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Overcoming Call Anxiety in Recruitment

Name: Overcoming Call Anxiety in Recruitment
Uploaded: 2024-08-19T15:57:47+00:00
Duration: 57 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this concise monologue, the speaker addresses the common fear recruiters feel when making outreach calls and offers a four‑step framework to overcome…

19 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this concise monologue, the speaker addresses the common fear recruiters feel when making outreach calls and offers a four‑step framework to overcome it. First, he stresses the importance of planning each call with a clear purpose and knowing exactly who you are calling, which eliminates anxiety. Second, he advises always asking for a meeting, reframing rejection as a simple “no” and removing the fear of the unknown. Third, he reminds listeners to treat the person on the other end as a human, accepting that they may have a bad day and staying adaptable. Finally, he emphasizes relentless consistency—making a realistic number of calls daily, avoiding generic mass emails, and repeatedly practicing the process to build confidence and results.

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That first week, 2 weeks of being on the phone, it's pretty daunting. There is no getting away from that. The key number 1 is planning. If you know who you are calling and why, and you've got purpose and intent behind every single phone call, it gets rid of that fear. Like it really, really does. So knowing why you're calling, that's huge. Always ask for the meeting. What is the worst that's going to happen? They're going to turn around and say no, right? So always ask for that meeting. And then the final bit, is just remember that it's a human at the other end of the phone. You might catch them on a bad day. It is what it is. You've got to roll with it. And then you've just got to be consistent, consistent with it. Thinking you can do 5, 10 calls in a day when you're starting out, or thinking you can just send out a generic email or inmail isn't going to cut it. You've got to be consistent. You've got to get the reps in and you've got to hit it hard.