HR Undercover

I began my career as a recruiter, hiring IT folk. In my third week I interviewed a lady who arrived with her newborn baby in a sling around her shoulder. Unsure as to whether this was normal practice or not, I began going through my interview script and the interview was ticking along nicely until the baby began to get upset. Without missing a beat, my interviewee pulled down one side of her shawl and began to breastfeed the baby whilst still discussing her experience with me; I was a pretty shy 24-year old at the time and didn’t really know where to look, though both mother and nipper looked happy enough. We concluded the interview with baby still suckling and I trailed back to my desk, wondering whether I’d made the correct career choice or not! Disappointingly, nothing remotely similar has ever happened since.