What causes ‘burnout’, and why do so many people fail in recruitment?

Most recruitment owners somewhat understand the classic reasons for recruiter turnover. (But sadly, less often will they act to remedy them)

1) We hire the wrong people with the wrong mindset and attitudes.
2) We don’t offer enough training, mentoring and support in the crucial first six months.
3) We allow recruiters to stop growing and learning, which burns them!

Good recruiters are not afraid of hard work. They do complex things with confidence and courage. But in the end, it’s self-esteem that counts. And you get that from incremental gains in success, improvement, and affirmation.

The word ‘burnout‘ is bandied about so casually in recruitment. Some people use it as though it is interchangeable with the terms ‘tired’, ‘busy’, or ‘stressed’.

It is not.

Or rather, it could include those things, but they do not cause it!

A recruiter buzzing on the extreme high of a record quarter, with dozens of placements and a million things to tie up, may well be tired, busy, and even somewhat stressed.

But trust me – they will NOT be burnt out!

After a short break and a breather, they will sprint back to the fray!

In recruitment, ‘burnout’ so often means ‘I can’t stand this relentless failure.’

Burnout is driven by the high percentage of jobs recruiters take – but do not fill.

People leave because they feel they have stopped learning and improving. (Solution via Savage Recruitment Academy!)

Coaching, mentoring, and developing people are, in fact, retention!

This is a clip from my recent “Recruit” masterclass tour attended by 1,000 recruiters in Australia.

The same masterclasses are coming to the UK Next month!

Hosted by Recruitment & Employment Confederation, and supported by JobAdder, we will be in

Bristol, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast.

Please join us here.

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