The final (ever) Savage speaking tour. UK & Australia & New Zealand.

“My biggest lessons, tactics and secrets from a lifetime in recruitment.” All the best bits from a 40-year recruitment experience. Combined with many real-life anecdotes, freely sharing my many mistakes, I plan to focus on these and much more: The key pillars of success as a recruiter, managing your recruitment career, the formula for recruiters […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 26, 2020
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Declining profits for your boss. No bonus for you. Here is why.

This blog is blunt. It’s about the commercial reality of making money in recruitment. If you run a business and are making no money, or if your revenues are growing, but your profit is declining, this will probably explain why. Or if you are a recruiter, it could explain why you can hardly scrape by […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 18, 2020
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This is where the Billing Manager goes wrong!

Why do so many great recruiters fail when asked to manage other recruiters? There are many reasons for that. The Billing Manager role is the hardest job in recruitment, although it can also be the most rewarding if you get it right. Let me count the ways it can go wrong. (3 minutes) • Wrong […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 12, 2020
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Recruitment is not Tinder. And this is why.

Technology and lack of skill are driving plenty of recruiters to treat recruitment like a dating app. Swipe left. Swipe right. Transactional, keyword matching, resume spamming recruiting drones take heed. (Please). This is what will differentiate the winners from the losers in recruitment. In the end, a recruiter is as good as the number of […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 4, 2020
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Are you ‘client-flabby’ or are you ‘client-fit’?

Recruiters often complain about the fickleness of clients. Clients don’t return our calls, they don’t give commitment, and they don’t follow through. Often true. But, is it always the client’s fault? Does the relationship flounder because you don’t put in the effort you should? Indeed, do you commit the cardinal sin of slipping into ‘chronic […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 28, 2020
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It was 40 years ago today… yeah, yeah, yeah

23rd January 1980. That’s the date I started as a recruiter.   40 YEARS AGO! TODAY!   $10,000 per annum. Executive Recruiter. John P Young and Associates. Adelaide. South Australia What a journey since then. What adventures. What trials. What great people. But after four decades in this most demanding of businesses, there is one […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 23, 2020
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Sixty Savage Seconds – Great Recruiters Do Not Always Make Great Managers

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘Great Recruiters Do Not Always Make Great Managers!’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 21, 2020
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10 recruitment trends I predicted in 2010. A decade later, how foolish do I look?

A decade ago I was honoured to present a keynote address to the RCSA National Conference in Hobart. (The original here. August 2010) In that speech, I laid out 10 trends that I believed would impact the recruiting profession, and which I predicted we needed to factor into our strategies and business planning. Ten years […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 14, 2020
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12 crucial recruiter tips for 2020 (In 10 words or less!)

New year. Fresh dreams. We all want to get better. Achieve more. Just ‘working hard’ won’t do it and that’s not a real goal anyway. Here are 12 simple, actionable tactics for all the desk recruiters out there. Each no longer than 10 words. Will lead you to fun and money. Click on the hyperlinks […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 7, 2020
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The final (ever) Savage speaking tour. Book now!

“My biggest lessons, tactics and secrets from a lifetime in recruitment.” My last national speaking tour. Don’t miss this one! All the best bits from a 40-year recruitment experience To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of starting my first job in recruitment, the RCSA is proud to present a new 2.5-hour keynote where I outline […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 12, 2019
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