It probably all started in high school, when I realized that being a good test taker meant being good in clutch situations – like interviews. I was a good interviewee. I was good at reading people.
I believe I still am.
I worked, through college and right there after, as a journalis; sports journalist, to be exact. And I wrote my share of down-to-the-wire, game-has-just-gone-into-overtime, there-goes-my-deadline stories on a TRS 80 with a 1” screen that equated to an inch of copy. And yes, it’s possible to bend time enough that you can run to the locker room, scribble quotes, transcribe your undecipherable penmanship, slap a lead on the story, and file your 15” in the 15 minutes between the end of a game and the second the presses start to roll. You learn tricks. And you deserve the beer you stop for on the way home.
I believe I still employ those tricks today.
I had a roommate sometime near the end of my journalism career who worked as an assistant to a Head Hunter. And although I still despise that term, I knew from the day we met and she told me about her job, that I would like recruiting.
I still do.
I used that story in my interview for my first recruiting job. I’ve never looked back. In my second week, the president of the company asked me if I like recruiting. I told him I was pleased to be using all the skills I’d learned as a reporter. But not before I gushed that I thought I was born to do this.
I believe I was right then. And now.
I love what I do. I’ve been told I’m good at it. I’ve got lots of years under my belt, tons of learning, a lot of industry best practices, and some unorthodox ideas I’ve developed on my own.
At Strother Consulting our success rate is unmatched. We have the statistics to prove it, too. I hope some part of that comes from the passion that I bring to my job.
Belief, I think, is a very powerful tool.
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