Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

How I landed my first contract deal.

Name: How I landed my first contract deal.
Uploaded: 2025-05-07T10:39:07+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this first‑person anecdote, the speaker describes how they secured their inaugural contract placement. Starting from a referral that provided a Zoom…

7 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this first‑person anecdote, the speaker describes how they secured their inaugural contract placement. Starting from a referral that provided a Zoom contact, they cold‑called the head of quality at an unfamiliar South Carolina company. During the conversation the head disclosed a specific hiring gap. The speaker immediately thought of a candidate who could address that need, pitched the candidate, and arranged an interview within three to four days. The company extended an offer, and the candidate began a three‑month contract two weeks later. The story highlights the power of cold outreach, rapid need‑candidate matching, and swift execution to close a first deal.

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So talk to us about this story of doing this first contract deal, right? Because I thought it was quite a cool story. I called this lady who was a head of quality in this company I'd never heard of in South Carolina, and she answered the phone, had a good conversation. She sort of, you know, mentioned that she was struggling in a specific area or struggling to fill some gaps here or there. I had someone in my mind who has done that exact, you know, could help her out in that exact challenge that she was facing. Sold him in. Got an interview there and then on the call for like 3 or 4 days later, and then that was it. They offered him and he started about 2 weeks later on a 3-month contract. Yes, that was the first deal, just from a, from a mate giving me Zoom info, a cold call to South Carolina.