone that works in recruitment will appreciate what i mean, is it just me or is there at least of those guys in every office that has a story for every perceivable situation.... ever?

So anyway..... babbling again, i came on here to document at least one copy of my new years resolutions....
- Get at least one follower on my blog :-( I'm tempted to invite the first person out for a drink, they must be clearly delusional and worth all of my attention for reading this far.
- Quit Smoking Bad habit, i know this - I live to the stereotype of what salesman were like in the GlenGarry Glenross Days. One of the best films ever made! Have you got the brass balls?!?! Nicotine, caffeine and raw nerves. I'm cutting down at the moment, watch this space....
- Propose!!! It's been five years! For goodness sake I'd be fed up with me by now, time to bite the bullet- take the plunge and all those stereotypes.
- Challenge myself and find someone a job from a new industry to me, at least once a month, this month a sales engineer. Next who knows.....

This seems like an achievable list..... no doubt I'll add more as time goes on......

Thank you to any bored souls who have made it this far.....