Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

How I got started in Recruitment.

Name: How I got started in Recruitment.
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T16:00:24+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this brief first‑person narrative, the speaker recounts the pivotal moment that led them into recruitment. After spending a season working in Ibiza—a…

26 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief first‑person narrative, the speaker recounts the pivotal moment that led them into recruitment. After spending a season working in Ibiza—a risky move despite a stable job—a cousin, who was earning substantial income in recruitment, urged them to consider the field. Though initially hesitant and lacking a university degree, the speaker met Andy Wadsworth, who offered a relaxed, unconventional interview at a trendy spot in the Norman Quarter, even directing the candidate to start the interview at the building’s concierge. Impressed, Andy hired the speaker, and they learned the recruitment trade on the job, highlighting the role of personal networks, non‑traditional hiring practices, and on‑the‑job learning in career transitions.

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And I made a choice to go to Ibiza for a season, and it's a bit of a risk at the time because I was doing quite well in my job. So I got back and my cousin was like, "You need to get into recruitment." So I was a bit reluctant at first, but she was making so much money doing it. It's like, right, all right. And Andy Wadsworth was the guy that hired me. At the time, like, you needed a degree to get into recruitment, and I didn't have that. And he just like sat down with me. The interview was super relaxed. We went to this like cool little spot in the Norman Quarter and he's like, right, I think you'd be good. I was like, right, sweet. He's like, all right, come in for like a formal interview. And when I was going to that interview, he told me, he was like, your interview starts at the concierge downstairs. Okay, I was like, that's interesting. Anyway, long story short, I went through that interview process, got the job, and yeah, just kind of learned recruitment there.