So its been nearly four years and I've decided to change direction now.
I've enjoyed working for online recruitment company's and also high street agencies now for nearly four years and after much heartache, blood, sweat and tears - I've decided to look for work in a different industry.
My rationale for getting into recruitment in the first place was to help people, but something I've started to realise is that recruitment isn't the right place to do that:
The industry is governed and run by money so its interest, surprisingly is always going to be in that. Which is a hard thing to work against when my main motivator wasn't money, something I learned can be taken advantage of:
I worked at an online recruitment company for two and a half years and in that time, I learned the key to success (promotion and better money) was to survive and just stay put. I watched 30 people leave the business in my time there, including MD's and senior managers, which only helped to move me up the food chain; being the only person in an online business that knew how it worked had its perks.
Moving on - I eventually worked out though that soo many people leaving is actually a sign of bad thing (go figure) so I was offered a chance to interview for a high street agency, who blew me away with the offer of better money and prospects - which at that point seemed attractive to someone who had been working for just about minimum wage and hadn't been on holiday for five years, with massive bills to pay.
That lasted for four months - I was actually told whilst on holiday (first in five years) that they were closing the branch down due to lack of profit.... over the phone!!! on holiday!! The kicker was i'd paid for "my desk" in the branch it was the rest of the people that hadn't and the company didn't have the management structure to support keeping just me on - the guy that told me was promoted to director 6 weeks later..... and they kept the branch open to help maintain the local business I had won for them.
I had as it seems a touch of luck though as one of the candidates I was working with, had found work working with one of the worlds biggest agency's, who happened to be looking for a new member of staff at my local branch. I interview their and got the job in three days.
The job seemed to be going fine, for the first time in my 7 year relationship to my fiancee, I was able to organise a spa day for her with a photo shoot to. Until i tried to book the time off for it, which was denied, even though I gave them a months notice the branch managers time off took priority over mine.
So I quit - the reason I work is to live, not vice versa. This brings me up to date now. which is unemployed a bit scared and not sure what to do. What I do know is that I'm happier now, knowing that I never have to compromise any of my morals again. The problem is that doesn't pay the bills.
I'm adding a paypal button to this page as I would like to start saving money to help with our financial situation and also to help my fiancee; a long time sufferer of crohns. She has tirelessly worked for years, whilst also running an ebay shop, and taking the shortest spells she can from work, when she has been admitted to hospital. The whole time my mission has been to help people but the whole time in my recruitment career - I feel like I'm failing the one person that has helped me the most. Please help me give something back to her.
I've enjoyed working for online recruitment company's and also high street agencies now for nearly four years and after much heartache, blood, sweat and tears - I've decided to look for work in a different industry.
My rationale for getting into recruitment in the first place was to help people, but something I've started to realise is that recruitment isn't the right place to do that:
The industry is governed and run by money so its interest, surprisingly is always going to be in that. Which is a hard thing to work against when my main motivator wasn't money, something I learned can be taken advantage of:
I worked at an online recruitment company for two and a half years and in that time, I learned the key to success (promotion and better money) was to survive and just stay put. I watched 30 people leave the business in my time there, including MD's and senior managers, which only helped to move me up the food chain; being the only person in an online business that knew how it worked had its perks.
Moving on - I eventually worked out though that soo many people leaving is actually a sign of bad thing (go figure) so I was offered a chance to interview for a high street agency, who blew me away with the offer of better money and prospects - which at that point seemed attractive to someone who had been working for just about minimum wage and hadn't been on holiday for five years, with massive bills to pay.
That lasted for four months - I was actually told whilst on holiday (first in five years) that they were closing the branch down due to lack of profit.... over the phone!!! on holiday!! The kicker was i'd paid for "my desk" in the branch it was the rest of the people that hadn't and the company didn't have the management structure to support keeping just me on - the guy that told me was promoted to director 6 weeks later..... and they kept the branch open to help maintain the local business I had won for them.
I had as it seems a touch of luck though as one of the candidates I was working with, had found work working with one of the worlds biggest agency's, who happened to be looking for a new member of staff at my local branch. I interview their and got the job in three days.
The job seemed to be going fine, for the first time in my 7 year relationship to my fiancee, I was able to organise a spa day for her with a photo shoot to. Until i tried to book the time off for it, which was denied, even though I gave them a months notice the branch managers time off took priority over mine.
So I quit - the reason I work is to live, not vice versa. This brings me up to date now. which is unemployed a bit scared and not sure what to do. What I do know is that I'm happier now, knowing that I never have to compromise any of my morals again. The problem is that doesn't pay the bills.
I'm adding a paypal button to this page as I would like to start saving money to help with our financial situation and also to help my fiancee; a long time sufferer of crohns. She has tirelessly worked for years, whilst also running an ebay shop, and taking the shortest spells she can from work, when she has been admitted to hospital. The whole time my mission has been to help people but the whole time in my recruitment career - I feel like I'm failing the one person that has helped me the most. Please help me give something back to her.
