In staffing and recruiting industry, we talk a lot about service, partnership, and delivering results. But there’s an even deeper responsibility we don’t always acknowledge: helping people in our network, even when it doesn’t benefit us or our business.
Think about your first- and second-degree connections. These are friends, former colleagues, referrals from people you trust. When someone in that circle reaches out for help: an introduction, a recommendation, a warm email forward that takes minutes, not hours, to lend a hand. And yet the impact on their job search can be massive.
Wouldn’t you want your network to do the same for you?
I sometimes think our industry needs its own version of the Hippocratic Oath. Physicians commit to “do no harm.”
Maybe in staffing we take the “Referral Responsibility Oath”, or “The Connectors Credo”.
Whatever the name, the spirit is simple:
- If you can help, help.
- If you can connect, connect.
- If you can open a door, open it.
This business is built on people, (yep, I still believe this), human beings navigating uncertainty, transitions, and opportunities. And sometimes the most meaningful impact we make isn’t tied to a requisition, a fee, or a quarterly goal… it’s tied to a moment where we simply choose to help someone because we can.
