Don’t panic! I’m not suggesting that the stress of working in recruitment can have a serious effect on your ‘personal’ life but recruiters who start up their own business in their spare bedroom, and then sadly fail.
Why Are So Many Recruitment Professionals A Failure In The Bedroom?
Don’t panic! I’m not suggesting that the stress of working in recruitment can have a serious effect on your ‘personal’ life. What I’m talking about is the number of recruitment professionals who decide to start up their own business in their spare bedroom, and then sadly fail.
The desire to ‘go it alone’ and run a consultancy is ever present in the recruitment sector. Your own brand. Your own way of doing things. Shaping your own destiny and making your own profits. They’re all serious drivers, and many are the seasoned recruiters who have decided that it would make it more worthwhile to get out of bed in the morning.
And it’s tempting to keep overheads low by working out of the spare bedroom at home. Now, you might be a ‘bedroom recruiter’ but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to work hard. You’ll doubtless give it everything you’ve got. It will doubtless bring results.
And then come the ‘bedroom problems’. With more business, more clients and more candidates you need to be as systemised and operational as your employer was. You can’t compete unless you have spot on admin, accurate records and all the efficiencies that come with a tried and tested back office. Suddenly, your trusty old pc and a couple of spreadsheets don’t cut it. Your performance starts to suffer.
It starts to become clear that it would have made more sense to have been better equipped from the outset. Those initial savings begin to feel like false economies.
Maybe it would have been better if you’d talked to us first.
At Recruit Ventures we have a business model aimed at professionals just like you. If you’ve got five years overall experience, and 3 years track record in your current role, we can help. We’ll provide you with 100% funding, shares and dividends, a guaranteed salary, no financial risk and access to a full back office support function to support you start up your own business.
I hate to be personal, but if you want to avoid being a failure in the bedroom, contact me at jbuckman@recruitventures.com. There are some things I can’t do – but I can help you start your own recruitment business.
You can also find out more about Recruit Ventures unique business model at www.recruitventures.com
Author
John Buckman is chairman of Recruit Ventures and a true entrepreneur himself. Having launched and grown many successful businesses especially within the recruitment sector, John’s expert knowledge and experience grants him the opportunity to offer advice and support to others in the industry considering setting up on their own.