Ask about turnover! - werkgeversreview Senior Recruiting Partner bij Goodwin Recruiting

1,0
30 mei 2024
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Goedkeuring directeur
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1. The 2 week training is intense but provides a good overview of recruiting. 2. Many of the partners are professional and courteous, and there are some who are not - you can choose who to work with. 3. Schedule - When life happens (sick kid, car service, etc.), you have the flexibility to pause your workday, take care of things, and return to work without explanations to a supervisor.

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1. The interview process to become a Goodwin recruiter is all smoke and mirrors. There is little discussion of the business development side of things - you don't know how big a part it plays in your success until you are past training. You must sign your own clients to make money. This aspect is all prospecting and sales (cold calls, etc.) - most recruiters readily admit that they dread this. 2. Work/life balance - None. While technically you can work from anywhere and make your own hours, there is constant demand and pressure to drive up numbers. The company's focus is quantity over quality. Days are long, and evenings & weekends are spent with Salesforce, not family. Other reviews have mentioned micromanagement, and that is absolutely true. Each recruiter is assigned to an RDR and their team. The RDRs may have managed successful desks, but that does not automatically make them good leaders. Empathy and kindness are severely lacking. God help you if your RDR takes a dislike to you - the ill treatment has driven people out of the company. 3. The turnover is mind-boggling. The company continues to hire new recruiters to replace the ones who have quit or were pushed out. It is a constant churn, and many senior partners do not bother getting to know new partners until a year has passed, because the vast majority of new partners do not make it. My biggest piece of advice if you are thinking about working here - ask about turnover (hard numbers, as the percentage will startle you) and listen carefully/read between the lines of their sales pitch. 4, Leadership - There is only one genuine person among the leadership team who embodies the core values and is consistent, kind, and fair. It is unfortunate. When revenue drops, it is like Jekyll and Hyde - people show their true colors. Also - not one person in senior leadership is a POC. They don't walk the talk when it comes to DEI.

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Reactie van Goodwin Recruiting
2y
We are saddened to hear about your experience and would love an opportunity to discuss this with you personally as we take great pride in our culture, our core values, our positive environment, and our leadership ethos. Although a live conversation would be best, I would like to address some of your concerns as we believe in full transparency. 1. We are sorry if this somehow was missed. We are very open in the interview process about how important business development is to build a long-term sustainable business. Although you can make placements with other partners from the beginning, building your own client base is imperative and allows you to maximize your sales. We also support our partners by distributing additional leads to our partners to help them grow their portfolio and provide excessive training for anyone who needs support and looking to improve in their business development efforts. Please come to us if you would like additional support as we are always here to help people overcome their fears and help them become better business developers. 2. Regarding work/life balance, we have many partners who have a great balance, but work/life balance is something that is achieved with success. Just like opening any business, it takes hard work to build, and the balance comes as your business grows. For most people the balance comes with the ability to have flexibility, to be there for family and important life events. We are happy to help you try to figure out how to achieve the balance you are personally looking for as ultimately, we want that for everyone. We do provide extensive support, but we don’t micromanage and if you feel this way, please discuss with us so we can resolve. If you have a concern on your RDR, we would love to learn more and are very open to switching you to another support person who better aligns with your style. 3. Although we strive to only bring on motivated partners who are excited about opening a recruiting business, we do understand this isn’t for everyone and some people unfortunately come in and try it out. We do our best to weed this out in the interview process, and our extensive support team works diligently to help make everyone successful. Ultimately, success is up to the person. Although we always strive to have less turnover, we are proud our turnover is far better than the industry average and we are happy to share numbers with anyone who asks. We can also share the amazing tenure of our team where we have 100 partners here 3 years or more and many with partnerships of 5-20 years. 4. This is disappointing to hear, and we would love to learn more. Our leadership team cares immensely about all our partners, and we take great pride in helping people find success and helping them change their lives. Of course, sales are important as they are in any organization, and we would think that is ultimately important to each recruiting partner as each partner's income is based on their sales. Also, we would like to learn about any concerns about DEI as we take this and all our core values very seriously. We have a team fully dedicated to DEI. In addition, regarding the advice to “stop recruiting new recruiters and use your resources to improve training, development, and mentoring of current recruiting partners” - it is not one or the other to us. We believe in always improving training, development and mentoring our current partners. We never limit resources for the sake of new partners. In fact, if we didn’t bring on new partners, that would actually limit the resources we have to help our current team. New partners and new sales are imperative to our growth and ability to continually support our existing partners. We are happy to discuss this with you directly as well. Lastly, we are sorry if you have ever felt intimidated. We simply want to help our partners find success, but this is a partnership, where we supply an extensive amount of tools and support, so we do have a minimum sales expectation after 6 months; that is discussed during the interview process and would hope that your desire to earn income far exceeds these minimal sales expectation. We will do anything in our power to help our partners find the success they desire. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts, and please know that our door is always open to discuss anything further.

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5,0
12 mei 2026
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Collaborative Work Environment, Flexible work life balance, uncapped earning potential, cutting edge technology,

Minpunten

I really do not have any negatives

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Reactie van Goodwin Recruiting
7h
Thank you for your partnership and for being part of Goodwin Recruiting for more than eight years. We truly appreciate your recognition of the collaborative culture, flexibility, technology, and entrepreneurial earning potential that make our organization unique. Our mission has always been to create an environment where Recruiting Partners can build meaningful, successful businesses while working alongside talented and supportive professionals across the country. Feedback like yours reinforces the culture we continue working hard to strengthen every day. And we agree, let’s make it eight years running with Forbes! We are incredibly proud of what our partners accomplish together and excited for what the future holds.
2,0
29 mei 2026
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Goedkeuring directeur
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* Some genuinely kind and supportive coworkers * Remote/flexible aspects of the role may appeal to some people * Opportunity to gain recruiting and sales experience in a fast-paced environment

Minpunten

* In my experience, leadership could be overly aggressive and created a very high-stress environment * I personally observed favoritism within parts of management, which negatively impacted morale * Expectations and communication often felt inconsistent * The role became emotionally exhausting and affected my work-life balance * Certain practices and decisions did not align with what I personally considered professional or ethical

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Reactie van Goodwin Recruiting
7h
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. While we are sorry to hear your experience did not meet your expectations, we do appreciate your recognition of the supportive relationships you built during your time with Goodwin Recruiting. As an entrepreneurial organization made up of independent Recruiting Partners, our business can be fast-paced and performance-driven, which is not the right fit for everyone. We strive to create an environment built on collaboration, integrity, accountability, and mutual respect, while also giving partners the flexibility and independence to build their business in the way that works best for them. We take feedback seriously and are continuously focused on improving communication, leadership development, training, and the overall partner experience as we continue to evolve and grow as an organization.
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