newbie recruitment consultant- help needed???!!

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Hello all you mumsnetters,
Looking for a bit of advice as i seem to be waning in enthusiasm....
long story short..i have just went back to work and taken a career change and have started a new role as a recruitment consultant. I am struggling to say the least.. I love my new job but the pressure is intense and I feel as though im going to crack. My employer says i'm doing fine ( have been there for a month) however I feel overwhelmed at the targets that are expected of me. I feel as though I run (literally) from home to nursery to work to nursery and back home ( i know this is a commom problem in any job especially when you have kids) but I'm not coping very well with the change at all. I'm snappy with my partner, i feel as though i have all this rage building up and i want to shout at everyone "You have NO F*ING CLUE how stressed i am!".
I want to suceed and do well in this role but i don't know for how long i can keep this daily motivation going.
I don't know if the tiredness is clouding my judgement but i find myself just to crawl into my bed and go to sleep. I could quite happpily walk out of my house and not come back on a regular basis( i know- that's an awful thought) and find myself envying the check out girl at tesco. I feel as though i just want anyone elses life apart from mine.
This is a very depressing thread- i do apologise..i was just hoping there was maybe someone else out there who had been through something similar. I don't want to quit..i don't want to fail at this but I don't feel as though i'm doing very well in any other aspect of my life. does it get easier?
apologies again for the tone of this thread..i'm normally a happy jovial person...honest engines!!
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aw firstly hugs for you! wanna know a secret? the pressure never ceases..you just adapt to it!its just the industry, it does help to keep you focused, it wont be easy but youve been told your doing fine, its a hard industry to adapt to but im sure you'l get there!

Poor you...my sil is a recruitment consultant and the pressure is absolutely rife nd it is very target driven. I know how hard it is to go back to work when you have kids, especially as this career is so new to you. However you have bene doing it only a month, try and give it at least six before you make a judgement. Take huge solace in the fact that your boss says you are doing well, in this industry if you weren't doing a good job believe me they would tell you!

Try and tell yourself all the good things you have achieved in your day. I am sure everything will get better in time.

I worked in rec on and off for 10 years, and in a variety of different companies. I spent a year in a high pressure finance recruitment company and it nearly killed me! I earned fantastic cash, but went to lunch one saturday with friends, who basically told me I looked dreadful and needed a break (just after a weeks holiday...).

I quit and found a job with a smaller company, better life balance, less money, but a real sense of team work, and achievement.

At the finance company, it was a very tough place to work, and humiliation the order of the day if you weren't up to scratch, in fact most new recruits didn't make it past the first two months if the boss felt they were the wrong sort. GetOrfMoiLand is so right, recruitment people will talk their minds!

However my role now (that I am leaving shortly for mat leave) is very balanced, I work flexibly from home, get to work with lots of different people and feel that I am appreciated. It makes me laugh sometimes as a veteran of the industry (one of the oldest and not yet 30!) that people I work with think they ave it so hard - once they get past the first three months and the learning curve has leveled out, they are normally fine.

You will be fine, best pieces of advice I can give you is listen to everyone - even if they talk 99% rubbish you will soon learn to filter out the 1% that is useful, get on as many training courses as possible even when you have been there for years, find a mentor, find a good friend that you can moan to when you have a bad day - oh and remember the reasons why you go to work - the money!

Take care

Going back to work, no matter the job is hard, it knocks you off your feet for a little while, plus the change in role is double the trouble! Recruitment is a hard stressful job, and takes balls, I,m in business and have done hard selling, but that is tough so you have my respect. If your boss says you are doing fine, then you are, believe me they would tell you otherwise if it weren't.

It will take time to build your contacts, learn your natural pitch, i think, give it 6 months let the job settle, you settle into working mum routine, and it will get easier.

As for stress, goes with the territory, but it will get easier once you get more confident and learn your role, you will see where you can make changes that will help, at home just say, Im tired, and its hard, and I'm scared! I get scared at least once a day, but its good to do 1 thing a day that tests you, makes it worth getting out of bed.

Sorry if i am rambling, but I understand how hard it is, but keep going, it will get easier, and if it doesn't, then make a positive change. Good Luck

wow-i didn't expect such a good response... this week has got better...I think i'm just at that stage where i'm still really having to think really hard about everything, it's not coming naturally yet...(early daysi know)but i spoke with my boss and she was lovely, and i think i'm just going to stuck it out and keep on going. I've made a pact with myself that i'm going to persevere for 6 months then ask myself if it is worth it. I should know by then though... Thank you so much for all your advice..it's just great sometimes to hear a strangers opinion on things.
I love mumsnet for this..
Thanks again