Confessions of a Recruiter
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Confessions of a Recruiter
Natasha Olsson-Seeto | Unmasking Realities and Raising the Bar | Confessions of a Recruiter
Have you ever caught yourself wondering about the realities of recruitment, or the common misconceptions that surround this industry? Ever thought about the evolution of recruitment or how it's becoming a much-desired career path for many? Let's set the record straight. Our candid conversation unearths personal anecdotes and insights about the recruitment industry, shaking off the perception of recruiters as merely good-hearted employment agencies to reveal the true challenges of partnering with businesses to solve significant team issues.
Shifting gears, we tackle the pressing issue of regulation within the recruitment field. Despite the existing labour laws in place, we question the need for additional measures to uphold high standards. Tune in as we explore the impacts of personal interactions on the perception of recruitment and discuss how maintaining standards doesn't only benefit individual recruiters, but fortifies the entire profession. It's a conversation that highlights the intricacies of our job and the ever-evolving nature of an industry many of us know so little about.
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When I used to go out and like have drinks and you'd meet people, oh, what do you do? I'd be like, oh, I'm a, I'm a recruiter. You're like, oh bless you, you must have such a big heart. I'm like I guess I kind of do what do you mean?
Speaker 1:Like, oh, that's so good. Do you feel like good about yourself, like really helping people get jobs? I'm like that is definitely a part of why we do what we do. Is that that part of recruitment? But it's. It's almost like their instinct is to go. Oh, you, you know, it's kind of like a what do you call them? Like a placement?
Speaker 2:Oh, the um like a Serena Russo Job, active and business contracts.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm like no, it's not, it's not quite like that. You're more depending if you're more candidate side or client side, but you're more like partnering with businesses to help them solve big issues in their teams. Right and um, yeah, it's. It's just funny. When you know you're first getting to recruitment, you tell people, and when they don't really have a night, well, everyone thinks they've got an idea unless you're in recruitment and they think you're a happy go lucky kind of interviewing. You know people to try and get them off the doll.
Speaker 1:It's, it's um, it's good now that it's. It's changing where, I think for for the first time in a couple of well, ever, the last couple of years, I've actually met people that go yeah, I want to be a recruiter, um, which I've never experienced in the last eight years, which is interesting.
Speaker 3:Going off your point, yeah and I think, but how, how else could we raise the standard, cause it's still very unregulated, Like anyone could start a recruitment agency? It's, you know there's there's obviously labor hire laws, now that you know if you're destruct a company, you can't re-register and be a director. But what do you think we could do as an industry to help, you know, bolster that up, cause you know we're all only a few people?
Speaker 2:How could we as a I think the um, the commentary most people have, is about their own personal experience. So it's it's one, one interaction at a time, and I think there's things at the, as you say we talk about um, you know, setting standards and upholding standards, and that benefits the whole industry, not just members.