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Successful Recruiters Do This First šŸ„‡

September 01, 2026•3 min read

Without exception, every successful Recruitment or Search Business Owner I’ve ever met does this BEFORE they become successful…

It’s probably the most crucial step on the path to get from where you are now to the business you want…

They think and act like the successful business owners they want to be… And then they become it…

šŸš€ They alter their entire identity first and become ā€œthat personā€ well before getting the results…

šŸ‘„ They hire and fire team members based on what ā€œthat personā€ would do…

šŸ’ø How they invest in themselves and their business is based on ā€œthat personā€ā€¦

šŸ“¢ How they market and sell their services is based on them being ā€œthat personā€ā€¦

šŸ’° They set their fee based on them being ā€œthat personā€ā€¦

šŸ¤” Every decision and behavior, from their breakfast to their sleep routine, is based on things ā€œthat personā€, that ideal version of themselves would do…

šŸ” Most Recruiters fail to grasp this and instead expect the results to come before the behavior…

šŸ‹ļø It’s a bit like saying when I’m fit and healthy, I’ll join the gym…

Or..

šŸ’° I’ll start saving when I have more money…

The behavior has to come first!

Hiring šŸ§‘šŸ’»

Today, I saw a post from a Recruitment Business Owner in one of the Recruitment Facebook groups, asking for advice on hiring a Business Development Manager/Sales Development Rep to handle his BD going forward…

He was asking for advice on what he should get them to do while working full-time on winning business…

The answer is simple… Do more of what's already working for you (assuming you have something that is working for you).

And if you don’t… You shouldn’t be hiring (yet)...

Here’s the thing…

With very few exceptions… There’s no point in hiring someone to handle your business development for you until you’ve mastered it yourself or have a proven process for them to follow…

šŸ”„ Most Recruitment and Search Business Owners struggle with business development and have no predictable way of bringing in their dream clients…

So they think hiring someone to do it for them will solve the problem…

šŸ‘¶ New starter comes in, Recruiters tell them what to do (maybe based on advice from other well-meaning recruiters), and unsurprisingly, the new starter fails to deliver…

And how were they ever going to deliver when they’re taking instructions from someone who hasn’t figured out how to get the results they want themselves…

šŸ›‘ Before you think about outsourcing or offloading this part of your business make sure you have a proven predictable process that brings an opportunity to your door every single day…

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