Two Crippling Factors 🚧

Two Crippling Factors 🚧

September 04, 2026•4 min read

A lot of the Recruitment and Search Business Owners I speak to are crippled by one of two things… šŸ¤”

  • Fear – They’re so scared of failure or of being criticised by their peers that they end up doing nothing and sticking to what they know, even though it’s not getting them what they want. 😨

  • Commitment – They like to talk the talk but can’t commit to doing something consistently for more than a week before throwing in the towel. Maybe it's because they get scared, maybe it's because they're lazy... šŸ˜“

Either way, it's a problem... 🚫

Sometimes it’s a combination of the two… šŸ˜•

Just so you’re clear… ā—

IF… And I mean IF… you want to grow your Recruitment or Search Business you can’t let fear cripple you AND you’re going to have to be committed to working hard and doing some VERY uncomfortable things… šŸ’Ŗ

Achieving better results in your business is impossible if you’re going to let yourself be crippled by one or both of the two… šŸ›‘

P.S. To find out how the APEX method can attract clients into your Recruitment or Search Business simple and predictable type the word ā€œclientsā€ in the comments and I’ll send you a video or PDF with all the details šŸ“„

Proving Yourself to Hiring Managers šŸ•µļøā™‚ļø

I don’t know which Recruiter needs to hear this… šŸ¤”

But you do not need to work with a client on contingency terms even once before they will be willing to use your services on an exclusive or retained basis… šŸš«šŸ’¼

I don’t know where this school of thought comes from, but it’s something I’ve been seeing a lot recently… šŸ¤·ā™‚ļø

And yes, I’m sure there are cases where it has worked… But my point is you don’t HAVE to… 🤨

With the right sales process, you could have gotten the Exclusive/Retained agreement the first time around… šŸ’”

The sales process would give the client all the proof required… šŸ“ˆ

Thing is… If you fill the role on contingency the first time of ask, all you prove to the client is that they don’t need to have Exclusive/Retained terms to get that level of service… šŸ¤”

This doesn’t exactly work in your favor… šŸ™…ā™‚ļø

It trains the client to be disloyal because there’s always going to be someone willing to offer the service for free even when you try to move the relationship to Exclusive/Retained terms… šŸ˜•

And if you don’t fill the role the first time of asking, you’re justifying the client's reason for not wanting an Exclusive/Retained agreement in the first place… šŸ“‰

In the vast majority of cases, it’s a scenario you can’t win… šŸ”„

This is why the majority of contingency Recruiters who want to make the shift get stuck in the same cycle… šŸ”„

They work with a client on contingency to ā€œproveā€ themselves… They either fill the role or don’t, but either way, the vast majority of clients move on and they have to repeat the process all over again… šŸ”„

P.S. To find out how the APEX method can attract clients into your Recruitment or Search Business simple and predictable type the word ā€œclientsā€ in the comments and I’ll send you a video or PDF with all the details šŸ“„

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