TOY RECRUITMENT
- Jan 13
- 2 min read
𝐓𝐎𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓
Does your business need help finding the right people overseas?Well somehow through no defined plan of my own making that has become my weird little superpower…
Sales folks in the Middle East, Sourcing Managers in Hong Kong, General Managers in the US, we’ve been there & filled the role. Apparently 26 years of trying to flog Toys & Games to people around the world leaves you with a battered Liver, insomnia and a massive contact network of really well connected and experienced people! Who knew. Can’t help you much with North Korea alas, but otherwise pretty sure I can help with most geographies where you would be interested in hiring staff to grow your business.
One of the biggest moans you always hear about recruiters is:“They don’t understand the business. They waste my time with unqualified candidates I would never hire”.
In my case it’s literally understanding the Toy & Game business (to a degree) and the connections I made along the way which brought me to Recruiting in the first place.
I’ve been an Assistant Buyer in retail and seen an arrogant ego heavy Buyer delist a major supplier just for fun, I’ve sat across from the biggest Retailers on the planet both securing listings and getting ghosted – if you haven’t sat in a Retail office reception waiting 2 hours or more for a Buyer to bother to see you then you haven’t lived! I’ve also managed Sales teams along the way hearing every excuse for not getting listed out there. So when a candidate talks a big game but clearly doesn’t have the minerals to face a buyer or to influence them effectively… yeah, I can normally spot that a mile off.
So it's just much more likely that we can find the right person for the role you are recruiting because we truly understand what capabilities and experience they need, and we probably know some of the best candidates already.
I’ll be loitering around at the 𝐔𝐊 𝐓𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠, and 𝐍𝐘𝐂 shows — chatting about how we help toy and game companies finding brilliant humans who can actually do the job. If you fancy a cuppa and a chat about this, give me a shout…
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