Starting up a recruitment business? A box room of be box clever?
Move from employee to employer and then there’s the demands…
If you’re thinking of starting a recruitment business you will have realised that there is a lot to consider. As a recruitment professional you’re all too aware of the demands of the business. But take that step from employee to employer and you start to see the demands of – business.
Franchises, bedroom recruiters, lifestyle recruiters or something else?
Obviously then the ‘would be’ start up starts to look at the easiest option. Franchises spring to mind, but when your dream is to start your own brand, why would you work under someone else’s logo?
And of course there’s the route of ‘bedroom recruiter’. Stripping the overheads back to the bare minimum appears to make sense. Keeping it ‘lean’ seems to be a sound strategy. Except, it doesn’t exactly scream ‘high street presence’ and it doesn’t say much in the credibility stakes either. Even in the digital world of ‘e commerce’, where it’s possible to have a ‘virtual’ identity, sooner or later people want to meet people. Coffee shops are great for a chat, but if you’ve worked hard and impressed clients to the point where they want to check you out a bit more before putting that big contract your way, they’re going to want to visit your ‘office’. You balancing your lap top on the duvet cover while they perch by the dressing table is not really going to cut it. Is it?
Don’t be small time … strive for the big time…
Perhaps that’s a bit harsh. But, even if you’ve equipped your spare bedroom as a fully functional office it’s still all going to look a bit domestic. A bit ‘small time’.
Oddly enough, it’s probably more difficult to step up from the back bedroom to an office than it is to start with an office in the first place. A year or so trading, but with no track record of rental or lease, doesn’t make for easy negotiations. It’s also the point at which questions are raised about public liability and how much HMRC know about how much of your home is an office.
In short, tempting though it is, the ‘lifestyle recruiter’ route, operating out of the spare bedroom is not so much a prudent first step forward, it’s more likely to hold you back.
But, if you don’t have massive financial resources, and you’re not an expert in legal, financial and property matters, how do you start?
You become ‘box clever’ and achieve the results you want
The smart move is to talk to the one single source of all these services with the funding and back up you’ll need.
At The Recruit Venture Group our start up solution is designed to help you get going, and get growing. With full financial backing to launch your business, plus the autonomy that comes with shares and dividends, you can get on with what you do well. And you can start as a fully operational business, in premises that we’ll help you arrange.
With our complete back office and support system you can handle serious levels of business from day one, safe in the knowledge that everything is backed up and serviced.
On top of all that you’ll be able to pay yourself a salary, so your own lifestyle is protected. It’s important to have that peace of mind. It helps you focus.
All in all it’s a fully funded, risk free, route to starting your own recruitment business. You’ll need to be able to show us you’ve had five years’ experience in recruitment, and that you’ve probably specialised in a sector that you feel you can develop. We can talk that through with you.
So, is it the box room? Or will you be box clever? You know the answer.