Once upon a time, it was believed that if you were first in the office, last out the door and worked more weekends than you didn’t, you would be an amazing recruiter and earn piles of money. However, this isn’t true. Not even a little bit.
The only thing you’ll be achieving is high-stress levels as you watch your social life slowly slip away. What’s more important, and the one thing everyone seems to forget is, you don’t need to work all the hours in the day, you just need to be more productive.
In case you’re already feeling a little stressed about how much work you’ve got to do this year, here’s a few things you could be doing to help:
Monday is better than Friday
While we would all like to be superhero’s that can run on endless energy, the sad truth is we can’t. Although the minute someone, probably Elon Musk, comes up with something, we’ll be the first to let you know. Given that we’re all human, make sure you front-load your week. It’s a scientific fact that we’re more productive at the beginning of the week, so set yourself all the difficult tasks.
The long conversations, conference calls, closing pitches, and anything else that will take up huge amounts of your energy should happen on Monday and Tuesday. You should always preserve energy for the biggest battles. Mike Tyson never got into the ring with no sleep or energy, and that’s a fact.
Actually leave work
We know we’re shattering a huge recruiting myth here, but your evenings are your own and should never be spent in the office. Go home. Have dinner. Relax. Take a bath. Do whatever it is that you do to unwind, and leave the work phone in the office. Working long hours into the night decreases productivity the next day and leaves you tired and irritable. Irritation is no friend of productivity.
Multi-tasking is a myth
That’s right, you heard it here first folks. (Actually, some scientists said it ages ago). The point is, we’ve all been screaming about multi-tasking for years but it’s nothing but a bad habit. Our brains aren’t wired to work that way, and we’re merely switching between tasks very quickly. Set specific times aside to do specific things, and concentrate solely on that. You’ll soon find that you’re ticking things off the to-do list like a demon.
Never work for your CRM
Like we said, it doesn’t matter what recruitment software you use, but it should be working for you, not the other way around. For example, our software, RDB ProNet, is designed to get candidates to interview and offer acceptance faster so you can secure more placements, without spending your entire life in the office. With candidate portals, direct
With candidate portals, direct in-software communication, diary coordination and access to documents, you’ll be making placements quickly and efficiently. Templates, mobile apps and single screen interfaces will also help you make the most placements, in the least amount of time. If you’re staring at your recruitment software waiting for it to load, while simultaneously wondering if it has the functionality to fulfil your requests, you don’t stand a chance. You never did.
There’s thousands of other productivity hacks, from taking regular breaks to eating healthy and drinking lots of water, and it sounds a lot like common sense, but it’s remarkable the amount of people who don’t do any of these things. Just go for a walk, take a break, drink gallons of water, dance around the office if you must, just remember to do the things that will yield the best results. We’re not machines, and we all need a little help.
Contact us and we will show you how software can help recruitment consultants work more efficiently.