Do you have any prior formal training in recruiting? If not, how did you find a job in the recruitment field? What is the company you work for based in the US?
No, I don’t have any formal training in recruiting. I always had a natural inclination towards people and people management. Recruitment is the first step in that process.
I was aware that most of the consulting firms in the US keep looking for people with a qualification in recruiting, because they’d understand the skill set required across sectors.
But because I worked in the IT industry in the US for a couple of years, I had my network of contacts. I remembered that one of the firms had asked me if I knew anybody who could undertake recruiting activities from India at night. As soon as I quit my IT job, it suddenly struck me that working at night, and that too in the recruiting field, is the perfect combination. So I contacted the concerned person, and due to my technical background I was immediately offered the job to work for Peterson Technology Partners, based in Chicago.
What advice can you give young mothers who would love to work in spite of having a little child?
Every young mother needs to know that, ‘The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won’t wait while you do the work.’
Be a part of your child’s childhood. Career comes next. Young mothers have 25 to 30 years more to work. So just taking a break for few years for your child, it is quite worth it. And by break, I don’t mean being unemployed. Let your career take a backseat. You don’t have to be in the same role doing the same work. Just be employed by doing some work which gives flexible options. Remember that your child needs you more than you need money or a career.
Sanjugtha, the team at IndusLadies, wish you all the best in life.
