Richard Milligan, a recruiting leader with 15 years in the role, explains why he loves the work. Recruiting leaders juggle 12 to 15 responsibilities at once, making it the toughest job in most organizations. His passion comes from a clear personal value system and deep empathy for the challenges involved.
Because I'm so clear on why I get excited is that because I empathize with the recruiting leader's struggle. The recruiting leader, in my opinion, has the most difficult job in any organization. If you have to lead and you also have to recruit and build the team, man, you're wearing 12 to 15 hats and then you got to put another mega hat on. That recruiting hat's a big hat and it's an important hat. And it will determine the level of success in your career if you're a recruiting leader that has to do that. So part of the reason why my energy goes up and why I can be so passionate about this, where I can barely control my emotion, right? Because that definition, passion is this strong, barely controllable emotion, is because I empathize with the recruiting leader struggle because I was a recruiting leader for a long time. In one industry for almost 15 years. And, and so I remember what it was like trying to figure it all out and trying to juggle the other 12 to 15 balls every single day. So the clarity of my value system ultimately leads me to a place where I can bring an enormous amount of enthusiasm into what I do. So here's what I would tell you to close this out. It is worth Finding a leader you're aligned with. It's worth finding a position that you're excited about, because when you get to a place where you can hardly contain your energy and your excitement about— around who you're aligned with, who you're working for, who you're working with, who you're partnered with, what you're doing in your career, then you are going to be able to influence and impact a lot more people.
