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In this podcast series, we sit down and talk to Recruiters who have all paved their own way, and have arrived at (or are well on their way to) their chosen career destination. And we hear from them why they made the choices they made, and how those choices impacted their Recruitment careers. Through honest discussion, we hope you can learn from their successes and failures, as you start, or continue, your own “Recruitment Journey”.
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Two detectives surrounded by robots (possibly), trying to make sense of the noir world around them. We take a look at Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 feature ALPHAVILLE starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina, and compare that art house flick with the hypermodern, stylish and groundbreaking 1982 film BLADE RUNNER by Ridley Scott. When does style get in t…
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Two men trapped in societies that rule the masses with an iron fist. Two men that defeat the odds and break on through. One of them does it for the betterment of all of humanity. The other one is a bit of a jerk. We take a look at George Lucas' 1971 debut feature THX 1138 starring Robert Duvall, and compare that meditation on the automation of the …
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Two spaceships from Earth on a mission to blow up celestial bodies - one mission to save mankind, the other to escape boredom. We take a look at Danny Boyle's 2007 film SUNSHINE, starring Cillian Murphy, and compare that high-stakes deep space survival drama with John Carpenter's debut feature, the genre-defining 1974 sci-fi film DARK STAR. Has sci…
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Two dystopian futures where the masses are controlled by taking away their emotions. A peaceful society at the cost of not appreciating poetry. It's monstrous. But the fighting looks cool. We take a look at Kurt Wimmer's 2002 film EQUILIBRIUM, starring Christian Bale, and compare that totalitarian state with Stanley Kubrick's eye-popping, retina sc…
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The legendary weekly British anthology publication, 2000A.D., spawned one of the most iconic science fiction characters in comic book history - Mega City One lawman Judge Dredd. Inspired by cinematic figures like Frankenstein from DEATH RACE 2000 and Dirty Harry Callahan, a feature film adaptation of Dredd always seemed inevitable. We take a look a…
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What's up with those bande dessinée sci fi adaptations for the big screen, eh? Maybe Hollywood rips off French sci-fi because the French do it better? We take a look at Roger Vadim's 1968 film BARBARELLA, adapted from the Jean-Claude Forest comic book of the same name, and explore what it does and doesn't have in common with Luc Besson's 2017 flick…
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What’s is it like to join a company as one of their very first employees, then go on a 17 year journey with them through GFCs, recessions, pandemics, sale of the business, highs, lows and everything in between?And how does it shape you as a professional?Well, we ask these questions (and more) of the wonderful Sandra Rowlingson from Bluefin Resource…
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For most Recruiters, it’s a giant leap of faith to start one recruitment firm… Let alone three or four! But this is exactly what serial recruitment entrepreneur David “DJ” Jackson has done over his his 20+ year recruitment career. (And that’s not including the ones that maybe haven’t been so successful!) Dave doesn’t like the word “entrepreneur”. H…
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How many of us can truly say they’ve made Recruitment work for them?Well, this man certainly can!Swapping the illuminations of Blackpool for the palm trees of Miami, James Ward has had a glittering career in the industry that we call “Recruitment”. From top billing contract Recruiter at the SThree Group, to international Rec2Rec, Wardy has seen it …
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Jay O’Brien worked for Hays, a global recruitment company for over 13 years. Then, he decided to spin his career completely on it’s head and go and work for privately owned specialist, Redpath Partners. Every element of his day-to-day worklife would now be completely different! Or would it? We chat with Jay around his reasoning to immerse himself i…
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I was joined by author and former IRA prisoner Richard O'Rawe. We talked about his life and growing up during the troubles. Richard played a vital role in the 1981 Hungerstrikes in Long Lesh, where he was the public relations officer during this period. In 2005 he wrote his first book called Blanketmen which was the untold story of the H-Block hung…
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Paul Hallam is an absolute stalwart of the Australian Recruitment Industry, enjoying a career spanning well over a quarter of a century. As one of the three founding Directors of Six Degrees Executive, this is a career spurred on by one key ingredient: Passion. Paul has many passions and drivers in his life, all of which are talked about in this ep…
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It took me about two years to get these particular recruitment leaders behind microphones, and I reckon they only agreed because the tropical holiday vibes were in full effect.Recorded live on sunny Hamilton Island at the RCSA Shape conference, Kat and Jo from MAYDAY Recruitment gave me a full, authentic and often amusing insight into how MAYDAY ca…
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Stu Holmes comes from a loving and privileged family, and went to one of the best schools in the land, where his Father was the Principal. But sadly, despite this blessed start to life, life did not quite pan out for Stu the way it was possibly supposed to.Stu found himself in prison, which was a sad conclusion to a life (at the time) in a downward…
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She doesn’t like talking about it too much, but Debbie Davis from Sirius People was recently awarded CEO Monthly Magazine’s “Most Influential CEO Award” for the IT recruitment industry. So we were chuffed and honoured that Debbie agreed to hop onto the Recruitment Journeys podcast to tell us how this farm girl from country New South Wales, and once…
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Nina Mapson-Bone is a busy human! She’s a Mum, an MD, Chair of the RCSA, sits on charity boards, and is now also an author!So high profile is her life, her colleagues affectionately refer to her as their very own “D-list Celebrity!”Nina crams a lot into her life, and she does it all with a very cheery disposition.But the subject of her new book “Me…
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This is not a story that you often see play out in our industry. Erin Evans has just parted ways with her business partner of 11 years, and has sold her stake in the company that they started from scratch together from a small two desk office, to start all over again, on her own. They have mutually, and amicably, agreed to continue their entreprene…
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Glenn Ross - I was joined by legendary Strongman Glenn Ross. Competed at 5 World strongest Men Finals, won the UK & Britains strongest man 10 times, European STrongest Man in 2004 and finished 3rd in the Arnolds invitational. Over a dozen world records at Static lifting showing that Glenn was indeed the Strongest Man in the world. Glenn talked open…
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Most Recruiters don’t join a company and think to themselves, “Great, that’s me sorted for the next 16 years!”Most Recruiters, when they get that 7 year itch (or even 2 or 3 year itch), jump ship, or start looking for that greener grass. But what if you didn’t have to?What if the company you worked for allowed you to constantly evolve, constantly g…
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Ephram Stephenson epitomises the “recruitment entrepreneur”. In his 22 year career, he has successfully launched, scaled and sold more recruitment companies than most of us have had recruitment jobs. But with Collar Group, he seems to be achieving something a little bit out of the ordinary. Collar is less than 2 years old, but already has 13 office…
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On this weeks episode I am joined by a local footballing legend and one of my footballing heroes Glenn Ferguson. Glenn or "Spike" as he was affectionatly known as by the fans played over 1000 games in senior football and scored 563 goals. Glenn has scored important goals for Ards, Glenavon and Distillery but is best known for his time at Linfield. …
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Dr John Coulter is a local journalist who reported on the troubles and political investigations for over 45 years. This is his story of how a ministers son with a rebelous streak became one of the most respected journailists in Northern Ireland. We talk his love of football, ACDC, his life being in danger and the funny side of his journey.…
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For this weeks epeisode I was joined by my friend Lynda Bryans. Everyone in Northern Ireland recognises Lynda off the TV, sure didnt yous welcome her into your front room every evening with the news, but I want everyone to get to know the real Lynda. We talk and laugh about her career and Lynda kindly opens up about her struggles and how these were…
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This week I am joined by an absolute legend when it comes to Cheltenham. Bryan runs the most important website when it comes to finding winners at the Cheltenham Festival. www.gaultstats.com Please check out his website and donate to this years chosen charity The Samaritans. Bryan Gault is fundraising for Bangor and North Down Samaritans (justgivin…
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For the first in a new series I am joined by my friend and local wrestler Grant Davison AKA Dunkan Disorderly. Grant talks us through his career from how he started out to touring Europe with some of the biggest names in professional wrestling. From a young wrestling fan to sharing the ring with Bret Hart this is his story and its not finished yet.…
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Ryan McCabe was, in his own words and own admission, a failed engineer, then a failing Recruiter. But during his brief-ish foray into Recruitment, he has a lightbulb moment. With a wife seven months pregnant, zero evidence that his idea would work, but blind and unwavering belief, he founded Odro, and pioneered video-technology for the recruitment …
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Paul Masters is the recruitment industry advisor behind all the big, recent multi-million dollar M&A deals here in Australia. Paul is the guy who quietly helps recruitment business owners realise the dreams they had many years ago when they started their little companies from kitchen tables or serviced offices across Australia. Paul is the guy who …
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Ross Clennett has been a recognised name in the Australian Recruitment Industry for many a long year. So it should come as no surprise that he was the 2022 recipient of the RCSA’s CEO Outstanding Contribution Award. Before he was a recruitment trainer and blogger, Ross was a very successful Recruiter in his own rights, billing around a million doll…
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For as long as I can remember, there’s always been a bit of a morbid fascination with what I do within the Recruitment Industry, namely Rec2Rec.So why not get over 50 years of R2R experience together, on the same podcast, and lift the lid on what we do?On this episode of “Recruitment Journeys”, we have a bit of a special one…I’m simply calling this…
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Paul Tulip was a Recruiter who liked a drink. He proudly maintains to this day that some of the best friends he met, and best memories he made, were with a beer in his hand. He’d happily admit that having a drink was not only important to him, but a part of who he was. Then on one standard Tuesday night, that all changed. He woke up at 1.30am on a …
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In an industry that’s crammed full of small, niche specialists, all trying to cut through the noise, compete with the big boys, and make a crust… How do you stand out? How do you ensure that you’re not only seen and heard, but ultimately recognised as the No 1 “Go To” Recruiter in your chosen super tight niche?We asked Chris Caiger-Watson from Geni…
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Niall Clerkin was, as he puts it himself, “fit as a fiddle”. He was running marathons left, right and centre, and living his best healthy life. He was also a Recruiter by day, and had enjoyed a wonderful recruitment career, proudly listing “million dollar biller” and senior recruitment executive as some of his accolades. Then, after a relatively in…
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How did Paddy Flaherty go from dreams of playing in the Premier League, to masterminding the rebuild of an iconic Sydney recruitment brand that had taken a bit of a hiding through covid?In this “Recruitment Journeys” podcast chat, we speak to Paddy about his own recruitment career, the highs and lows, and what the “secret sauce” is that he attribut…
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Erin Devlin has had a very jam packed life, and done it all.From professional ballet dancer, to international cabin crew, to recruitment industry leader, to mother of (soon to be) 3, to author…There’s literally no limits to Erin’s talents, and everything that she turns her hand to, she seems to do to the highest of standards.In this new podcast epi…
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In Episode 47, we look closely at a subject that’s been very topical in the recruitment industry of late, since the arrival of Old Mate Covid… And that’s “working from home”. Or more specifically, the shorter working week. A few recruitment businesses have pioneered the four day working week, or the nine-day fortnight with amazing results. And they…
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Iterate and Creative Natives were two exciting Australian start-ups, that launched within a few months of each other, in 2019. Both were set up for great early success, and destined to smash the lights out in their first full calendar year of 2020. And then Covid hit. Every single recruitment business on the planet struggled for a period of time. B…
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Welcome to a very special episode of “Recruitment Journeys”.Today, we’re talking about something that’s been ever present in the recruitment industry since the beginning of time, and certainly since the beginning of my recruitment career. It’s as much a part of the fixtures and fittings of our industry as coffee and compendiums…And that’s booze.See…
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Collectively, Verge Das Neves and Shawn Twomey have around 30 years recruitment industry experience. When we launched the Recruiter’s Mentor Project a month ago, it came as little surprise that these industry long-termers put their hands up to be Mentors. Why wouldn’t they want to share their experiences and learnings with others coming through, ri…
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Between the two of them, Matt Cossens and Rob Millington have over 40 years recruitment experience. They’ve also racked up quite a few extreme challenges between them... Things like ultra-marathons and MMA cage fights! At some point in time, both Matt and Rob realised that their passion for setting extreme goals and challenges outside of work, coul…
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Both Anika Stokes and Sinead Connolly have, in their careers, been brought to their knees by burnout. They both managed it badly for years, refusing to acknowledge it, or accept it. But eventually, both were left with no choice but to tackle it. In this episode of “Recruitment Journeys”, Anika and Sinead chat openly, bravely, honestly and with grea…
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Grant Movzowitz from T+O+M Executive and Jason Roulston from Blackroc each head up businesses that are in full growth mode. And as we experience the official Covid “bounce back” period that we all prayed to the Recruitment Gods for for so long, which is creating almost unprecedented demand for Recruiters, it was great to sit down with these two not…
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Between the two of them, Paul Hallam and Steve Carter, have almost 50 years recruitment experience. Most of that 50 years has been spent in recruitment leadership roles, with almost 30 of those years running two of Australia’s most respected recruitment brands, Six Degrees and Sharp & Carter.So it was great to get these two long term acquaintances …
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Stella Petrou Concha and Andy McGregor are both young(ish), progressive thinking, innovative, “move with the times” recruitment leaders. They’re exactly the types of leaders that would have looked closely at what Covid did our industry, learn from it, and adapted.They are exactly the right kind of people to ask the question, “How has the role of a …
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Simon Hair from Precision and James Hone from Bluefin get together to chat about all manner of things like meditation, football fights, fishing, recruitment reality TV shows, and even the recruitment industry. The Yorkshireman and the Geordie... Sorry... Mackem discuss everything they learnt about their people, business and themselves during Covid1…
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Burnout is something that we Recruiters have fallen victim to many, many times over the years.And it was no different for Helena Nield-Dumper, who as billing Team Leader at Randstad, felt burnout creeping up on her too.But she survived, and moved on with her career.Only down the track, when she was in a different role, and a very different headspac…
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James Jennings and his business partner, Chris Almond are a classic start-up story.Fuelled by total self-belief, financed with money from friends and family, and pushed on by not only a desire to not let those people down, but also because they absolutely believe there is a need for their business and their product in the Recruitment marketplace.In…
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James Osborne went from scuba diving instructor on the Whitsundays, to launching and leading The Recruitment Network, an organisation that supports over 4000 Recruiters to help them get through tough times like Covid, but also flourish in the good times.But why did he choose to take this path, and not the path trodden by most senior Recruiters (whi…
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Most Recruiters don’t ever even start their own recruitment firm. And those that do, don’t usually create two.Well, Scott Horton has been instrumental in launching not one, but two successful recruitment businesses.And for reasons that he’ll delve into in this conversation, Scott tells us what drove the decisions, both business and personal, to sta…
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Stella Concha is an inspiration.She started REO Group back in 2009, with her husband Marcelo, when she only had two years recruitment experience.She forced herself to be successful through sheer will, determination, and self-belief that came as a result of being so well trained by Robert Half.What followed was a decade of learning on the job, getti…
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