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Talent Trade Tidbit - The Feel Goods
Yes, filling a search is about satisfying a client and getting paid. But sometimes, filling a search can still hit you straight in the feels...
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Hi, this is Stephanie Maas.
Speaker:Let's talk about playing the long game.
Speaker:There was a candidate that I've called on for 10 years, and the joke was he would literally return my call every five years.
Speaker:So here I am calling him four times a year for five years, and one of those calls gets returned and the first time he called me back he said, Hey, I think about moving to California.
Speaker:Can you help me?
Speaker:And I really couldn't, and they didn't end up making the move.
Speaker:That was fine.
Speaker:But hey, at least he called me and asked, right?
Speaker:And then five years later he called me again and said, Hey, um, I'm not gonna relocate, but I am thinking about making a job change.
Speaker:He was putting in just unbelievable hours.
Speaker:He couldn't work from home ever.
Speaker:He had an hour commute each way with, you know, without traffic.
Speaker:He said basically, I don't need more money.
Speaker:I don't need a better title, advancement, any of those things.
Speaker:But I have hardly seen my kids in the last two years because I'm, I get up, I leave to go to work before they air up and I come home usually after they're in bed and.
Speaker:I've only got a few years left of him.
Speaker:I don't wanna be an absentee father, so can you find me something better?
Speaker:Ironically enough, the timing was called, was perfect.
Speaker:I had just launched the search that he was an exact fit for, and it was a little bit more money.
Speaker:It was a little bit more advancement.
Speaker:Those things just happened to be that way.
Speaker:But the absolute best part was the organization that he joined completely believes in work-life balance.
Speaker:He can work from home as much as he wants.
Speaker:And it is literally a seven minute commute for him each way.
Speaker:It.
Speaker:It's so fun for me.
Speaker:I mean, it's served my client.
Speaker:He's already been promoted.
Speaker:He's doing an incredibly good job there, but it's so fun for me when he calls me on his way home and says, Hey, I only got five minutes.
Speaker:I'm almost home.
Speaker:And he literally just left the office.
Speaker:Or he'll call and say, Hey, I'm on.
Speaker:I got to leave early today.
Speaker:I'm on my way to see my son play a game, or whatever it is he's doing.
Speaker:I mean, let me be clear.
Speaker:We don't do this for the feel good.
Speaker:I've got a family support.
Speaker:I've got bills to pay.
Speaker:I am not a nonprofit.
Speaker:I'm in it for the money, no doubt.
Speaker:But when you have the opportunity to serve people like that, it's just a huge difference maker.
