Ep 335 - Stop Picking Up the Phone! Why Recruiters Should Let It Ring

Podcast: The Lone Recruiter · Brett Clemenson

Opublikowano: 2026-09-06

Today, I’m giving you permission to do something that sounds completely wrong for a recruiter: don’t pick up the phone. Hear me out. We’re trained to answer calls. Client calls, candidate calls, callbacks... the phone rings, we pick it up. But what happens when you answer and you’re not actually ready for the conversation? I recently watched a colleague do exactly that. A callback came through, they couldn’t quite remember what they needed to discuss, but they answered anyway. The result? A clunky conversation spent fumbling around trying to remembe...