10 words you must NEVER use to describe yourself

Who am I to tell you how you can describe yourself? Nobody. So ignore me at your leisure. On the other hand, I can tell you for free that the words you use in your résumé, your LinkedIn profile, your Twitter bio, your cover letter, and in spoken language, create a response in the reader, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 29, 2014
56 Comments

20 reasons your boss hates you

Does your boss hate you? OK, hate is a strong word. I am sure she does not actually hate you. (Well, maybe not). But let’s say you irritate her, disappoint her, and ultimately incline her to regard you more as a liability than an asset. And that can only end in tears. 30 years of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 17, 2014
27 Comments

Candidates are not an online commodity

Technology is changing our industry, on all fronts. And of course, we are seeing the arrival of a myriad of online recruiting offerings, each claiming to be the beginning of the end for traditional recruitment. But, lets get real. Candidates are not an online commodity. Some people would have you believe they are. LinkedIn for […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 3, 2014
38 Comments

7 ways recruiters will learn to love their KPIs!

KPIs! Metrics! Hit your numbers! Micro-Management! These are some of the dirtiest words in the recruitment lexicon. Yet, it’s a universal truth that all recruitment relies on certain activities, being done well, consistently. In my experience, managers of recruitment teams adopt one of three approaches to KPIs. Two of them are disastrous, and then of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 20, 2014
10 Comments

How I got to 30,000 (now 50,000) Twitter followers

If you are serious about building your business, you should be on Twitter. The benefits for all professionals looking to build brand, enhance their profile, and create relationships are exceptional. But if you are currently dabbling with Twitter, have few followers, and tweet inconsistently, then my advice to you is change your ways, or get off […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 13, 2014
19 Comments

I travelled 17,000 kilometres to tell the British recruiters this!

Recently I flew across the world as a guest of REC to speak to recruiters in Manchester and London. (South Africa is next by the way) The Business Brains II series included excellent presentations from Kevin Green, the CEO of REC, and Mary B Lucas, an American staffing veteran with a brilliant story to tell, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 23, 2014
5 Comments

Recruitment, Rock & Roll, and Relevance

Neil Young was big when I was at school! The guy was at Woodstock for goodness sake! (Look it up if you have to. You should know about it). He had a mega-hit record (and it was a vinyl record) in 1974 with Harvest, followed by a string of other huge sellers, and he is […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 25, 2014
11 Comments

Why ‘agency recruitment’ is totally screwed

The recruitment agency business model is grotesquely dysfunctional. It is broken. Yes. It. Is. Certainly for permanent recruitment. We are just so used to it, have it so imbued in our psyche, that we don’t appreciated how farcical and damaging it is. For everybody. Multi-listed, contingent job-orders benefit no-one. Clients, naively thinking they get a […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 11, 2014
126 Comments

The best business advice I could EVER give you

This is a short blog. Which is ironic because it took me 30 years to learn what I share here. Read carefully please. This will save you a world of pain. When things are going well, when then results are good, when it seem you can do no wrong, be sure you don’t get taken […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 25, 2014
21 Comments

Greg Savage Speaking Tour. Back in the UK.

After the outstanding success of my November 2013 speaking gigs in the UK (he said, modestly), I am delighted to be invited back, by REC this time, for the ‘Business Brains’ Masterclass. The topic is ‘Remake. Remodel. Future Proof Recruitment’, in Manchester (3rd April) and London (4th April). In this Masterclass I will cover: What […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 18, 2014
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