Could starting up your own recruitment business remove your biggest worries?
I think possibly the answer is yes! Let me explain.
A recent survey, within the recruitment industry, has revealed that stress is one of the biggest factors in being unhappy in your job. Further analysis revealed the biggest causes of that stress. The two biggest culprits are – lack of resources and support, and lack of leadership.
Now, it might at first glance appear odd for me to suggest that starting up your own recruitment business is the way to a stress free working life. It does bring challenges, and it can get stressful. But, you’d be the boss; your own boss, so ‘lack of leadership’ should not really be an issue for you. Should it?
To do it though, as you’ve probably thought quite often, you’ve got to say goodbye to the salary, and the security, such as it is.
But then you’ll also be saying goodbye to the stress of running your busy desk, or leading a team. Hitting the numbers. The numbers that someone else sets as targets, and somehow never quite rewards you when you meet them. You’ll be bidding farewell to the worries and frustration over seeing resources put in to places that you see as secondary, because you know where they’re needed more, and where they’d be more productively deployed.
In other words, just as the survey suggests, you could be stressed, largely because of lack of support, resources and leadership.
So, with your experience, maybe you should start up on your own. Except of course you see that as a stressful move too. Is it frying pan into fire territory? You need to find the finance. There will be premises to sort out, staff to find and your branding and website to get organised. There’s the big one – how do you get over the cash flow stress of the first few months when outgoings are going to be higher than income?
Does it have to be that stressful? This time I’d venture to suggest that the answer is no!
At Recruit Ventures we have a business model aimed at professionals just like you. If you’ve got five years overall experience, and 3 years track record in your current role, we can help. We’ll provide you with 100% funding, shares and dividends, a guaranteed salary, no financial risk and access to a full back office support function to support you start up your own business.
Now that would take the stress out of starting up, wouldn’t it? And you’d have removed those stresses that are dragging you down in your job (the statistics tell us). To top it all, you’d be the boss. Leading the way you think a boss should lead.
If you’re serious about starting your own recruitment business, don’t stress about it. Contact John on info@recruitventures.com
You can also find out more about Recruit Ventures unique business model at www.recruitventures.com
Author
John Buckman is chairman of Recruit Ventures and a true entrepreneur himself. Having launched and grown many successful businesses especially within the recruitment sector, John’s expert knowledge and experience grants him the opportunity to offer advice and support to others in the industry considering setting up on their own.