Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

"How WWE helped my career in business"

Name: "How WWE helped my career in business"
Uploaded: 2023-05-16T16:00:33+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this first-person monologue, the speaker recounts a decade-long pro‑wrestling career across the UK and Europe that overlapped with his university…

16 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this first-person monologue, the speaker recounts a decade-long pro‑wrestling career across the UK and Europe that overlapped with his university studies and early recruitment work. He explains that when he auditioned for the TV show The Apprentice, his prior experience trying out for WWE—where a contract would have meant 300 days of constant travel—gave him a larger‑than‑life persona and comfort performing before thousands of spectators. He argues that this confidence and stage presence directly helped him succeed in the Apprentice audition and continue to benefit his business life, as the ability to speak confidently in front of large audiences translates to presenting to business experts and summits.

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So I was in the pro wrestling circuit across the UK and Europe for about, probably in total, just over 10 years during my studies, all the way through my earlier recruitment career. And when I got The Apprentice audition, I had already had options to try out for the, what is now the WWE, the World Wrestling Entertainment. If you got the gig back then, it was 300 days on the road throughout the world. I'd never have time for a life, a wife, and all those things. So I actually think it really, really helped me with the auditioning and getting on The Apprentice, and it's helped me in life. But that part of me that gave me a character and like a larger than life personality, I was able to use elements of being comfortable, rested in front of several thousand people, like in a pair of pants basically. So if you can do that, you can talk to a bunch of business experts on summit as far as I'm concerned.