Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Being Yourself in Recruitment

Name: Being Yourself in Recruitment
Uploaded: 2023-08-09T16:30:09+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this brief monologue, speaker Hishem Azzouz shares a personal anecdote from his time working at an estate agency in the affluent Henley area. He…

9 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, speaker Hishem Azzouz shares a personal anecdote from his time working at an estate agency in the affluent Henley area. He explains how his manager encouraged staff to adopt a formal, overly polite demeanor—saying "yes, sir/madam"—to cater to posh clients. Azzouz found this approach inauthentic and noticed that clients could see through the façade. He argues that genuine self‑presentation is essential: when he began interacting with clients as his true self, he forged stronger, more authentic relationships that were more effective and lasting. The core message is that authenticity, rather than forced politeness, builds trust and success in recruitment or client‑facing roles.

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The first thing I'll always say is be yourself. And I know that sounds so, so simple, but it's something that loads of people fail to do. I failed to do. In an estate agency, I worked in Henley, which is like quite a well-to-do area. There's a lot of posh people there, and I'm so far from that. But my boss was like, right, when people come in, you need to be like, yes, sir, madam. And it just, it didn't work. Like, that's not who I am. That's not how I speak. But people see right through it. So you've got to be yourself. And it was only when I started showing up as myself that I made some really good connections and relationships with clients. When you are yourself, those relationships that you're gonna build, they're authentic, they're gonna work with you because they're you.