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10 Traits of Successful Recruitment Business
Ownersby
Helen Reynolds, CEO RIDA Group
Recruitment Director’s Quarterly Summit March 2015
SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR YOUR RECRUITMENT BUSINESS
SUCCESS MEANS…
…different things to different people
Is it you being Jordan Belfort?
Or is it you being able to take a month’s holiday and know you will still have a business to come back to?
Dale Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich (1937):• Unwavering courage based on self-confidence• Self-Control• Fairness • Don’t wait for perfect answers to make a decision• Work by a plan• Do more than required• Exceptionally likeable• Sympathetic• Attention to detail• Take full responsibility for their team• Cooperative
“ SUCCESS IS GETTING WHAT
YOU WANT.
HAPPINESS IS WANTING WHAT
YOU GET”DALE CARNEGIE
WHAT OUR RESEARCH HAS FOUND
IN 2014, RIDA ASKED THE RECRUITMENT LEADERS OF TODAY WHAT THEY THOUGHT MADE THEM
SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELDS.
BASED ON INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND CASE STUDIES, WE PRESENT OUR ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION:
“WHAT TRAITS MAKE UP THE PERSONALITY OF A
SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT BUSINESS OWNER?”
HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID…
The ability to make decisions intended to drive specific anticipated business outcomes
1. FOCUS
Both in your own skills and those of your team
2. CONFIDENCE
It’s not all about thinking on your feet
3. CREATIVITY
“ Just do it”….
Too bad business isn’t that easy
4. WILLINGNESS
“Victory belongs to the most persevering”
- Napoleon
5. PERSEVERANCE
It’s not just for clients
6. FLEXIBILITY
da Vinci, Einstein, Edison, they all got it right…
7. CURIOSITY
Talking the talk and getting others to walk the walk with you
8. ARTICULATE
The ability to make decisions intended to drive specific anticipated business outcomes
9. SOCIAL SKILLS
Follow your gut
10. INSTINCT
