-: I would say public speaking experience
is probably number one, the biggest part of our job
is talking and being engaging with people
that you might not talk to on a normal basis
and kind of pulling from them
what role they can fit into best,
even if they haven't thought about it themselves.
So getting any type of public speaking
presentation experience, as well as being comfortable
on the phone and being the person
to drive the conversation is really essential.
I would say if you're gonna go into IT recruiting
even taking a base programming class
or a base IT or MIS class is gonna be really beneficial,
just to kind of understand
where business and technology come together,
because that's ultimately our goal
as a company and my role is to find consultants
who can bridge that gap between the business users and IT
and make it so that they're really utilizing
their software investments to their full potential.
I think follow up is the biggest thing in recruiting.
You have to wear so many different hats
at a different time, it's easy to let different balls drop.
And that's when you burn bridges
with consultants you might need,
and in the recruiting world you never really know
who's going to be of value to you later on.
So being really good at maintaining a wide variety
of relationships, following up, even if it's with bad news,
I can't even count the number of times
that I've called consultants back to say hey you know what?
This role didn't work out, it's just not a fit for now
but looking forward to the next one,
that they appreciate so much that call
cuz they're used to recruiters blowing them off.
So I think being able to follow up
and being really mindful of that
separates the good from the great.