How a Solo Recruiter Went From Running a Bakery to Billing $100K a Month

The Resilient Recruiter by Mark Whitby

Jun 25, 202676:32Business

Michael Chambers didn't come into recruitment through the usual route. Before becoming a recruiter, he spent eight years running a bakery with his mother in Charlotte, North Carolina. Then his father passed away from can...

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