What A Director Of Recruitment At OPCO Skilled Management Wishes They Had Known Before Entering The Recruitment Industry
Dylan's career progression from recruiter to Director of Recruitment at OPCO Skilled Management was driven by proactively identifying areas for improvement, such as enhancing the company's online presence and expanding recruitment strategies. This involved taking initiative and "just kept thinking of different ways to do it," ultimately leading to a promotion due to their irreplaceable contributions to the company's growth.
Problem-Solving, Communication, Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Marketing
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Dylan Nowe
Director of Recruitment
OPCO Skilled Management
UCSB
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Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
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Video Highlights
1. The recruitment industry offers creative opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency.
2. Building a strong professional network and reputation is key to career advancement.
3. Proactive problem-solving and identifying areas for improvement can lead to unique career growth opportunities and promotions within a company, even if your initial role doesn't directly align with your long-term goals.
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What have you learned about this role that you wish someone would have told you before you entered the industry?
This can be very creative. Before I entered this role, I kind of rotated into it. I was a recruiter, not the director of recruitment.
So, it would have been hard for someone to tell me anything about this role, as it wasn't even a conversation or consideration to begin with. When I say I grew into it, I took things and just ran with them.
When I joined the company, the expectation was that I would help them get adequately staffed at their nursing centers. We needed to come up with a plan. I kept thinking of different ways to do it.
People weren't saying great things about our building, and we weren't responding to it. We didn't have much social media presence, so how were people finding us? How were we marketing our building?
We weren't advertising our positions through all avenues, only limiting ourselves to a select few. Our visibility was low. I would look at these big-picture items and conclude there was so much room for improvement.
That's kind of how I grew into my role. I just kept doing that over and over until I became irreplaceable. They promoted me because they kept growing, acquiring more buildings, and we needed more recruiters to do the actual recruiting. To me, it was about holding them accountable while I focused on other items.
So, that's a tough question to answer.
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