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Colleen Pelly

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Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Right. And so I think that's probably just an underrated. I mean, when you talk about recruiters, I feel like no one wakes up and is like, I'm going to be a recruiter when I grow up. But I think you're right. There's sort of like, my parents want me to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher or whatever it is. And I think there's some underrated pieces that are missing.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Right. And so I think that's probably just an underrated. I mean, when you talk about recruiters, I feel like no one wakes up and is like, I'm going to be a recruiter when I grow up. But I think you're right. There's sort of like, my parents want me to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher or whatever it is. And I think there's some underrated pieces that are missing.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Right. And so I think that's probably just an underrated. I mean, when you talk about recruiters, I feel like no one wakes up and is like, I'm going to be a recruiter when I grow up. But I think you're right. There's sort of like, my parents want me to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher or whatever it is. And I think there's some underrated pieces that are missing.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Even though my kids are younger, like they're not in school yet, and I just even think about the daycare people. Yeah. I'll leave, I'll drop my kids off sometimes and everyone's crying and I'm like, you're not paid enough. They're not paid enough. I don't know how. I go crazy with two of them.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Even though my kids are younger, like they're not in school yet, and I just even think about the daycare people. Yeah. I'll leave, I'll drop my kids off sometimes and everyone's crying and I'm like, you're not paid enough. They're not paid enough. I don't know how. I go crazy with two of them.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Even though my kids are younger, like they're not in school yet, and I just even think about the daycare people. Yeah. I'll leave, I'll drop my kids off sometimes and everyone's crying and I'm like, you're not paid enough. They're not paid enough. I don't know how. I go crazy with two of them.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Yeah. And I think like even maybe less, we did some landscape hiring for a while. And so like maybe not like direct like laborers, but like that can grow into sort of like a more niche trade. But I just think in general, people overlook those essential pieces for things that are needed. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Yeah. And I think like even maybe less, we did some landscape hiring for a while. And so like maybe not like direct like laborers, but like that can grow into sort of like a more niche trade. But I just think in general, people overlook those essential pieces for things that are needed. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

Yeah. And I think like even maybe less, we did some landscape hiring for a while. And so like maybe not like direct like laborers, but like that can grow into sort of like a more niche trade. But I just think in general, people overlook those essential pieces for things that are needed. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And I think there are key industries, like if you're thinking more on the corporate side, like anything with a commission, so like recruitment's the same way because it's sales, but anything in sales where you have the ability, if you're great at what you do, you're going to do well. Not everyone's going to do well in these industries because-

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And I think there are key industries, like if you're thinking more on the corporate side, like anything with a commission, so like recruitment's the same way because it's sales, but anything in sales where you have the ability, if you're great at what you do, you're going to do well. Not everyone's going to do well in these industries because-

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And I think there are key industries, like if you're thinking more on the corporate side, like anything with a commission, so like recruitment's the same way because it's sales, but anything in sales where you have the ability, if you're great at what you do, you're going to do well. Not everyone's going to do well in these industries because-

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

I think about this all the time. Like when I first started my company and everyone's like, oh my gosh, you're doing it. And you're like, do you know how hard this is? I'm crying in the shower and trying to figure out what to do every day.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

I think about this all the time. Like when I first started my company and everyone's like, oh my gosh, you're doing it. And you're like, do you know how hard this is? I'm crying in the shower and trying to figure out what to do every day.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

I think about this all the time. Like when I first started my company and everyone's like, oh my gosh, you're doing it. And you're like, do you know how hard this is? I'm crying in the shower and trying to figure out what to do every day.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And you find your groove, but it's like you go from being... So if I'm an expert in recruitment and then I start a company, all of a sudden I have to be an expert in finance and tech and marketing. And you're not. And you're learning and you're making so many mistakes, but...

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And you find your groove, but it's like you go from being... So if I'm an expert in recruitment and then I start a company, all of a sudden I have to be an expert in finance and tech and marketing. And you're not. And you're learning and you're making so many mistakes, but...

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

And you find your groove, but it's like you go from being... So if I'm an expert in recruitment and then I start a company, all of a sudden I have to be an expert in finance and tech and marketing. And you're not. And you're learning and you're making so many mistakes, but...

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

If you're – it's not for everyone, but if you have the – like an entrepreneurial spirit or whatever you want to call it, I think really the word is resilience. If you can be a resilient person, you can make it happen. But I don't remember the stat, but it's something like wildly high that the number of people who try to start a business and fail. They do. Yeah.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 443: Colleen Pelly: The Secret Quality That Makes You More Hireable Than Technical Skills

If you're – it's not for everyone, but if you have the – like an entrepreneurial spirit or whatever you want to call it, I think really the word is resilience. If you can be a resilient person, you can make it happen. But I don't remember the stat, but it's something like wildly high that the number of people who try to start a business and fail. They do. Yeah.