A Recruiter's Journey - Jennifer Speciale

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Are you interested in becoming a Recruiter? Well, on this episode of the My Career Podcast, I am joined by Jennifer Speciale, who has a wealth of experience as a corporate recruiter, and as a result, candidates and leaders have sought out her expertise for challenges like making a career transition, changing industries, how to seek a promotion, how to be a better storyteller, how to develop an effective portfolio and how to prepare for some of the world's most difficult interview processes.
In this episode, we covered Jennifer's journey into recruiting as it did not start there, and as she mentioned, this happens to be a lot of recruiter's story. We also discussed how she helped steer the recruiting strategy of tech giants like Indeed, and recruited on behalf of Google, Amazon and many more. She provided insights on the various types of recruiters such as corporate, executive, head hunters, how you actually become a recruiter, how to succeed as one, their earnings and much more about this career path.
If you are thinking about entering this field, you definitely want to check what Jennifer has to tell you. Join us to learn everything about the path to becoming a Recruiter, and what to expect once you enter the profession.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. What is an Executive Recruiter? (00:00:48)

3. Jennifer's Experience (00:04:42)

4. How did Jennifer get in this field? (00:05:22)

5. Jennifer's takeaways from working with the tech giants (00:08:40)

6. Steps to become a Recruiter (00:19:15)

7. Factors to consider when crafting your personal brand (00:30:19)

8. How to succeed as a recruiter without any industry experience? (00:34:32)

9. Advice from Jennifer to land your first job as a Recruiter (00:38:26)

10. Characteristics required to become a successful Recruiter (00:42:56)

11. What type of person would hate being a Recruiter? (00:47:49)

12. What does an average day in life of a Recruiter look like? (00:56:51)

13. Does being a Recruiter require you to work in a team? (01:06:11)

14. How much does a Recruiter earn? (01:11:50)

15. Is the job stressful? (01:24:28)

16. Work life balance of a Recruiter (01:27:43)

17. Average working hours of a Recruiter (01:37:31)

18. What does Jennifer like about being a Recruiter? (01:41:48)

19. What does Jennifer dislike about being a Recruiter? (01:44:55)

20. Jennifer's advice to somebody who's starting off (01:48:00)

21. Best career advice (01:53:33)

22. Worst career advice (01:55:02)