-: That's the great thing about recruiting,
you can really come to it from any background.
One of the people I started with
was a cake decorator, and just transitioned into it.
Typically what people are gonna be looking for,
they wanna see that you are able to
present yourself well on the phone,
because 90% of the job is on the phone.
Drive is incredibly important,
honestly it's a very competitive industry,
and so people do well with that kinda background.
And then just working with people, speaking with people,
it's a lot about how you present yourself.
So if you've taken any public speaking courses,
a lot of people, I feel, come to this
out of a theater background or a drama background,
business, if you've given a lot of presentations,
anything that has you speaking to people.
If you're looking at internships,
anything HR related is gonna be very useful for this.
If you're looking at just like free activities,
go talk to people, I'd say public speaking,
or anything that has you on a video
or where you can demonstrate presentation skills.
Very competitive people.
And with that said,
something that was important to me,
was being in an environment
that was competitive but not cutthroat,
I don't wanna be snatching roles from people,
and I don't think that's helpful.
So it's not that, but you do,
I think if you don't feel a rush
when you get a win and when you place somebody,
you probably won't stay in recruiting very long.
I would get on LinkedIn and start adding recruiters
at companies that you're interested in.
Because when I left my last company,
there was just a change in the company
and I had to move over,
I think everyone left at about the same time
and most of us are split between three companies.
Because people kind of go where they know
and they hire recruiters who they know
through their networks.
So I would absolutely get on LinkedIn
and just start adding people who do what you wanna do.