Ep20: 40 Minutes with Hishem Azzouz: The pillars of a successful recruitment entrepreneur

Episode 20 of The Recruitment Entrepreneur Podcast is now live. We're excited to announce that this marks the conclusion of our current series, and we extend a huge thank you to those who have tuned in and listened.

 

Rest assured, The Recruitment Entrepreneur Podcast will be back for a second series, so stay tuned for further updates!

 

In today's episode, we are joined by Hishem Azzouz, founder of Hector, an all-in-one learning platform for recruitment founders to maximise their team's performance.

 

Hishem and April discuss what they believe it takes to build a successful recruitment business combining Recruitment Entrepreneur's 9 characteristics of values, and the 5 core business pillars taken from the over 450 interviews Hishem has conducted since launching The Recruitment Mentors Podcasts.

 

Episode Overview:

[00:00] Introduction to Hishem and his journey

[05:57] Hishem's Introduction to Key Pillars in building a good entrepreneur

[07:07] Pillar 1 - Solution focused not vacancy focused

[09:38] How, as a founder, can you create consistency across your team

[11:31] How soon should you be introducing ideal customer profiles

[12:35] Introducing Pillar 1 into your mindset

[13:50] Pillar 2 - Obsessing over the important metrics that drive the correct behaviors.

[22:14] Pillar 3 - Truly understand what they look for when they hire; it's not guesswork.

[26:10] Hishem's definition on "non-negotiables"  when hiring talent into your team

[27:20] Scenario - hiring & interviewing senior and top talent with "non-negotiables"

[30:07] What is a top performer to Hishem and how to recognise them

[31:54] Thoughts on best practices for hiring within your business, factoring in what resources are available

[33:50] The success rate of businesses with one founder vs 2 to 3 founders

[35:53] Pillar 4 - Over-invest in their future leaders, not under-invest

[40:50] What to think about when promoting top talent in your team

[43:53] Hishem's thoughts on opportunities on giving shares of the business to managers

[45:10] Pillar 5 - Building infrastructure for scale rather than waiting until what they're doing breaks

[49:48] What are the traits needed to become a successful Entrepreneur?

 

Resources & Links

Hishem's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/

Hector LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/this-is-hector/

 

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