Can Internal Recruiters assist candidates as much as Agency Recruiters can?

Agency Recruiters will always beat Internal Recruiters. Always. Even great internal recruiters can never do as good a job for candidates as great agency recruiters do. Never. Ever. And that’s simply because internal recruiters are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to supporting candidates in their job search. Let’s examine the ways; Internal recruiters, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 12, 2013
92 Comments

Can we trust LinkedIn?

I love LinkedIn. But I do not trust LinkedIn. For recruiters, it’s obviously a key tool, and clearly a brilliant invention that is part of a seismic shift in the way recruitment works. I wish I had invented it. But I believe, that for agency recruiters, LinkedIn is not your friend. Don’t get me wrong, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 29, 2013
45 Comments

Why are recruiters so cavalier about hiring their own staff?

Ponder these 7 facts, please. Fact 1: Over the last 15 years I have had more than 1,000 people report to me, directly or indirectly. Over my working life, who knows how high that number is? Fact 2: 90% of those people are recruiters or recruiting managers. Fact 3: Just about the biggest issue owners and managers of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 15, 2013
51 Comments

Free pass to hear the best recruiters at the ‘Big Biller Summit’

Very soon, I am speaking at the global ‘Big Biller Summit’, and ‘The Savage Truth’ readers are invited to attend as my guest, for free. I am pleased that my presentation ‘Recruitment Reinvented’ is being showcased at the summit. And you can access it here, for free. Secure your free pass now! This event runs from October […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 9, 2013
8 Comments

YOU own your career. No one else

Many people are advised that they should look for a company that ‘provides a career’. Often I hear candidates say they want to leave a job, because their current employer is not ‘looking after my career’. Sure, it’s important to work for a company where you can thrive, but you must above all understand this. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 1, 2013
7 Comments

Greg Savage wants to speak to you – in London

The Savage Truth Tour is making its way to the UK in November, 2013. The event, hosted by Elite Recruitment Network is titled “The Future of Recruitment: New Kool vs. Old Skool” and takes the form of a half-day Masterclass, to be held in London on November 22nd, 2013. Click on the morning or afternoon […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 24, 2013
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How to ‘rev-up’ your sleepy recruiters!

The market for agency recruiters is relentlessly tough right now. Many are battling declining demand and skittish clients who are at best unreliable, and at worst openly aggressive and uncooperative. It’s hard to stay motivated in this environment. Yet here we are, with a job to do, overheads to cover, salaries to earn, and targets […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 17, 2013
26 Comments

Recruiters. Never forget. Followers are vanity – sales are sanity!

Anyone who has heard me speak, or read my blog, knows I believe social media has an important role to play in business development, attracting talent, and building brand. I have coached my recruiters how to do that, and now many companies pay me to teach them how to do it. But let’s get real […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 3, 2013
9 Comments

Greg Savage would like to talk to you…

The Savage Truth ANZ Speaking Tour is on in October. This is the biggest event I have done for years, and I believe it will educate, motivate and stimulate. It’s an entire half-day Masterclass, with in-depth examination of how recruitment businesses, and recruiters, will need to work in the future. The response so far has […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 27, 2013
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What all recruiters WANT to say to their clients, and should – but don’t!

For agency recruiters, it often feels like clients are toying with them these days. It feels for all the world that some* Line Managers, Internal Recruiters and HR types have conspired to make life for recruiters as hellish as possible. Job briefs given out to 6 agents, ‘urgent’ orders postponed after weeks of work, interviews […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 20, 2013
52 Comments

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