I wanted to do something different to CELEBRATE 50 episodes of the Recruitment Rollercoaster. No guests in this episode, just me! I talk about the 5 common habits/topics I have seen in the people I have had on the podcast. There could definitely be a longer list but the 5 that I speak about in this episode are. - We’re all made equal, you can a ...…

I'm really excited to share this as a podcast episode. For those of you who couldn't make it you can enjoy the 30 minute talk I recently did at the Recruitment Agency Expo with this podcast episode. I had never spoken to 200+ people before so this was a great moment for me which I really enjoyed. I encouraged everyone in the room to take action ...…

I really enjoyed sitting down with Craig Elvin from EO to discuss his 10 plus year recruitment career. It’s very clear that from day one in his recruitment career Craig was really focused on just doing the right thing. I have heard this a lot now and I really think it’s the right mindset. Having every intention of delivering a great service and ...…

I first met Andrew at The Recruitment Network retreat in the summer He ran a workshop at the retreat which I thought was brilliant and I loved his story. I told Andrew at the retreat that he has to come on the podcast with me as he has tons of value to share. Glad to say we finally sat down together a couple of weeks ago for a slightly differen ...…

‘I hated BD, there is a much smart way to do this in todays world’ I sat down with my housemate Tom Cotteril to talk all things Recruitment. Tom had a tough start in Recruitment but he has really found his feet in the UX market. Tom has built a real community within his market and a genuine authentic personal brand. He hasn’t made a cold call i ...…

I had two very passionate and motivated internal recruiters join me in the studio in Lauren & Claire. They both very kindly made the journey up to the east London studio from Sussex. You can really feel the energy of these two in this episode who no doubt make a great team in helping grow the Barrington James business. We cover a wide range of ...…

John made the trip over to east London to jump in the studio with me. I absolutely loved sitting down with John and uncovering the journey he has been on in building the Finlay James recruitment business. Back in the day his father in law spotted an advert in the Manchester evening news for a recruitment position and the rest is history … John ...…

Myself and Sean Anderson sit down in the studio again to discuss his brand new Recruitment Podcast. The Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast which will be all things growth within the Recruitment Industry. We discuss why he has decided to start this podcast and the growth stories he wants to uncover. We cover the following in this short conversati ...…

Dualta left his south coast village to be in the big city to record a podcast with me … I experienced the dreadful moment of having a 50 minute chat and realising I didn’t press the record button. So the sound quality on this one is not amazing so I apologies in advance! We had a great and honest chat on this episode … We discuss the following: ...…

I had Natasha South in the studio a couple of weeks ago, Natasha has built herself a brilliant career within the Recruitment Industry. Since moving from a consultant to an operations role there has been no stopping her. She helped grow her previous agency through implementing HR strategies, marketing, compliance, managing internal talent AND MU ...…

It was great fun to sit down with Sabina from Grovelands. Who made her way up from my old neck of the woods, Brighton. I loved Sabina's genuine enthusiasm towards a career within Recruitment and how positively she views being a Recruiter. I remember how cheesy I felt when I said out loud that we change lives as Recruiters so I’m glad Sabina vie ...…

It was a real pleasure to have Andy Simpson from Hinterview in the studio. He has come a long way since selling mobile phones for Phones 4 U in Stoke-on-Trent Andy has built himself a real successful career within the Recruitment Industry. From climbing the ranks within the mighty SThree to now building a market leading video tech business for ...…

Will Grashoff traveled from the sticks to be in our East London studio, thank you again Will. Will’s agency is coming up to the 12 month mark and he has grown it to 6 heads in these 12 months. Really interesting story and he is the first agency owner I have met who has a generalist agency. It’s clear that Will has a REAL passion for the Recruit ...…

I sat down with Yvette from Aylin White who has had a 10 plus year career within the Recruitment Industry. I loved Yvettes genuine passion for wanting to make a difference to the type of people coming through the front door of Recruitment businesses. It’s really exciting to hear that Yvette is proactively encouraging young people to consider Re ...…

I was really impressed with Roheel & Victorias genuine ambition to build a global brand and I have no doubt that they will achieve it. It was a lot of fun uncovering both their stories, a real interesting perspective from an internal recruiter within a growing agency and to understand the vision of a driven Recruitment business owner! We discus ...…

It was great fun to sit down in the studio with the original Whiteonians. The owners of White Recruitment, both these guys have been on an amazing journey so it was really enjoyable to uncover both their stories. I loved how honest these guys were when it comes to the adversity they have faced running their own Recruitment Agency. There has bee ...…

I finally got the opportunity to be in the studio with Sean Anderson and we were joined by the brilliant James Osbourne. James and his team have built a business that is completely focused on providing the utmost value to their members. Constantly trying to find ways in which they can offer more value, more training and an overall better servic ...…

I loved sitting down with Yvette Cleland to discuss her story and all things Recruitment. What's clear is that she still has the same passion today for sales as she did when she first started her career! We discuss how Yvette maintained a competitive edge in Recruitment in her early days, what common habits she has seen that have prevented Recr ...…

Myself and Hung Lee had a lot of fun in the studio recording this episode. Hung Lee has carved himself a really interesting career within the Recruitment world so it was a lot of fun uncovering his story ….. Hung has worked within Recruitment for 10+ years and he has always stayed close to emerging markets when recruiting, particularly TECH! He ...…

Rosie has worked within the industry for well over a decade and in that time she has consistently kept selling, managed teams, dealt with candidates & clients. You can really tell that she has a REAL passion for Recruitment (Which I love !) Lucy realised in her career that she absolutely loved the candidate part of Recruitment. Which is why ...…

Tara has worked within Recruitment for well over a decade and in her words it saved her life!! I loved sitting down with Tara who has bags of energy and a real genuine passion for the industry. Some amazing insights in this conversation, I really can't believe that only one in three people stay in Recruitment for longer than 12 months but at th ...…

Lucy has worked within Recruitment for over a decade and has worked for some of the biggest brands in the industry. It was a lot of fun to uncover Lucy's experiences throughout her 10 year plus career. I always find it fascinating finding out how Recruitment has changed over the years and how technology has impacted the industry! We discuss why ...…

I loved sitting down with Lucy Kendall who is super passionate about the Recruitment Industry which is made clear by her 10+ successful years within the industry. We have a few interruptions because of a false fire alarm! But it didn't stop us from having a good old chat about everything Recruitment. Lucy has experienced so much in the Recruitm ...…

Catherine has gone from strength to strength since moving to Harrington Starr and is well on her way to becoming a super successful Recruiter! It's clear that Catherine has always been willing to put in the work and open to trying, failing and learning. When you have these attributes plus the support system of a brilliant agency the opportuniti ...…

Laura has a one of a kind job in Recruitment which she absolutely loves which was very evident! Speaking to people who genuinely love what they do tends to be a rarity in todays workplace so it was great fun to uncover what Laura does within a forward thinking Recruitment business. What does your aftercare process look like? I think more agenci ...…

I loved sitting down with Emily Lewis who was a complete breath of fresh air! Emily was the person who planted the seed in my head to do the women in Recruitment week so again thank you! Credit all yours. Even though Emily has only been in Recruitment for coming up to 12 months I was so impressed with her mindset and the way she approached her ...…

To kick off the women in Recruitment week for the podcast here is mine and Katie Harts conversation. I was left really inspired by Katie, who after just 12 months Recruitment experience has the confidence to start her very own agency! This is what I love about the Recruitment Industry. She felt really strongly about how she wanted to work as a ...…

>This week I'm joined by two young entrepreneurs, Ben Hickey & Joshua Surtees. These guys have recently secured funding for their very own Rec2Rec business, Aquired. However they have every intention in becoming innovators within the Recruitment space ... As they look to build a successful recruitment business by combining traditional recruitme ...…

This week I'm joined by Ryan Donaghy from LND Recruitment. Ryan has worked for this business for a number of years which is a great achievement in any industry (Particularly Recruitment). I love Ryan's mindset towards Recruitment. He has the mindset of wanting to provide the utmost amount of value he can for his candidates and clients. Which is ...…

Slightly different episode this week as we was cut a bit short for time. I’m joined by Andrew Macaskill for 20 minutes and we get straight into the good stuff. Andrew has worked within the Recruitment Industry for over a decade in which he has climbed up the ranks within different agencies and is now the Managing Director of EO. He has been a r ...…

For the first time on the show I’m joined by two agency owners! Sam & Tom joined me on a very hot day in the studio and we discussed their journey so far. These guys have been extremely smart when building their recruitment business and have invested equally in marketing & recruiters! We discuss the challenges of going out and setting up on you ...…

Listen to the Podcast This week I’m joined by Ben Rush! Ben has worked within Recruitment for 3 years and he was in the 1% that actually wanted to get into the industry. Within 3 years Ben has progressed from Talent Consultant to now running his very own Recruitment team! We discuss how Ben built his personal brand over 2 years which has helped ...…

This week I’m joined by Dan Alexander! Dan has had a really interesting journey within Recruitment from starting within the Industry working for a start up agency to now being in a stand alone role as a Recruitment Trainer for a Global Recruitment Business …. We discuss a lot in this conversation but a real focus on some of the most common habi ...…

Listen to the Podcast This week I’m joined by a seasoned Recruiter, Chris Hart! Chris fell into Recruitment (Like the majority of people) around 11 years ago and ever since then he has taken control of his life... He went from working in Retail to now managing 4 succesful Recruitment teams and he still gets fees on the board! Chris has some rea ...…

Listen to the Podcast This week I’m joined by David Savage! David has worked in the Recruitment Industry for over a decade, so it was great fun uncovering his perspective of what makes ‘great’ recruiters. Even though David has most recently been a lot more focused on the podcast he started 3 years ago ‘Tech Talks’ it’s clear that he is a season ...…

This week I’m joined by my brand new boss Sean Anderson! Having recently joined Hoxo Media, the first brand new episode of the podcast which is now being recorded in a kitted out studio me & Sean have a sit down to discuss Recruitment and life before Hoxo Media …. Sean will be joining me on a number of future episodes so I’m very excited for th ...…

This week I’m joined by Dave Hume who has worked within the Recruitment Industry since 2001. For the last 6 years he has been steadily building a powerful super network to help self employed recruitment business owners to thrive and be more successful! Dave is extremely passionate about helping recruitment business owners grow and make more pla ...…

This week I’m joined by Gary Gardener who in the last 6 months has taken the plunge in starting his very own Recruitment Firm.... Gary spent 20 years working as a chef across top hotels and restaurants! When a Recruiter approached him about a new job and suggested getting into Recruitment he decided to take the leap and he hasn't looked back si ...…

Today I’m joined by Tiffany Sanya who has been running her own Recruitment business for over 2 years specialising in strategy consulting across Europe. Tiffany started her Recruitment career in 2013 and decided to take the plunge in setting up her own firm, Rothwell Rixsen in early 2016. She has a genuine passion for adding value to both client ...…

Today I’m joined by Tom Cotterill who has been in Recruitment since early 2016... In this short period of time Tom has built an engaging network on Linkedin and has even built a mentoring platform for the UX market. Tom is extremely passionate about offering upmost value to his candidates and clients. He has quickly progressed to a senior consu ...…

Today I’m joined by Hari Sopal who has worked within the Recruitment Industry for over 10 years... For the last 7 years he has worked his way up to now head of contracts within the Fintech market for Harrington Starr. Known for his work ethic and passion for delivering a high level of service to his clients and candidates it’s no surprise that ...…

Today I’m joined by Shayne Wilson who started his very own Rec2Rec business just 7 months ago. Shayne spent 3 years working as the head of talent for a digital marketing Recruitment business before he decided to take the leap. In one year he actually interviewed 126 Recruiters which he all sourced himself! This was the lightbulb moment to start ...…

Today I’m joined by David Johnson who has worked in Recruitment for 10 years. David decided to make the move into Recruitment after hitting a bit a glass ceiling in his position 10 years ago. Since then he has progressed to a Senior Consultant and now leads a team of Recruiters within a multinational Recruitment Firm. David isn’t shy when it co ...…

Today I’m joined by Dualta Doherty who has been in Recruitment for over 7 years and for the last 3 years he has been running his very own Rec2Rec business with his wife. It all started with just the both of them in a serviced apartment based in Central America, after cashing in their first few invoices they then moved to the UK and grew their t ...…

Today I’m joined by Dean who is an IT Recruiter based in Toronto, Canada. Dean started his Recruitment career in 2016, having always had a real interest within the IT sector. He found the transition from working within the IT Sector to recruiting for the sector very easy... You will now find him working with start ups to large multinational com ...…

Today I’m joined by Claire Petrie who is a Recruiter based in Buffalo, New York. Claire started her Recruitment career in 2012 working as an internal recruiter for a corporate business. Since then she has worked within Human Resources for different companies until she took the leap from Internal recruitment to agency in 2018. Claire has a real ...…

Today I’m joined by Chris Morrow who has worked as a Software Recruiter since graduating from University in 2005! For the past 13 years, Chris has worked in both the UK and Australian markets recruiting tech talent for some of the best companies in the world. In October last year, he returned to the UK with his young family and has taken the pl ...…

I’m joined by Alex Moyle who started his Recruitment career in 1998! He started as a Temporary Consultant and worked his way up the ranks and became the UK Director of Talent Development in 2009. This is were he found a real passion for training and developing consultants and leaders within the Recruitment Industry. You will now find him regula ...…

Today I’m joined by Toby Babb who is the founder and CEO of Harrington Starr. Toby started his Recruitment Career back in 2000. He then founded his current company in 2010 and Within 8 years of starting Harrington Starr it has become a global leading recruitment firm. Within this time Toby has interviewed some of the most influential profession ...…

Today I’m joined by Petrus Wessels. A South African Based Recruiter who recruits within the Data Science Sector. He has worked within Recruitment for 12 months and he is absolutely loving it. We discuss his biggest challenge so far and the advice he would give to those considering a career within Recruitment. I hope you enjoy the conversation … ...…