Reaping the Rewards of Recruiters

The weather is changing; summer is once again departing and Halloween and Christmas (now that’s another story altogether…) supplies are appearing in shops. For those of us who love wintertime, it’s exciting! For those of us who prefer the long hot days of summer, it’s more of a sad time. For recruiters, it’s a good time to stop and take a look at the fruits of our labour. After all, it is Harvest Festival time!

Jill likes to think of her recruitment style as a beautiful garden. She is very firmly in the ‘old school’ camp with her harvest being a large network, but she understands that this won’t remain a blooming network if she doesn’t continue to put the work in. Regularly keeping in contact with clients and candidates alike, Jill is ready to then leap into action when it’s required. Something not thriving in the place it’s currently in? Jill’s consistent work at maintaining her plot means she can quickly move the ‘plant’ to a more suitable location, and then continue to watch it grow!

Elliott is well-established, steadfast and strong. He is like a cultivated Oak tree, who has endured the weathers of the first few years as a recruiter and now has a strong presence and far-reaching roots. You can’t help but notice him, as he is definitely not a wall flower! He never fails to put in the hard graft, showing up each day and not only toiling but delivering, even in testing conditions. Day by day, the fruits of his labour are growing, and we see new shoots branching out around him with each changing season. Always growing, his steely determination on being the best doesn’t go unnoticed and with his unwavering drive, we have no doubt he’ll be still stood firm when others have uprooted.

Abi is continuously ploughing forward in her ‘recruitment farm’. Always at the forefront of developments within the recruitment industry, she likes to scrutinise and see if they will have an impact. Not everything works – and that’s fine. Sometimes you need to learn from a mistake, and then you can use that knowledge to push forward. Abi will throw herself into a new project, understanding a piece of pending employment legislation, trialling a new piece of software, or getting to grips with AI, and push to to its limits. When we say to its limits, we mean it! If there’s a flaw, she’s going to find it!

As the leader of the team, Abi’s approach to innovation within the recruitment industry is really useful, as she allows the rest of the team to carry on whilst she investigates, before sharing her findings. This is a far more efficient way, utilising team cohesion to trial new approaches without constant process change. Recruiters are often thought of as fiercely competitive, however at RE Recruitment, our Professional Services team work as a team, celebrating and supporting individual success to achieve the shared goals. Collaborative farming, if you will, to come back to our Harvest theme!

On the Temp side of our business, Izzy is more of a large scale ‘farmer’. She has wide areas to cover, and in working with much bigger numbers, she needs to be resilient when one or two crops don’t bear fruit. It’s – sadly – part and parcel of working with people. Sometimes things change, family emergencies, broken down cars, illnesses and a plethora of other reasons! It’s the reason her desk is so successful, as we are able to provide our clients cover (and quickly) when any of these incidences occur, but equally, we’re susceptible to it too, as we’re working with people! It’s important that Izzy maintains the best conditions she can for her ‘crops’ and understands that occasional failure is ok too. It’s more about how you deal with it, if it happens. A crop’s failed? No problem, it’s been accounted for, just in case, so there is always another yield to be gathered!

Looking at the different methods of how each of us reaps what we sow, it’s clear we have very different approaches, and this could cause challenges. It doesn’t though, because we all share the same desire to maximise our team harvest. If one area is struggling or in a drought, those who have a bountiful harvest can reap rewards to keep us united as a team and help ensure we weather all storms.

This – and this is where it sounds a little trite – is what sets us apart from the rest. We’re a genuine team, and we all celebrate one another, because we know we’ll all need one another for support at some point. When we engage with clients, we take a holistic approach, so you might build a relationship with Jill, and her beautiful flowers, but you’ll benefit from Izzy’s acres, Abi’s innovation, and Elliott’s ever-present reliability, or vice versa. As we said, it’s a bit like collaborative farming. Want in on the harvest this year? Give us a shout.