The document provides 5 tips for recruitment consultants to be happy at work: 1. Love your job and make sure you enjoy helping candidates find jobs. 2. Make sure you are working for a company that aligns with your values around things like work-life balance. 3. Get organized and have a plan for your work to avoid stress. 4. Avoid negativity from others as it can negatively impact your mood. 5. Stretch yourself out of your comfort zone to build confidence and self-esteem, which contributes to happiness.

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Recruitment Consultant Tips-How
To Be Happy At Work

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I am an avid reader. I have all my favorite
websites bookmarked and
regularly surf on my
Ipad at night. Recently I
found a huge amount
of popular articles on
how to be happy at work.

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I am fascinated by this topic. Why? Because it’s
never been an issue for me.
I love what I do and I also understand that it might
not be the same for others.
Reading through the various suggestions and
ideas I decided to create a top 5ways to be happy
at work for recruiters. Ready to get going?

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1. Love your job
I know it’s obvious and yet
some people don’t. Let’s
explore this more.
If you don’t love your job
there are likely to be a number of reasons.
Listen up here because this is important.

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If people are not your ‘thing’ you will never get what,
‘working in recruitment’ is all about. I agree it is a wellrewarded industry and yet it isn’t all about money.
The foundation is related to making dreams come
true. The might be corny, yet think about it?
If you don’t feel like punching the air because your
candidate is ecstatic when they phone you to say; ‘I
got it’ you need to check if you have a pulse!

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2. Make sure you are working for the right
company
This is a huge thing for many recruitment
consultants.
Admittedly any role has a settling in period and
adapting to new systems and processes takes
time.

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Hopefully you will have done your homework first
before you moved to your new employer.
As a rec to rec company ourselves we ALWAYS
make sure candidates and clients are a fit and a
match at all levels!
Now we know many people reading this have not
worked with us yet so read on for some ideas.

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The key thing here is values, or in plain English
‘what’s important to you’. If your values are
different to your new recruitment
companies then it isn’t
going to work.
A few well-placed
questions and their
answers at interview can be revealing.

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For instance if; family, care and friendship are
important to you and you are in a company where
there is no socializing after work and asking for an
hour off to see your Mum in hospital is frowned
upon; it is unlikely you will be a happy recruiter.

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3. Get organized
There is nothing
more stressful than
being disorganized.

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Stress doesn’t generally sit well with happiness by the
way.
Batch your work and always have a plan for your week
and you will find that your world becomes much
calmer than you ever thought possible.

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4. Avoid negativity
I often quote a famous
saying that; ‘you can’t hang
around negative people and
expected to be positive!’
The truth is negative people wear you down and they
are not fun to be around either.

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I am not saying that your work life should be all
positive thinking and crazy practical jokes.
Just like we probably all agree that upbeat people,
and their energy have a profound effect on our
mood, it is the exact opposite when it comes to
negative people; they don’t have a great effect.
They sap energy, frustrate us and even worse; we
end up feeling negative too!

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5. Stretch yourself
Might sound counter intuitive
and this can have a huge
impact. Every recruiter will
have activities that are not
their favorite thing to do.
In the words of a famous
sports brand; ‘just do it’.

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It is a well-documented fact that doing things outside
our comfort zone expands us; it also gives us a high.
My own opinion is it makes us realize how good we
can be. Do that consistently and your self-esteem and
confidence will grow. As that happens I guarantee
your happiness meter will soon be off the scale.
Ready to take action?

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