OTCC - OT Week Special Series: Finding Your Fit: Jobs, Recruitment and Support for OTs

This week’s OT Coaching Confidential is part of a special OT Week series, five conversations with the people who stand behind a working professional life, whether you’ve ever spoken to them or not. The goal isn’t to make you an expert in any of these fields. It’s so that after listening, you know exactly what questions to take to your own professional.

In this episode, Alyce is joined by Chris Antartis, founder of Rebel Recruitment, who works with allied health professionals and employers across Australia. They explore what a recruiter actually does, how to work out what you need from your next role, and why a difficult workplace experience doesn’t necessarily mean you’re in the wrong profession.

The conversation moves through choosing between salary, flexibility, caseload and support, being honest about a bumpy employment history, and asking better questions in interviews. For new graduates, there’s a particular focus on looking beyond the promise of “support and supervision” to understand what that will actually look like. For practice owners, Chris explains why retention starts with recruitment, and why finding the right person involves much more than receiving a CV.

In this episode:

• What recruiters do for clinicians and employers

• Separating a poor workplace fit from a poor fit with the profession

• Understanding your priorities before choosing your next role

• Weighing salary against opportunities to build clinical skills

• Being transparent about difficult previous roles

• How Chris’s recruitment fees work and who pays them

• Asking questions, staying professional and planning a transition between jobs

• Why retention starts with recruitment

Mentioned in this episode:

• Rebel Recruitment

• Rebel Radio, Chris’s podcast

• Chris’s monthly livestream with business consultant Tristan Conway

• SEEK and LinkedIn as places to research recruiters and opportunities

Connect with Chris:
 

• Business: Rebel Recruitment
• Website: rebelrecruitment.com.au 
• LinkedIn: Chris Antartis 
• Podcast: Rebel Radio
• Instagram and Facebook: Search for Rebel Recruitment

Brought to you by Alyce Svensk at The OT Coach Australia.

Supporting allied health professionals to build confidence, clarity, and connection through mentoring, supervision, workshops, and The OT Coach Academy.

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