Authentic Success

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Authentic Success by Amanda Steadman

When I started my first career (many years ago) I did not really give it that much thought or planning. I got back from a world trip and went to a graduate fair. I found a brochure on how to be a ‘Recruitment Consultant’, it broke down a typical day for a consultant – making phone calls, meeting clients for lunches (this was the 90′s), interviewing candidates, preparing CV’s to fax (yep remember those) and made it sound super exciting. I had always liked ‘office’ work, so to be paid money to TALK, have lunches with clients, then offer them ‘candidates’ sounded good to me. I mean I got my own desk, a phone,  a computer, mileage and my OWN BUSINESS CARDS. WOW! Read more