It’s the time of year for organising the new diary. More and more of us have gone electronic of course. But many a recruitment consultant still likes a paper based diary. There are even a few sightings of Filofaxes around the industry still.
But, whether you’re buying a new paper diary from Amazon or blocking in a few dates on your computer calendar, it’s still the time of year when you start to organise the dates and commitments for the next year.
Here’s the thing. Are you filling in the same old same old and beginning to get that feeling of ‘here we go again’? You know – holidays – oh, no, better wait until I know a) what weeks the boss wants to take and/or b) hang on until I know I can even afford a holiday? And then there’s ‘quarterly review’. Roughly the same dates as last year and exactly the same things – can you do more, for no more reward. Pencil in that conference they said you could go to last year but budgets meant you got stepped down at the last moment. Still they said I could this year. But best to just pencil it in at this stage.
And what’s this, written in the back pages of last year’s diary.
‘Things to achieve this year’. ‘Get promoted’. Didn’t happen. ‘Start my own business’. No, that didn’t happen either.
It’s all a bit ‘familiar’ isn’t it?
Ah yes – there are those other notes you made at the back of the diary sometime last year – and the year before – about starting up on your own. ‘Find finance. Find premises. Don’t launch until I have fully operational systems’.
It all proved a bit too much like hard work didn’t it? The action list became more of an obstacle course and then nothing happened.
So do it differently this year. Aim higher still. Set a real target. ‘ I will start my own business’.
And top of the new action list should be ‘Talk to The Recruit Venture Group’.
We’re here solely to help recruitment professionals start up their own businesses. Our business model is proven, all over the country, and our track record is one of growth.
If you’ve got five years continuous recruitment experience, and you’ve spent three years or so running your own desk, or specialising in a sector, now could be the best time ever for you to talk to us about starting up.
We provide all the legal help you need, and we help with premises. You get 100%, risk free, financial backing, and access to our back office systems. In other words you get solutions to all those problems that thwarted your previous plans.
You’ll be running your own business, holding shares in it, and drawing dividends. You’ll be able to draw a salary too, and that’s a huge relief when you’re a new start up.
This could be the year that’s not the same as all the others. This could be your future taking shape. You could be running your own company this year. And running of your own diary too!