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The very best career advice I could ever give you.

I have a bitter pill for you to swallow. But trust me, it’s true.

Nobody anywhere, (apart maybe from your Mum), cares about your career.

Not really.

If you work for a great company, they will create an environment in which you can thrive. Opportunities will arise, and the company may even actively facilitate those opportunities. But!

Success in your recruitment career will never be just a matter of qualifications or skills. It will always be a matter of motivation.

Apart from you, no one else is having sleepless nights about your recruitment career.

You have to get off your butt and take charge of your own future.

You don’t outsource your career.

What happens to you at work is 90% because of what you do at work.

Or what you do not do.

Don’t leave your career in the hands of someone else.

Find a company that supports you. Definitely. But you have to drive it.

Are you doing that now?

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  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 21, 2017
  • 2 Comments
Tags: career, career advice, recruitment, recruitment career

2 Comments

Sanique Brown
  • Jan 13 2018
  • Reply
Most definitely. This post really re-emphasized what I believe in.
Russ
  • Oct 14 2019
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This is really good advice. Working at a place with a toxic culture or full of people who are just trying to bring you down or who want to do as little as possible just to avoid getting fired is one of the saddest things one can do, since you’d actually be wasting your time. It’s up to each one of us to actively look for a place that’s a good fit for our goals.

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