We hope this week you’re enjoying some kind of Valentine’s celebrations, even if it’s a night in with your best friend watching rom-coms and eating popcorn!
We couldn’t ignore this special date in the calendar and though you could argue that it’s not a topic that aligns itself that closely with recruitment in public practice, we’re always up for a challenge! So this week we’re helping you to apply the unwritten rules of dating to a job seeking and interview process.
Let’s look at each step that leads lovers to a successful pairing and consider how we might use them to lead us towards a successful match in our professional careers.
1. Widen your search and be open to new possibilities!
If you’re looking for a new partner in life, your chances of finding ‘the one’ will be pretty limited if you go to the same bar every Friday night with the same friends and a prescribed list of qualities that your potential new partner must have – for instance the old cliche of ‘tall, dark and handsome.’
Instead, if you open yourself up to new environments, perhaps register with the very best dating website and allow yourself to consider a wide range of potential first dates, you might just end up falling head over heels in the place you least expect to!
The same applies to recruitment! Don’t just sit around in the same old places waiting to be headhunted by your dream practice employer! Put yourself out there!
Get active from a networking perspective; both in person and virtually. Make sure your online professional branding is looking slick and register with a first-class professional match-making site that specialises in your niche sector – i.e Public Practice Recruitment Ltd!
2. Keep all your spider senses alert to detecting that ‘spark’ of a perfect match!
Sometimes a role might not tick every box of your requirements, but something just clicks between you and the employer and you just know that this is a professional pathway worth exploring. In the same way that you wouldn’t be able to ignore a spark of attraction when it comes to dating, keep an open mind to the process of professional courtship and don’t close any open doors before you need to.
3. Make sure that you’re a brilliant first date!
First impressions matter on first dates and they really matter on first interviews! Get organised for yours and make sure it’s not a disaster because you’ve failed to plan. Test your IT equipment if it’s online. Allow time for traffic if it’s in person.
And though your first interview is an opportunity to let all that is brilliant about you truly shine, remember to listen and ask questions too! It goes both ways!
We really hope this Valentine’s is a happy one for you on a personal level. If it’s not, unfortunately our skills and advice don’t extend quite far enough to be able to help! But, if your professional relationships could do with boosting, we are always here as experienced and dedicated matchmakers!
So reach out today to benefit from our huge database of potential professional suitors as well as our extensive experience of creating long lasting and lucrative professional partnerships.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
