Rant of the Day
- Thread starter russ
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I actually love my job. Yes there's pressure, but no more so than any other business with the sort of rewards available.
You feel really good about yourself putting people into jobs that they've always wanted, whilst building client relationships.
Plus..I double my salary every month with commission8)
You feel really good about yourself putting people into jobs that they've always wanted, whilst building client relationships.
Plus..I double my salary every month with commission8)
Yoinks. Can't complain. Yeah, all the guys at the place I'm starting at get a %, up to 15 % they said which I think is just silly. Especially seeing as the jobs are like £ 60 K +. Hopefully they offer me a job when I finish Uni so I can get on the proper money. Although £ 200 for a student will come in handy. I used to double my wage at a call center, is a lovely feeling, although doubling your wage would be nicer. 
Quite looking forward to this now after your glowing reviews, although I highly suspect I will be doing all the donkey work, looking through monster etc. but it's all a learning curve ! Also, thinking I will have unadultarated access to the Internet, thus spending most of my days mooching around on here amonst other websites.
Quite looking forward to this now after your glowing reviews, although I highly suspect I will be doing all the donkey work, looking through monster etc. but it's all a learning curve ! Also, thinking I will have unadultarated access to the Internet, thus spending most of my days mooching around on here amonst other websites. I spend about 20% of my week out meeting clients, 20% interviewing candidates, and the rest searching for candidates, phoning clients etc.
I work about a 46 hour week, dont have to do that much but it really pays off with the commission. From the moment I'm in the door at 8:30, till I leave at between 6 and 7, I am constantly busy. Honestly really enjoy it though.
The culture is very young (there's about 100 in the company, with an average age of probably around 26). The managers are all young and big caners to.
One dude I work with made £10k commission last month...not bad eh8)
I work about a 46 hour week, dont have to do that much but it really pays off with the commission. From the moment I'm in the door at 8:30, till I leave at between 6 and 7, I am constantly busy. Honestly really enjoy it though.
The culture is very young (there's about 100 in the company, with an average age of probably around 26). The managers are all young and big caners to.
One dude I work with made £10k commission last month...not bad eh8)
Sounds like you've had a bad experience, to be honest Grego, but not an uncommon one. But I hear that a lot from Southern based recruiters to be honest.
I own a large recruitment company in the north and we have minimal staff turnover, and clients and candidates which have been with us for many years. The staff work hard and are paid exceptionally well as a result. Anyone who cuts corners or has dubious practises wouldn't last a week.
I think too many recruitment companies don't actually know how to recruit, develop or retain their own staff, which is laughable as that is exacty the expertise they should be providing to their client base.
Many of my staff are mature with growing families and once upon a time working in recruitment was seen as the domain fo the young who didn't see it as a long term career. Usually because their employers would flog them within an inch of their life for every cent they produce. Which leads to bad practise and a general bad reputation.
The industry often has bad press due to certain elements. As usual the professional, competent elements don't get the same press.
I own a large recruitment company in the north and we have minimal staff turnover, and clients and candidates which have been with us for many years. The staff work hard and are paid exceptionally well as a result. Anyone who cuts corners or has dubious practises wouldn't last a week.
I think too many recruitment companies don't actually know how to recruit, develop or retain their own staff, which is laughable as that is exacty the expertise they should be providing to their client base.
Many of my staff are mature with growing families and once upon a time working in recruitment was seen as the domain fo the young who didn't see it as a long term career. Usually because their employers would flog them within an inch of their life for every cent they produce. Which leads to bad practise and a general bad reputation.
The industry often has bad press due to certain elements. As usual the professional, competent elements don't get the same press.
Morbyd
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True... but what I took away from that movie was more the idea that whatever you do, you should make an honest living. These guys were scammers... the product they sold, not real.grego said:
By contrast, people like Fergs here are providing a valuable service to employers and employees. The methods might be the same, but the product is different.
Morbyd said:
the comparison is not in the honesty/dishonesty of what you are doing but in the way in which it is done. in theory the more dishonest the product you are selling, the better a salesman you have to be.
i've already said the product is irrelevant to the point i'm making.
MARKB said:Sounds like you've had a bad experience, to be honest Grego, but not an uncommon one. But I hear that a lot from Southern based recruiters to be honest.
I own a large recruitment company in the north and we have minimal staff turnover, and clients and candidates which have been with us for many years. The staff work hard and are paid exceptionally well as a result. Anyone who cuts corners or has dubious practises wouldn't last a week.
I think too many recruitment companies don't actually know how to recruit, develop or retain their own staff, which is laughable as that is exacty the expertise they should be providing to their client base.
Many of my staff are mature with growing families and once upon a time working in recruitment was seen as the domain fo the young who didn't see it as a long term career. Usually because their employers would flog them within an inch of their life for every cent they produce. Which leads to bad practise and a general bad reputation.
The industry often has bad press due to certain elements. As usual the professional, competent elements don't get the same press.
what markets do you work in??
i agree with your points, most consultancies i know (and i'm sure you'll appreciate the difference between that term and an agency) do have high turnover cos staff are seen as a conduit to reaching an end goal.
my firm preached the immortal "recruitment policy is a direct function of your business goals and objectives", yet their own recruitment policy consisted of anyone who was willing or desperate to work. in my case i was desperate at the time and it served its purpose, and i came out a bit richer on the back of it too.
Yeah I have seen Boiler Room...great film but nothing like where I work.
Yes it's a sales environment, but it doesn't feel like a hard sell at all....I guess it must be very different in the South.
Ermm....my company has three letters with the last two being the same (luckily we don't have any offices in England though)
Yes it's a sales environment, but it doesn't feel like a hard sell at all....I guess it must be very different in the South.
Ermm....my company has three letters with the last two being the same (luckily we don't have any offices in England though)