Great recruiters are right under your nose

I know where you can hire great recruiters, and virtually no one else is looking there. This is not a lecture. This is an eye-opener that slowly dawned on me. And it needs to become apparent to owners and managers of recruitment companies. Those same owners and managers are bleating loud and long about the […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On July 23, 2019
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Sixty Savage Seconds – How Many of Your Recruiters Would You Rehire?

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 ‘How Many Of Your Recruiters Would You Rehire?. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On July 16, 2019
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How to crush your credibility as a leader in 5 seconds. And you do it!

This is how you destroy your credibility as a leader. Lose respect. And undermine motivation. And we are all guilty of this — me for sure. You too. It’s the one leadership trait that will erode trust and destroy morale. Please don’t do it. (2 minutes) The Behaviour that will ruin your credibility most of […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On July 9, 2019
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Savage Sell Masterclass UK. 200 signed up already!

Savage Sell Sophisticated selling for the Modern Recruiter Over 200 UK recruiters signed up already! Don’t miss out This series of half-day master classes will be held in September 2019,  in London, Manchester and Glasgow. These will likely be  sold out, so please – book now! And it’s sharply priced so Agencies can send entire […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On July 2, 2019
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The two questions you must ask at every client meeting

The client meeting is a golden moment of truth in our business. And so many recruiters screw up that opportunity. Often by talking too much and not asking the smart questions. I should know. I have done over 2,000 client meetings, many of the early ones done so very badly. But I learned. I have […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On June 25, 2019
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Sixty Savage Seconds – What Resilience In Recruitment Really Means

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 ‘What Resilience In Recruitment Really Means!. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On June 18, 2019
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‘Burn-out’ – and why recruiters really leave Agencies.

What causes ‘burn-out’ and why people fail and leave. The management skill that will reverse high staff turnover and drive retention and productivity. (Less than three minutes) • Why we have high staff turnover in recruitment. • People leave because they feel they stop learning. • Coaching and mentoring and developing people.. is in fact […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On June 11, 2019
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Sixty Savage Seconds – When The Client Is Talking, You Are Selling!

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 ‘When The Client Is Talking, You Are Selling!. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On May 28, 2019
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Wait! What? In-house recruiter turnover is worse than Agency?

Recently I published some confronting data from Staffing Industry Metrics where Recruitment Agency staff turnover in 2018 was estimated at 47%, an horrific number, and one that prompted this blog from me. However, we now have fresh data from recruitment technology firm JobAdder, who had their data analysts run reports from approximately 10,000 recruiters in […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On May 21, 2019
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Free UK webinar. Modern selling in recruitment. Greg and Chris Savage

It is on tomorrow. Free! Sign up now. ‘Sophisticated Sales Skills for the Future Fit Recruiter’ 21st May 2019 12.00pm UK  time Greg and Chris Savage and the REC are delighted to offer a free webinar, where they will give us a glimpse into the content of their all new material event, “Savage Sell”. The […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On May 20, 2019
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