SOME QUESTIONS FOR KIERON:
Question: What do you do to unwind at the end of a long day?
Answer: I have historically been a good judo fighter for Jersey, representing the Island at numerous Island Games. As I get older, I am looking at completing my coaching badges and getting my black belt next year with a view to opening a new club. This will be a club with a specific view on getting fighters ready for competition, rather than being a recreational, social sort of club as already exists on the Island.
More recently, however, I have started training in MMA (when my body stands up to it!), but other than that I can always be found at Jersey rugby home games, along with my partner and son, who have been involved in the Academy at St Peter for many years. I spent a few years coaching junior players there and it is something I will be returning to in the near future.
Question: What do you like the most about being a Recruitment Consultant/ Specialist?
Answer: Helping make people happier – getting them more money, giving them the next career step, or a better work / life balance - whatever they are looking for.
Question: What do you dislike most about being a Recruitment Consultant/ Specialist?
the jobs we are looking to fill really helps to get a candidate’s buy-in. This is especially so in light of the recent hardship when candidates have been too reluctant to move. Recruiters have to be convincing and know all about their clients for them to trust you and feel confident about peeking over the parapet to see what’s out there.
Interviewing candidates is always interesting – there’s always a story, and inevitably it’s a hard luck one. As someone who has sat on the other side of the desk as a candidate, I can certainly empathise, and when you hear stories of hardship and how it impacts families you can’t help but want to find them a job before they’ve even left our office.
I have had the good fortune to deal with roles in other jurisdictions at an early stage in my career, and having worked in some of them myself, I find myself talking to clients and candidates like it's home. That applies particularly to London where I lived for many years. This is another aspect of my role that I hope to grow – helping someone perhaps realise a dream by placing them in a Caribbean jurisdiction. Helping someone boost their career by finding them that perfect role makes me really tick.
Most employees spend one third of their lives at work – we might as well enjoy the job and that time as best we can.
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Answer: The frustration of not being able to sell a candidate to a company when I know that they are capable of fulfilling the role but the client doesn’t see it.
Question: How did you become a Recruitment Consultant/ Specialist?
Answer: By chance – with several of the other recruitment companies not helping me last year when I was made redundant, it was pointed out that I would be better at it than some of the established agencies. The penny dropped as to what I should be doing career wise.
Question: What advice would you give someone, either just starting their career or midway through their career, who wants to be a Recruitment Consultant/ Specialist? Answer: Work hard, do the graft and the hours, be patient, make the phone calls, put yourself out there and don’t get frustrated when things go against you. There are so many unknown factors when you are dealing with the human aspect of life.
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