>> What I love about what I do is I feel like I'm helping people.
I feel like I'm helping companies find good people to add to their staff
that can make a difference and really help the company be successful and I feel
like I'm helping candidates find good career opportunities for them.
So, you know, there is a time where I almost felt like, you know, I was a little bit
in almost like a not-for-profit because, you know, even though I'm in a
for profit business a lot of it is mentoring, coaching, talking to people.
And I used to feel bad in the beginning because I can't place everybody that I need.
But you know, it just doesn't happen that way.
I probably meet, you know, 25 people to every one person I can place.
Because I interview a lot of candidates and I'm exposed to a lot
of candidates throughout the year.
So I just kind of said, in my mind, if I could at least provide them something
that helped them career wise, whether it was on a critique on their resume that might help them.
Whether it was an interview critique that I could give them that might help them.
That kind of made me feel good about my job as well.
So whether I placed them or I didn't I at least felt
like they walked away with some kind of value.
And one of the biggest criticisms of my industry is that people don't get back to you.
Particularly on the candidate side and particularly
with the way the job boards are these days and things like that.
You know, a lot of times candidates feel like they're just sending their resume
into a big black hole and they, you know, they never hear back.
And you know, one thing I've really tried to make part
of my practice is that I will call people back.
I will never not return a phone call.
You know, it may take me a day or two but I will never not return a phone call and I really try
and respond to every email, you know, that I can.