How about headhunting?

How is the job of a headhunter? Regarding this question, a friend also asked Basil Construction Headhunter. Today we are doing an analysis based on this friend’s actual situation. We hope to be a reminder and reference for those friends who are still confused.

This friend graduated with a master's degree in 2018. After graduation, he joined a manufacturing company as HR. He worked for less than a year and was mainly responsible for recruitment and training in the company.

Recently, their company is laying off employees due to poor business. As a "new" employee who has been working for less than a year, unfortunately, she was included in the group that was about to be laid off. This friend himself was very ambitious when he entered this company. The direct leader is a very nice person and is willing to give her a lot of things. As a girl, it is also very good to develop in the direction of human resources.

After this happened, she submitted a lot of resumes to major talent websites, and also went to interview with some of her favorite companies, but she still didn't get an offer. During this period, I heard that our company was recruiting headhunting consultants. At the same time, I updated my resume and received calls from some headhunting companies, so I was considering whether to enter the headhunting industry. So, in her entanglement, she asked me whether she wanted to be a headhunting consultant?

Headhunting is a high-paying industry, and you can control your own income, because this is a sales position in the human resources direction; at the same time, headhunting is also a very fast-growing industry, and you can learn knowledge quickly. , increase knowledge; headhunting is also a very competitive industry, because every headhunting consultant needs to spend more time and energy on communicating with candidates.

Under normal circumstances, there are many cases where headhunters work overtime. You can learn a lot of industry knowledge and understand a lot of industry information from the candidates you communicate with. Even if you don't do headhunting in the future, you can quickly find a better company that suits you.

Based on this situation, I gave my friend a detailed analysis:

1. The headhunter’s job is to recruit for the client company and help them find the right match. For mid-to-high-end positions, when you are headhunting, you will not be exposed to several other sectors of human resources. Are you sure that you will focus on recruitment in the next few years? Do you have such drive and determination? Can you really settle down in this industry?

2. The work of a headhunter is relatively boring. To put it bluntly, every day is just looking for resumes, making phone calls, and communicating more will lead to more candidate resources and recommend suitable resumes. , to ensure that you have enough Offer output, so as to ensure that you have a high enough income. Are you mentally prepared to engage in a position similar to telemarketing? Are you outgoing enough and enjoy communicating with others?

3. It is said that headhunting is a very hard-working industry. It tends to be younger and work more overtime. Even if you have been engaged in headhunting for more than 5 years and have good customer resources and candidate resources, you can You need to spend a lot of time communicating with others during their off-duty hours. Can you accept such overtime work? Is your family supportive?

4. Regarding learning ability, are you a person who loves learning and can absorb new things quickly? Will you study independently in your spare time? Headhunters will not use your usual working time to study. What you need to do is to use some of your spare time to continue learning and learn the majors in the industry you operate. Nouns and darkened words can shorten the distance between you and the candidate faster.

Although in the end, my friend did not choose the headhunting industry and still felt that she was more suitable for a relatively stable human resources job, but after my analysis, she had a clear goal of her own in the future. Within 3 years, I will learn more about other aspects of human resources.

This is a real example. If a friend is struggling, should he be a headhunting consultant or should he join the headhunting industry? You can think about it seriously.

If Basil Construction Headhunter’s answer can help you, welcome to adopt it!