As a lifetime contractor, I felt this all the time. So I spoke to the boss of one of the recruitment agencies and said, hey. Isn’t this a job I’d be good at? Recruiting? Because I actually know what the hell I’m on about?
And he said, sure, and I’d hire you! But you’d be bored to death within a week because every day is exactly the same.
The older I get, the less I understand the "you'd be bored" excuse for not hiring someone. Is that boss really jumping out of bed every morning excited to talk to more candidates of varying quality and moving them into other, mostly boring, companies. And have boring meetings about what metrics to hit?
Restraint and overcoming boredom is one of the basic essences of growing up. You'd think management would understand this.
And he said, sure, and I’d hire you! But you’d be bored to death within a week because every day is exactly the same.