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I have been working in recruitment for over 8 years now with 5 ½ years of that being in the Healthcare sector. I started my career with a very well known “Worldwide” Consultancy where I cut my teeth in the Construction sector managing a dual desk within the Building Maintenance space. I then had the opportunity to join a Healthcare Specialist Recruitment Consultancy and since then I have loved every minute of working in the Healthcare sector. Throughout my recruitment career I’ve managed my own temp desks, perm desks, dual desks and then later had the privilege of managing a team of 11 Consultants over 6 different sectors before deciding to launch AyrCare Executive Search Ltd.
From early on in my recruitment career the thought of one day starting my own recruitment firm has been there but I would say in the past 18 months is when I started researching what needed to be done to start my own recruitment business.
In my previous role I had grown the business from 2 Consultants covering 1 sector to 11 covering 6 sectors and thought “I’ve built someone else’s business so why not do it for myself” so I decided to “make the leap” and get the ball rolling. In a strange way, lockdown helped me make the decision and go for it as it allowed me to envisage how the business could run remotely.
Flexibility was a major motivation for me as I have a young family and want to be there as much as possible to watch them grow up. Other factors certainly came into play such as, financial rewards, having the ability to run my business completely as I see fit and also to move away from a “traditional agency” way of thinking (e.g. KPI’s, call times) to a more consultative, personalised service.
Sales pitch answer – We are an Executive Search Firm who specialise in Leadership roles within the Health & Social Care Sector to Care providers throughout the UK.
Human answer – We truly care about the Care Industry… Because of this our aim is not million-pound profits but to play our small part in improving care standards by introducing the most passionate Care Leaders to the top Care providers.
Alive & kicking would be a great start! Ideally, we will have 2-3 more experienced Consultants who buy into our ethos of “Having the end service user in mind” for the reason we do what we do.
With that will come relocation to a bigger office and who knows maybe an office dog!
From my initial call with it just felt “right”. Max and Laura were fantastic in talking me through what Isotope had to offer and more importantly how that matched my vision for my business. Throughout the full process, the full Isotope team have been there every step of the way.
I knew the team would be supportive, but I did not expect as much support as I have had so far… Even if it’s just a check in call, I know Max, Laura, Jordan & Alan are there for anything I need.
Go for It, you will not regret it!
Is it tough going at times…? Yes.
Can it be stressful…? Yes.
Does everything go to plan…? No.
But… Isn’t recruitment like this anyway so why not do it for yourself rather than building someone else’s dream!
Tough question… In a dream world, I would say a Sports Psychologist but in reality, I would say most likely an Estate Agent.
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