MY JOURNEY INTO RECRUITMENT: CHANGE IN MY CAREER PATH

People change careers for many reasons, not happy in their workplace, want more money, have no progression, don’t like the culture of business, or just want a change in life.

For my own story, since I was 16, I have worked in different industries going from catering, retail, and warehouse roles to sales roles. It was hard growing up because I was always an active person and couldn’t really learn from just someone talking to me and telling me what to do, I had to be physically doing it so I could understand it. There was always one point where I knew from my first job at the café that I wanted to become a manager one day which was a career goal of mine.

5 years down the line I joined Sky as a sales advisor and found a job where I felt like I could excel, the excitement of speaking to different people days, finding out more about that, and relating back to the customer as I was a massive football fan and sky being the leading broadcast for it, I could talk for days about. Being a top advisor for 2 years for customer service and sales – my monitor as a team leader down the line believed in me that I could one day make a great team leader.

By my third year I made it as Team leader – being able to teach and develop people and help them grow was a goal but I wanted more, I missed the excitement of getting a sale across the line, speaking to people on the phone, dealing with complex issues… I knew I wanted more. So, I made the decision by 26 years I wanted to take a step back in my career and try a new challenge which was working for a recruitment company. I always knew it was going to be a tough job, the long hours, the graft but life should be this – the more hours you put in the more rewards you should get, and I couldn’t get that as a team leader.

So, I made the decision to move away from it all and make my final career change, which I couldn’t be happier about. Being in a place where I’m in control of my own business, how I will make money, and the clients I want to work with while promoting my own brand.

My advice to anyone who thinks its to late to make a change, it isn’t – age 26 was the time I knew if I wanted the life I wanted, I would have to take a small step down to fulfill a change – now 6 months I couldn’t be happier how it’s going.

The moral of my story is its never too late to make a change even at any age, chase your dreams, and if that means going two steps backward to ensure you go 3 steps forward then make the change now otherwise you might not fulfill your career and personal goals if you feel you can’t do it in your current role.