Wasted emotion is killing your career

Don’t get me wrong, being emotional about placing people in jobs is normal.

In fact, it’s essential.

We care about what we do, and it’s all about people.

I love the passion of a recruiter on a mission to fill a role or place a candidate.

I am relaxed about screams of joy or moans of despair.

I love a placement dance!

One memorable deal in London in the ’80s got me so excited I danced from desk to desk, high-fived the Jamaican cleaning lady, sashayed down the stairs into Great Castle Street W1, and around the corner to the ‘The George’ pub, where I stayed till 11.30 pm. All good.

That is healthy emotion. (Maybe not healthy imbibing, but I digress, and the ’80s were… the ”80s))

It’s wasted emotion you have to curb and eliminate.

Recruiters, you won’t like this. But this is the one trait that is ruining your career and negatively impacting your life.

Wasted emotion.

That is what is destroying your job satisfaction. That is what is leading an army of recruiters to burn out and fade into the sunset; (Well, that and the inability to upskill so as to be of value in an AI-enhanced recruitment world)

• The days of moping because a placement fell through.
• The bitterness and angst over a temp who bombed out.
• The tears and recriminations over some meaningless in-office spat.
• The self-pity and ‘woe is me’ because a candidate got a counteroffer.
• The endless blaming of  ‘the market’ or ‘bad luck’
• The slumped shoulders and defeatist language that follow a bad month or quarter.

All that is wasted emotion.

It’s dragging you down. It’s wearing out your battery. It’s eating away at your self-esteem. Also, it’s dragging those around you down.

You have chosen a challenging career.

In this job, people will let you down. People will lie to you. People will back out of commitments. People will be rude and ungrateful. ‘Certainties’ will crumble.

So, there – now you know.

I don’t expect you to be a recruiting robot.

Have a quick cry. Kick the desk. Walk around the block. Go to the gym. Chat to your partner, mentor or close colleague.

Then, leave it there!

Move on.

Don’t waste your emotions on stuff that’s dead and gone.

Save the emotion for the next placement dance!

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