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Anila Choudhury's experience at the Recruitment Rollercoaster LIVE event.

Name: Anila Choudhury's experience at the Recruitment Rollercoaster LIVE event.
Uploaded: 2020-01-17T22:58:09+00:00
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this brief testimonial, Anila Chowdhury, Senior Manager of US college recruiting, shares her overwhelmingly positive experience at the Recruitment…

17 Jan 2020 · 1 min

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In this brief testimonial, Anila Chowdhury, Senior Manager of US college recruiting, shares her overwhelmingly positive experience at the Recruitment Rollercoaster LIVE event. She describes the event as far exceeding expectations, highlighting the high energy, enthusiasm, and the strong desire of attendees to be present. Chowdhury emphasizes the presence and excitement of junior‑level recruiters, noting how the setting allowed them to ask questions and learn from more experienced peers without feeling intimidated by managers. She also critiques the broader recruiting industry’s negative reputation—people’s reluctance to discuss billings or promote their work—arguing that events like this provide a needed space for pride and community. Concluding with gratitude, she expresses admiration for the organizers and a wish that she had conceived the idea herself.

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My name is Anila Chowdhury and I'm Senior Manager for the US for our college recruiting. It was 10 times better than I ever imagined. So much energy from everybody. I felt like people really wanted to be here and they were like hungry for an event like this. So it's perfect. Loved it. I love seeing how many junior-level people there were at the event. People who have been in recruitment a couple of months, a few weeks, and they were so excited and you could tell that they wanted to be in an environment where they're around other like experienced recruiters and being able to ask questions because they don't feel comfortable asking their managers. So I loved it. Yeah. I feel like our industry gets such a bad rap. It's sort of like we have a job, oh, no one wants. You don't want to talk about it. You're embarrassed to mention your billings. We're scared to promote ourselves because our clients will be like, are you taking the piss? We pay you too much. We need a place where we can come together, be excited and proud of what we do. And I just don't think we have that in our industry. So you have hit the nail on the head. I'm jealous and I wish I thought of it first. ¡Gracias!