Headhunting - you built our initial website about 5 years ago
@toshj great to see! I think it's a great time to do it, you have to roll the dice
Saying that I'm Mr. all out balls out, so not exactly risk adverse, but as you say you've had a good run at the moment, so it's well timed. You'll smash it! How's your mate getting on?
Conversely I am quite risk averse, and only tend to push into new areas when I have significant resources to do so. It's probably meant missing out on a few opportunities in the process, but does give me a settling peace of mind. I had a 6 month period of intense anxiety about a decade ago owing to stress within a demanding and excessive work environment, and keen to keep all that noise to a minimum now.
My friend is doing well thanks. Having talked him off the ledge about 9 months ago after he was hit by work stress, he's got everything in line and is recruiting into some very interesting areas - PE, VC and M&A firms focusing on financial services (inc. fintech). He's getting to the point where his good reputation precedes him, which helps no end. I'm trying to encourage him to do more work out in the US, which is taking a bit more effort than I imagined but I'm sure he'll come round soon.
He's been quite comfortable recently, which is great to see, but with our new hiring and company structure in place more is going to be asked of him from a management and process-following perspective. Lets see how he responds! Instead of hiring junior staff and have them run amok in the market - like many of our competitors - we're going to run two teams headed up by me and him. Our new staff will then operate in research capacities (but in roles that require lots of external communication) that support each team, and will be educated over a period of a couple of years to a strong level of market competence. I hate the model of having a 10 person recruitment firm where each of the 10 staff is responsible for their own activities and therefore operate within their own self-set environment. Having started my career in such a firm, the stories I can tell you about ****-ups would make you squirm... It's a sure fire way to **** off clients, candidates, etc.
Having two or three dedicated teams in specific areas of the market should hopefully give us a huge resource to make a large impact in that space, whilst keeping oversight of activities.
Reading all of your activities
@randomshenans, I honestly don't know how you have the time or energy to keep on top of so many projects at once! I think I'd keel over under the weight of my own expectation. Bravo sir!
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you going to go?