14 bold actions to crush 2026 🏆

Recruiters often predict a holiday “dead zone,” a time when business slows, and results dwindle. You have a choice: wind down, accept the lull, and be average—or swim against the tide. Millions of people are job-hunting now! Act during this period to ensure a productive start to 2025. Here’s your 7-point action plan.

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 24, 2025
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Is your recruiter commission plan ‘fit’?

The way recruiters are paid has been a fraught topic forever. Plenty of business owners struggle with recruiter productivity. Plenty of recruiters struggle under schemes they feel are unfair, cumbersome or just miserly. Bonus and commission schemes have been lauded for motivating teams and criticised for driving lousy behaviour.

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 3, 2025
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My barista will beat your AI

Everyone wants to understand where the line between automation and humanity in recruitment actually is. That is made even more compelling by the simple fact (which most 'Techbros' do not get) that there is a big difference between understanding which parts of the recruitment process can be replaced by AI and automation and understanding which parts should be replaced by AI and Automation. And therefore, which parts should not! (Worth reading that again BTW). So, this story about David the Barista, which I have told before, has new relevance and resonance.

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 27, 2025
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Make more placements from less orders

Not all job orders are created equal. Some are far more ‘fillable’ than others. A recruiter with 12 open orders does not spend one-twelfth of her time on each order. This is even more important when we have fewer orders than we would like to have. In desperation, some recruiters scramble to cover all of them. That will cause a lot of work for very little return. A smart recruiter will ‘triage’ their job orders, and to do that you have to know your ‘fillability- factor’. Do you?

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 6, 2025
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80 recruiter skills you need now

Markets wax and wane Technology emerges and gets superseded. However, many recruiter skills remain relevant I set out here my ‘2025 recruiter action plan.‘ It is a lot, but tackle it one step at a time. Use it individually and in your teams. Be honest with yourselves about how you score on each metric, tactic […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 17, 2025
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20 top recruiting tools for 2025

There is no doubt that 2025 will be challenging. It is a very fluid market with plenty of economic, political and sentiment-driven obstacles. However, as always, outstanding opportunities are available The biggest differentiator between mediocre recruiters/recruitment companies and those that thrive will be how they react to the market Complaining about it is less than […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 9, 2025
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How is the recruitment market really?

It is the most asked question in recruitment. 'How is the market for you?' It is also the most common justification for poor results. 'The market is awful right now.' It is the source of the most outrageous hyperbole. 'This is the worst the market has been this century.' So, what is really happening with the market?' This chart tells you everything.

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 28, 2024
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Will You Stay Relevant In Recruitment?

Are you still ‘relevant’? A confronting question, but we all need to ask it of ourselves. This is a five-minute video, but it could change your life. Chris Savage reflects on how he went from being the ‘youngest person in the room’ early in his career, to now, when he is inevitably the oldest person at every meeting and event.

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 23, 2024
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2 Out Of 5 Clients Will Dump You

This is shocking, and you will be inclined to deny it. But the data is precise. Here it is. Two in five clients do not return to the same recruitment agency for a second job. That's 40%! Let's be fair. It's not always the recruiter's fault. And sometimes, maybe, the recruiter does not even want to work with that client again!

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 9, 2024
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Time For Recruiters To ‘Stand Proud’

Recruiters get terrible press. And it feels worse now than ever before. Last week, some guy jumped on my LinkedIn post with a gratuitous "Recruiters are hopeless and will soon be extinct" comment. He is a junior engineer in a remote location. He is entitled to his views, sure, but really? Everyone has a 'terrible recruiter' story.

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 26, 2024
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