2 years in business.
(I lost my job during the pandemic and started out on my own as a way to make ends meet. I never looked back!)

Location: Christchurch

Contact Name: Chloe Sabbadin

Website: www.xorecruitment.co.nz

Business mission and vision:
Our purpose is to fulfill lives through fulfilling work. We have 6 values (Studious, Persevering, Honest, Ethical, Relationship-based, Explanatory) and our vision is to building a team of people that work with the highest standards of ethics and integrity, and value relationships with their clients and candidates above all else. We are recruitment partners, not job-fillers and KPI-followers. We strive to do our job better than our competition at every opportunity.
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“I specialise in recruiting tech professionals. I help people secure their next step in their career, and help companies find the missing links to complete their teams and grow their business. ”

We are here to challenge the industry. When I got in business, I was tired of the politics, the same speech, I felt that every agency was running the same type of business. Because we value relationship above all else, we are transparent through the whole process and give honest feedback, as much as we want to receive it. We are small, so relationships are everything, but we also get to chose who we work with, companies must be aligned with our values.

I recently won the Sourcr award for Best Tech Recruiter in NZ.

I lost my job after the pandemic and it was originally a way to not be on the benefit. But also, having worked for 2 agencies, I was tired of the reputation agencies had which was more often than not founded. I didn’t want to focus on “fillable jobs that make money”, I wanted to treat every job I recruit for, whether the bill is $2K or $20K, the same. I wanted to be a real recruitment partner and not be focused on KPIs or trying to make square pegs fit into round holes just to make a fee.

I started my business right after the first lockdown so there was still the stigma of the pandemic. Also, I had never run a business before and had no idea what I was doing. I had to learn as I went and had to get help from a lot of people to help me stand on my feet.

Initially some of my clients wondered why they should work with a one-woman band. There was a bit of a stigma in terms of my capability to recruit. I had to explain to a lot of people that I was set up exactly like a big agency with a CRM, recruiting licences etc and could do everything they did for a fraction of the price. Agencies use those tools as unique selling points but they are actually readily available to buy.

I had so much happen to me personally over the past 2 years. Divorce, selling my house, my mother is terminally ill, my father had an accident that left him in hospital for 6 months with a major brain injury, so a lot of my personal energy was spent on things that were pretty draining, all while trying to still run a business and earn a living. It took a lot of work but I’m through all this now.

I just hired my first employee!

The relationships I have built with my clients. They come to me no matter what and they trust me implicitly. It is like I am part of their business while being external. It’s amazing. Also I do a lot of charity work and we recently raised almost $700 for the charity Sticks & Stones.

Me and one other.

I don’t really use contractors but suppliers, I have Web Genius for my website, Jobadder as a CRM, Linkedin, Sourcr….

I am currently training someone on the job.

Feel free to check my Sourcr profile: https://www.sourcr.com/recruiter/chloe-sabbadin

A lot of flexibility. I had to go home for 2 months to look after my parents after my dad got out of hospital with my mom being disabled and fully dependent, and I was able to do that and still earn a living. It has changed my life.

I regularly provide free workshops for a NFP called Kingdom Resources where I help women who have been out of work for a long time write a CV and get prepared for how to apply for work and how to interviews. It’s about building back confident to get out there and get work.

We just also raised money for Sticks and Stones, an anti-bullying charity.

One thing I love is helping new migrants get work in NZ. For some of them it can be very difficult to secure their first role here, and having been in that situation myself I can relate. I get a major kick out of finding someone the role the need to start their new life in NZ.

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