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It's very nice that you enjoy your job

If I hate people, perhaps I could fire employees instead. 😉

I’m working as a recruiter as well and I totally agree with you! Yes, It’s going to be a nightmare working as recruiter if you don’t like people!haha I’ve never worked for a recruiting company either but I prefer in house recruiter too because we know what it’s like to working for a recruiting company. So true it’s more like sales. In my case, I work in Japan and we hire many new graduates so I visit lots of universities.

Thanks for telling the audience the role of recruiter working in a company.

Hi, thanks for video. Im also an IT recruiter in recruitment agency :) And yes, its not for all)

Hi Sandy! I am currently working Agency recruiter. Nice video pl make more videos (recruiter)..

Solid advice, great video

I work for a lovely company called Greetingsbox selling packs of greeting cards online.

Sandy, I've got a question: how often do the british companies hire foreigners? is there any chance for a foreigner to get a job in London?

Can you do a video on CV'S and how to make a good one plz it will help me so a lot.

how do you do background checks

Hello Sandy ,my dream job is HR executive manager but now I'm going to start my career is hr recruiter plz make a vedio how to work day to day means give me some practical and you can role play how to work them hr recruiter plz make a vedio practically .

#SandyMakesSense @SandyMakesSense I´ve got a question. Could you name alternative in-house companies similar to what you work in? So I can try to aim at the same kind of in-house and not at an agency... Wish I´ve seen the video earlier..

I said it before and I'll say it again, for money, sign on, free money innit, it's a laugh, it's a doss, no worries.

You look happy with your job :) That's really important. -R

I’m currently been working in legal and recently passed my two interviews and have been offered to work in recruitment. I’m so nervous and happy at the same time. Thanks 🙂

i just started as a recruiter , and you are being very helpful, thanks!

I am late to this video, but quick sharing my thoughts - i am involved in it recruitment for 8 years, with 300 headhunted hirings. I've had in my team a member, lady, introvert, that didnt like people, but she was very precise, punctual and honest. And she rocked ;-).

I have a question. How can you tell when someone is a perfect fit for a position? Is it the way he/she handles his/herself during interviews? The qualifications and credentials? Do personal qualities play so much role (if yes, how can you judge someone's personality when you only met him/her through interviews?)?

This was very informative. I am an master's engineering student but I am starting to think that this really not something I see myself doing for rest of my life. Where as this, helping people get a job causing happiness. Seems like an absolute dreamland of a profession. I also believe that I have the talent for it. But my education might not exactly match with what you said. Also, I'd love to start the college thing again and hope to study psychology. Thanks for the video. This was my first video after I had the career change thought. So if it goes well. All thanks to you.

but you certainly don't need to find new people everyday? what if every position is taken?

I understand recruitment well but am not able to find an entry role as I don't have the experience. I don't even get responses to my applications. I live in a town where job opportunities are scarce and can't afford to move to a bigger plan to do a free internship or work experience. Is there any way out of this?

I am recruiting software engineers if anyone is interested

This is a great video! The company I work for is in 2 states but still kind of small and niche with only a few locations. They are offering a recruitment coordinator position and I'm considering apply. You gave me a great insight into the job day to day, quite well. Thanks :)

I'm a recruiter in Bangladesh. Everyday I have to make 20 calls and do telephone interview. It is an exhausting job with much pressure.

Is the ditzy valley girl sounding voice female job recruiters use on the phone done intentionally to try to get the job seekers excited about job oppurtunities via your voice? I notice that when speaking to anyone other than a female job recruiter, everyone uses normal speaking tones.

HI Sandy I want to get into Recruitment but on every they are asking for at least one year experience.

Hi, how are you, I'm hosein, I wanted to ask you a question about what to do for the employment agency? What do we need

Thank you for the video, I was thinking about career in recruitment, and after this video I know its not for me.

I am glad you did this video. I was thinking about becoming a recruiter, and I am really happy you are enjoing your job, but now I realised: It's nothing for me 🙈😄

I am a healthcare recruiter. Very high stress. Curious how many (approximately) job openings are you responsible for at any given time?

I just fresh graduate last month, and got a job as recruiter hahahah, sooo here i am for research before i start my job. Thanks so much for this video!!

What's the minimum time frame that you want your recruit to fill a spot? Because I am a recruit, but I want the option of not lingering in a job where i don't like the work culture or the job. And i like being a temp because it gives me an opportunity to sample alot of employers. Please give me your honest opinion and advice. Thanks!

The main prerequisites to being a recruiter are , you have to be dishonest and be good at lying , and pretend to be an expert at everything

Never heard one career tip or bit of advice in this whole video you just repeated your self and described the job

You've been helpful. thank you.

I don't have degree in Psychology or Sociology or any Business studies but I got hired as an HR specialist. And I DON'T have any professional experience as an HR. And I am the ONLY HR in that company. I am so confused about what I should do now. I think the company is joking with me or is a joke itself. Help me!

i worked in a recruiting agency, and it's definitely very sales driven. the company i worked for is one of the better ones as far as ethic, but some are super numbers focused, mostly at the expense of the candidate and client. you definitely aren't in HR and are a salesperson. i would recommend being very money motivated if you're interested in an agency.

Hey sandy,hi i am vennela,recruiter working in Adecco .i just loved d video❤️❤️❤️

I've seen the HAWLEY ARMS thingy! I work in Camden and I LOVE CAMDEN!!

I honestly just don't understand how someone who has never been employed by a particular company can confidently say oh I have the right employee for you! It's like having a doctor whos never been a doctor before take care of your health lol. Recruiting basically makes no sense.

Hey Sandy, thanks for sharing this video and your work experience with us. Tomorrow, I've got a job interview for a Junior HR position. Would you give me some more tips to be successful on my interview?:) Danke dir!

I've worked at a bank for almost 2 years as a teller and I just applied for a recruiter/training coordinator position!! I hope I am as lucky as you and get hired on for a new role at the same company! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this video! I am on LinkedIn as well. Can you kindly give us any tips for building an appealing LinkedIn profile? Thanks! xx

Recruiters, I'll let you in on a secret. Most people seeking jobs pass right by listings that don't list a salary. If you're too embarrassed to post the lowball salary, jobseekers certainly won't waste their time looking at your job listing.

nice video its very helpful as i'm having interview today in a agency ...............from indIa

why does she have a deliveroo necklace?

I am an internal recruiter as well but I do not have a university degree. I will say most recruiters do have a degree although it is not impossible to get into recruiting without a degree.

finally someone explains it in a very good language that I can understand. i just got fired and i think HR thing could do it for me :(

Hey sandy, I want follow you on linkdn.I do game testing for a living and i am multimedia artist.How ever my dream is to be a Matte painter and even a compositor.Maybe i can get few oppurtunities connecting with you. :D

Hi sandy, I am Aji your new subscriber from Indonesia...I have applied job as junior recruiter in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Can I ask you how much salary of junior recruiter specially in Cherkasy, Poland.

Hey! I am from India, and I am a associate recruiter. I work in an US IT Recruiting Firm/Agency... I love my job too. Cause it's not at all like selling services, rather I always feel like helping the job seekers. And yaa I feel great if I get any opportunity to communicate with any high profile candidates.... I really liked your vedio. I am wondering if I can get some help to understand the corporate sector of UK, cause I'm planning soon to move there.

Here's a tip for recruiters. Don't put "works well under pressure" in a job description. People avoid those tell-tale signs of a sweat shop.

Nice video! May I suggest a video where you will make a interview with your owdience.. What you usually ask while an interview? Waiting for your next video! Kisses from Greece!

Hi sandy, i am currently working as an IT Recruiter. It is a consultancy in India. I recruit people from US. I have more than 6 months experience. I want to know about such agency i can work after coming to Canada. Help please

I have recently joined a recruitment agency. I am working on Tech jobs in the US with multiple clients mostly working on Google jobs. I decided to be a recruiter because I was a research analyst in the past. I used to hunt people on Linkedin and connect them for surveys. While I was doing research on their carriers and profiles I always dream to become successful like them. Then I realized that I cannot be master of every field instead of that I can place some awesome people in topmost companies. And now recruitment has become my dream job I really loved to watch people whom I place getting success in their carriers.

i sent in a email to a job i was interested in only to have them deny me because a recruiter scraped my resume off of indeed and submitted it first. my response to said company is below. best of luck to you, i am an american first and will not work with a vessel of foreign commerce, i was contacted from the Philippians, this is an attempt at coercion, and is a non enforceable contract via 25 cfr 11.406, and it is my actions that are being restricted. i found the name of your company on multiple job boards. i never authorized them they contacted me, the reason i called you is because of the mass amount of foreign recruiters that contact me and times are getting disparate for me. I was hoping for a local employer to support another american and not go through the recruiter shuffle, it would keep more money in your pocket, more money in our country which is being bled dry, and you would help to make america great by employing us Americans which work hard to present ourselves, sadly it appears that only corporations and money matter not us Americans, the skills we have spent our lives attaining, or the posterity of our nation. a headhunter cannot ever understand what i bring to the table, they are simply passing resumes running keyword searches with 0 understanding of scope or talent.

Just got the opportunity to work as a recruiter. Very excited to start! Thanks for the motivation!

you dont need any degree to get into recruitment, we impulse on day by day, when it comes to your getting your girlfriend ready quicker, you'd impulse, getting your friend to the pub you would be indifferent. i was really into your video until that very end bit.

I'm working in agency recruitment in London it is so very pressure that you need to get 100 applicants per day!

and there was this one time, at band camp, we was like robots and we had no mind of our own, we just followed,

That sounds like quite an exciting job, but also quite challenging. Kudos to you! Me I'm a forester in the making, so to speak 🍁😊

I've recently spoken with an Australian friend who had to go through UK agencies to get work, and sadly he said his experience with numerous agencies was not good. His question 'is it a women's club', because about 90% of the people he met in agencies were young women?' was a good question because my experience was very similar. In addition, this young woman says that she does a telephone interview and 'if she likes the candidate she'll put them forward to the employer' is so arrogant (yet she seems to have absolutely no idea of this) and is the reason many employees and employers don't like agencies, and consider them to be parasites, living off the backs of other people. I personally have gotten totally fed up of listening to the lies and bullshit coming out of their immaculately made up mouths.

Hello I have a question what if you want to start your own recruiting company would the steps still be the same as working for someone.

Hi, can you please tell me do Recruitment consultants need a college degree to work for recruitment companies?

Are there any internal recruiters left in post? I predict a lot of their CVs flying around for the next few months.

I have worked with many recruitment companies and good agencies are less sales heavy and it is more about finding the right fit for the right company. I also get calls telling me they have found the right role for me. This used to frustrate me but I have moved around a lot lately so I am more respectful these days. I don't do telephone interviews because I do not have to. If they have my CV I will come in but if they don't want me to that is fine too I will look elsewhere. Good agencies know their bank of people so when a role comes up they have an idea of who they want to fill that vacancy but obviously that is not always possible if the person is happy where they are. Also I used to travel all over the place to meet recruiters but now I make them come to me. I am happy as it is close and my local is happy for the custom :) Wait until you are more in demand before going down this route but I suppose I am less loyal these days so recruiters know I am easier to persuade having recently started another new job.

Blasé HR Vs. actual quality control/picking the bestest and the brightestest. Your choice.

Do recruiters do all the HR work while they're working for the company ?

What kind of company you work at

Can i find jobs with no previous experience in recruitment?

I like you

Hi Sandy I would like to ask u about all challenges or difficult situations that u face in that career,and how u get over it?

+SandyMakesSense - Is there always a vacancy for you to find someone to fill?

I was wondering if you could look over my CV and let me what you think based on a UK prospective, since I know CVs are looked at slightly different there than here in North America

I do have a linked in profile, but since I live in Switzerland my location is still not England. How can I make sure that people find me without thinking I already live in England?

Hello How TO Know That Agency recruitment Is Not Fake

Hi everyone. I would like to know what's the hardest part of being a recruiter or hiring people. Thank a lot :)

I am looking for job as a recruiter in recruitment company.... I like to talk with people. Face new tasks on regular basis.

Oh, I didn't know you went to Uni, I thought you finished school, became an AuPair and worked in England since then. Or did you study in England? But anyway, really enjoyed watching this video. x

I’m not people-oriented person. But look at me, I’m stuck in this industry 🤣

hi, i got one recruiter online.. and i talked with him as well, and skype too..he has his own wesite too.. but he asking me to pay first to become his clients..i have doubt wheather he is fraud or not..is it okay if i pay on his account?

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Hi! Amazing video Sandy. I am planning on moving to London in November. I am not going to apply for a recruitment job, but I'd love to work on the film industry or something related, as I have a Uni degree in Film,TV, and Media. Any ideas? I already looked up at some firms such as Warner, HMV etc. Hope I will be lucky enough to find something in my field or something that I truly enjoy doing :).

My dream job is to be a Sr. HR generalist

Although I am not looking to find any recruiter jobs(not now) I enjoyed watching this video. Just out of curiousity, which uni did you go to?

Hi I'm trying to connect with you on linked in what name do you use

Hi, Sandy! I like your vlogs. Would you mind doing a vlog about a job for non EU foreign people in the UK?

hi sandy do you recruit jobseekers from Asia ?

+SandyMakesSense Hi sandy i'm my last year of (UK)university and I'm not sure i'm going to do particularly well. Is it possible to get a decent job with my A levels? I got a B in politics a C in Law and an E in history. Thanks

I am an immigrant aspiring to work and live in guam, can you give me a link about how to apply

Hi what questions to ask ? How to communicate

whats is the average salary for recrutier in EU and US

What company do you work for if you don't mind me asking?

That video helped so much! I would have a question for you, what would you recomment to someone that is looking for an (paid) internship in the UK in general? I have been searching for hours for internship that are longer than 3 months and that go into the HR direction. Are there any websites I could use to find something?

What was your specific edge when you got your job. Did you bring clients in or something?

So true Sandy! It's not as easy as people think. I have done both agency and in-house recruiting. Both have pros and cons. Great job on this video :).

Hey Sandy, hope you're well! I'm glad you've brought up this topic, there's so much I have to talk about, hence I hope we can have a bit of a discussion and learn from one another! Firstly. What does the company you work for do and what trades/professions are you usually involved with hiring? Secondly. As you know, I'm a regular watcher of your videos and I often like them and comment on them and I think you do a great job on your channel! Hence please don't take the opinions I'm going to express personally, I'm not trying to be offensive by any means. I'm just expressing my experiences and I'm hoping we could discuss and learn from one another! So, I’m a mechanical engineer and most of my colleagues and friends from uni are engineers as well (from Australia) and most of us hold a lot of resentment towards recruiters…. We feel as though recruiters (in Australia anyway) don’t have the slightest clue about the position they’re trying to fill, applicants are just numbers to them, they only skim over applications and don’t take the respectful time to asses applications properly and they select application based on whether the application has particular words in it, not the actual content of the application. I say this because there have been so many times where someone I knew got a particular position in a company who only made it through uni because they copied other people’s assignments. And for the same position, some of the guys who got rejected were some of the best engineers in my cohort… As you can imagine, we apply for very specialized and specific positions within companies. We only know that we’re qualified to work these positions because of the 4 years of engineering studies we’ve completed. So I just don’t understand how someone with a degree in HR or recruitment is able to hire the right person for the job if they themselves don’t understand what the job entails. For example, when I write a CV or a motivation letter, there’s particular terminology that I’d use that someone in HR or recruitment just wouldn’t understand unless he or she also has a degree in mechanical engineering. Lastly, this is something that really annoys and disappoints me, the lack of respect many recruiters have for applicants. What I mean by this is, when an application of mine is not successful, I get an automated rejection email, this is fine. But when I email the recruiter back asking about why I was rejected and how I can improve on future applications, I expect at the very least reasoning for my rejection. Instead, I either don’t get a response or I’m usually met with an email along the lines of “Unfortunately your application didn’t fit the position”, yes I know that, but why….? This happens so often….. We put in so much time and energy into applications, if you (not you in particular Sandy, but a general recruiter) reject someone, at least have the decency and respect to provide some advice or reasoning so the candidate can improve and learn….. Sorry for the super long comment, but it’s a topic that affects me and many of my friends and colleagues and unfortunately it’s been a pretty rough ride for us. Once again, please don’t take it personally. I’m not trying to be harsh or offensive, I’m just shedding some light on my experiences. Hopefully we can make a constructive convo out of this! Ahh, also, one thing I just don't understand here in Germnay. Why do recruiters expect a photo on your CV???? :/ It's just so wrong, in my opinion. You should be selected on merit, not on how you look..... Have a great day! :)

Hey Sandy, I have an interview with the hiring manager this Thursday - if all goes well, it will be my first job ever. I am a Psychology major with a background on industrial psych and human resources. They're looking for someone with experience, and I was an intern for some time at another company. I really want this job, it's so close to home, and the company looks very pleasing. Do you have any advice for my interview? It's going to be a panel interview with situational type of questions. Thank you! Loved the video.