Making the Uncomfortable Recruiting Call

by | Oct 14, 2024

A few weeks ago, one of the hiring managers I coach reported his recruiting activity from the previous week.

I did not have any prospects remaining from our normal lead generation tactics, so I picked up the agent awards list for our marketplace.

As I reviewed the list, I was looking for someone whom I knew professionally and who had some kind of recent connection to my office.

Bingo.  I recognized a high producer who recently had a transaction with one of my agents.

This would be my uncomfortable call for today.

Surprisingly, I caught her at just the right time.

She had left her original company a year earlier when her team broke up, and she transferred to a new broker where she felt very isolated and alone.

My value proposition was a perfect fit for her.

Long story short—we onboarded her earlier this week!

This manager received a huge payoff from a recruiting rule I’ve seen some of the highest performing hiring managers follow:

Make at least one uncomfortable recruiting call each day.

Granted most calls will not produce such a remarkable result, but over time there are many positive benefits from executing this simple daily discipline.

Are you willing to make an uncomfortable call today?

 

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The Attrition Variables

The Attrition Variables

While these attrition constants still have the greatest influence, there are some emerging attrition variables worth noting. People also tend to leave companies when: They feel like they’re not doing as well as others in their peer group outside the company. They feel like they’re not as far along as they should be at a certain point in life.

The Attrition Constants

The Attrition Constants

If you’re not focusing most of your retention effort on these issues, you’ll miss the mark. If you’re not focusing most of your recruiting effort on exploiting these weaknesses among your competitors, you’re missing the best opportunities.

The Persistence Mindset

The Persistence Mindset

A leader equipped with this mindset can have a profound effect on the life and career of each individual they engage. It works because an agent is getting a real-time glimpse of what it would be like to work on your team. But it only becomes believable when it is persistently applied over time.