Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Challenges of a New Recruiter

Name: Challenges of a New Recruiter
Uploaded: 2023-05-30T16:30:13+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the psychological hurdles that recruiters encounter when moving from a traditional 180-degree recruiting…

30 May 2023 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the psychological hurdles that recruiters encounter when moving from a traditional 180-degree recruiting model to a more comprehensive 360-degree approach. The speaker highlights the pervasive fear of rejection that arises during outreach—whether via phone calls, emails, or LinkedIn messages—and notes that this fear often leads to hesitation and over‑thinking. To counteract these tendencies, the speaker advises new recruiters to adopt a more decisive, "go‑for‑the‑jugular" mindset, encouraging them to act directly rather than being paralyzed by worst‑case scenarios.

I think definitely it's very daunting if you have came from that 180 background. And obviously, as we all know just now, the market is changing more towards 360, you know. It's just really scary. I think you're always just thinking rejection, you know. If you're picking up a phone or doing an email or a LinkedIn message, whatever, you know, message you're using, you're always probably scared of the water, thinking worst-case scenario. The thing that I would probably say when I began going into it is probably that hesitation and overthinking it. It probably is just kind of going straight in and going for the jugular, you know.