Now Your Job Is On The Board,
How Are You Getting On With The Jobs On The Job Boards?
That has to be one of your more complicated opening lines!
Yes. It’s a bit tricky, isn’t it? Rather clever we thought.
Explain.
Wasn’t it immediately obvious then? Right. You start your own recruitment company so you’ll be the boss. You’ll be ‘on the board’.
With you so far.
Good. So now, running your own recruitment business it’s down to you actually advertise the roles your clients want you to fill. Let’s face it, it’s why you want to do this. It’s recruitment!
Well…
We sense a hesitation. There’s no problem is there?
No. Not really. It’s just that all of a sudden I see being the boss, ‘on the board’ involves setting up the business, finding premises, sorting staff, the branding ……there’s a lot to be done before I even get to the recruiting!
Sorry. This is rather worse than we thought. We’d assumed you’d worked that out already. Yes, there’s all of that to do. Anyway, moving on, there’s the question of sorting out your arrangements with the media….
Whoa. Hold on. The media?
Yes. The media. You know, the job boards, websites, local press, national press, radio….all those places you advertise jobs on. Come to think of it the job boards are really important now….
Can we go back a bit? What you’re saying is, establishing relationships with, and opening accounts with, job boards and the media is something else to load into the whole ‘start your own recruitment business’ checklist…
That’s rather nicely put actually. How can we answer it? Like this. Yes! And don’t forget ‘opening accounts with’ actually means ‘opening lines of credit with’, which isn’t always easy for a new business.
Hmm. ‘Opening up’ is starting to sound a bit less tempting than ‘staying put’.
Oh. Ok. If you want to ‘stay put’ as a recruitment consultant working for someone else, it’s up to you. But if you’ve got five years or so experience, maybe three of them in one specific sector, and you think you’ve got the drive to go it alone, why wouldn’t you take the leap?
Because of all that stuff to do! And I’d not even thought about the media bit!!
Right. Here’s the thing. At Recruit Ventures helping recruitment professionals start their own businesses is what we do. With zero financial risk, plus shares and dividends, you’re free to concentrate on starting up. With access to a full back office and support system, you’re operational from day one. You’ll be able to pay yourself a salary from the start, meaning you can maintain your lifestyle, and focus on the job.
All of that – and you help with the job boards and media?
Absolutely. We know the recruitment world – which now we mention it is more than your bank manager could claim if you were thinking of exploring other possible sources of finance.
No. No. Really. I think it’s you I need to talk to. How do I start that?
Email us at info@recruitventures.com or fill out our contact form.
Firstly though I must ask…
Do you have five years consecutive experience of working in the recruitment industry with no gaps and have you spent the last three years with the same employer within the same sector? Do you want to use this experience to set up your own business within this field?