I am going to commit, once again, to writing more on my blog. People arent looking to rss feed me for inactivity. I appriciate all of you who still follow and check in with me now and then.

I have learned a tough lesson in recruiting recently. It is a dog eat dog environment and sometimes even the good ones still end up with the short end of the stick. Here is a story my dad told me once..

There was this bird, he so enjoyed where he lived, a beautiful tree to nest in, perfect weather that allowed him to have plenty of food, warmth and comfort. He had found his Utopia. Fall came, and with it cooler weather. Many of his friends began to fly south for the winter, but this bird, he waited.. he wanted to enjoy his spot just alittle longer. Not much later, it began to snow and sleet. The bird had to begin to fly south. Reluctantly, he did. However, it wasnt long before his wing began to ice up, and he fell to the ground in a large field. Soon he was covered in snow and was close to death. Then a cow came along, and pooed on top of the bird. Humiliated, the bird resolved he was soon to die, but then the poo with its warmth began to melt the ice and snow and he began to sing and chirp. A cat came by – hearing the bird sing and dug the bird out from the poo, but then ate the bird.

Morale of the story??? Not everyone that craps on you is the enemy, and not everyone that digs you out of trouble is a friend.

I know, it was hard for me too to get the point, but once you get in that kind of situation, or if you have been, you do get it.

Recruiting is like living 24/7 as a cast member of Survivor. You never know who has alliances, you is back stabbing you, and who is genuine, and the whole time we are all trying to make a living and earn an income for our families. No, we dont report directly to our colleagues – and maybe that is the problem, because then we can be careless with how we treat each other and end up either destroying ourselves or others reputations and then lively hood. Those of us in recruiting are the A type personality. Driven by goals, wanting to lead the pack and set new heights. In the march for money it doesnt matter who gets stepped on along the way. And personally, it is getting old.

This has nothing to do with my new job. It is amazing, and I can tell anyone that if you havent had a chance to work with or know Leslie O’Connor, she is the real deal and can inspire other females you can be highly successful in recruiting.

This has to do with working with others in recruiting who are not people I report to directly, just colleagues.

Playing games and ruining peoples reputation to work in this industry or any industry is wrong. And if you are one of those people, maybe I said something to have you think differently before doing it again.

Yes, we are in recruiting to make money – but money isnt everything there is…

TTFN..

Amie