SECURE, SURVIVE, THRIVE: How to Get into Recruitment, Survive your Probation Period and Smash your Targets in Your First 12 Months!

Secure. Survive. Thrive.

How to Get Into Recruitment, Beat Your Probation and Become a Top Biller in Your First 12 Months
Breaking into recruitment is hard.
Surviving probation is harder.
And hitting target consistently in your first year? That’s where most people fail.

This book shows you exactly how to win all three stages.

Written by an award-winning recruiter with over a decade in the industry, Secure, Survive, Thrive is a no-nonsense, practical guide to getting hired, surviving the pressure of your first months on the desk, and building the foundation of a high-performing recruitment career.

Whether you’re:
• Trying to get your first recruitment job
• Currently struggling through probation
• Or determined to hit target and become a top biller

This book gives you the real-world tactics they don’t teach properly in training.

🔐 SECURE – How to Break Into Recruitment
• How to structure your CV to actually get interviews
• How to prepare so you get the offer
• How to bypass screening processes and create your own opportunities

🧠 SURVIVE – How to Beat Probation Without Burning Out
• How to keep pressure off while you build skill
• The most common mistakes that kill early careers
• How to control your mindset under relentless targets and rejection

🚀 THRIVE – How to Move Toward Top Biller Status
• Name gathering & company mapping
• Reaching more buyers and beating gatekeepers
• Controlling calls using tone, pitch & pace
• Planning for rejection so it no longer controls you
• Industry hacks for consistency and admin efficiency (no more yo-yo months)

✅ What Readers Say
“Most legitimate book I’ve read on recruitment.”
“This will seriously help you bill more and find more clients.”
“I’ve worked in recruitment for nearly 10 years and still took loads from this.”
“Golden nuggets you won’t learn in most sales training.”

✅ My Promise to You
If you apply what’s inside this book consistently, you will:
• Give yourself a real chance of getting hired
• Survive probation with confidence
• And put yourself on the path to smashing target in your first 12 months

This is the book I wish I had when I started.— Stephen Joseph