Earlier this week, Chimonides, who previously worked at education recruiter Tradewind Recruitment, was eliminated by her fellow islanders on ITV’s hit show.

Following her elimination, Recruiter spoke to recruitment reality TV stars for their top tips on returning to the industry after entertaining the Great British public on some of the UK’s biggest reality TV shows.

Ricky Martin, the 2012 winner of the BBC’s Apprentice and managing director of Hyper Recruitment Solutions, told Recruiter if Chimonides is dedicated to recruitment she needs to get back to what she does day-to-day and work hard to prove to people she is more than just a reality contestant.

“That will mean getting back on the phones more than ever, and inspiring others in the office that she is back where her passion belongs. If she spends all day long talking about Love Island and trying to hold on to the fame by chasing every night club appearance/attending the opening of envelopes, she will quickly be replaced by the next reality show, and feel deflated and left behind. 

“Great recruiters will capitalise on this and recognise that she may get more meetings arranged as a result of the short-term fame, but when she goes to those meetings, she is there for business. 

“People will now expect she has less depth in recruitment, as she has been on TV (unfairly but we live in a judgemental world) … It is Joanna’s job now to go to the meeting, be ultra-professional and turn their opinions around to her being more than just a reality contestant.”

Martin offers her a final piece of advice: “Good luck, Joanna. If you use what you did wisely, it could be the making of you in this industry. Hold on to the limelight at your peril!”

Joanne Davies, divisional manager – transport at Agenda Partnership, whose dance troupe The Addict Initiative made ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent final in 2014, told Recruiter settling back into everyday life after being on reality TV can be tough.

“One day you are being transported by limo with a security detail and the next day you are getting back in your 15-year-old Citroen Saxo and grabbing a McDonalds breakfast before returning to the busy, wonderful life of recruitment. 

“The best advice I can give for this transition is to keep a level head, enjoy the ride and use the attraction of being a reality TV star to your advantage. Everyone loves an exciting story, so share yours with colleagues, clients and candidates. Overall, just embrace the good with the bad and you will be fine.”

And one of recruitment’s most recent reality TV stars, Stacey Freeman, head of perm division at Adenstar Developments, who appeared on Shipwrecked earlier this year, told Recruiter achieving balance between work life and events you need to attend is incredibly important.

“I found it very difficult to balance work life with events that were going on. So, it’s important and her mental state to establish what she wants out of this opportunity.

“Obviously, the show I was on is a lot different to Love Island so she’s going to be busier than I was. I was fortunate enough to balance it – I only work two to three days a week as a recruiter. I love my work because they’re very flexible and understanding.”

Freeman further advised Chimonides to map out what her goals are: “In all honesty she probably isn’t going to return to recruitment, but she might do – you never know what will happen, but I say map out what she wants and have a strategy to get there…

“Most people who go on reality TV shows hope never to return to work, which is the key reason they do it in the first place.

“With regards to the fame side of things, I don’t struggle with mental health. I’m fortunate but it’s an odd one going to your local bar and people ask you for pictures. I just say be open-minded and take what people say with a pinch of salt because there will be online trolls. 

“There will be people that are jealous out there and at the end of the day they are only doing it because they want to be in the position you’re in… if they get a view to share and it’s negative, just don’t even react to it – I didn’t and it’s the best thing I could have done.”

So whichever road she decides to go down, we all wish her the best of luck! (PS. Give us a call or drop us an email if you decide to go back to recruitment, Joanna…)

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