Pros
I didn’t fully get how real the progression was until I actually started. There are people in my brand who joined in the last 18 months to 2 years and are already in management, which makes the career path feel legit. It’s not easy to get there, at the end of the day it’s a sales role, so what you put in you get out. You need to be motivated and ready to work hard, but if you are, there’s a real chance to move up quickly. They also brought in a new structure where once you pass probation/hit two deals, you get promoted from Associate to Consultant, which was really cool - they announced I hit that just before the holidays, which was really nice to tell my fam
Cons
There’s a lot to learn early on. Balancing BD with clients and candidates at the same time as working a job, and also adjusting to a full-time role in a mega busy city, can feel like a lot at first. Because you’re doing full 360 from day one and no one starts with no prior rec experience, you have to learn everything from scratch, but looking back on it now it's honestly really cool to see how much I’ve learned and how far you can grow in such a short time
