How AI-washing is scamming recruiters

AI will reshape recruitment. Ethical, well-researched, properly tested AI will take over much of today’s manual recruiter work while improving accuracy, efficiency and outcomes for clients and candidates. Recruiters who build the new skills will thrive. But much of what’s being sold to agencies today is flawed — sometimes a scam. It’s often not AI at all: just automation built on poor data, unable to understand context, reason, or improve, and riddled with bias, privacy risks, and false promises. Recruiters must run toward the tech — but understand it.

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 30, 2026
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Selling or lying? There’s no grey

The DNA of a great recruiter is a powerful mix of skills, competencies, attitudes, and mindsets, and I have written two books to help you decipher it.( Here and here ) But let’s dip into this a little. Here is a glimpse of a great recruiting mindset The recruiter says, “I filled 9 jobs out […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 23, 2026
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Be a better recruitment leader

This is the most dangerous moment our industry has faced. It is also the most exciting. AI is accelerating. Technology vendors are circling, and many are selling a hot mess of AI slop. New models are emerging weekly. Most will not work. Client expectations and candidate attitude are changing daily. There is risk everywhere. There […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 16, 2026
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Your database is cheating on you

Are you overwhelmed by AI tech and the promises of AI vendors? Stay calm. You are not alone. The quickest benefit you can get from AI right now is getting good AI to improve, cleanse, and update your database that you’re so proud of. “We’ve got 500,000 candidates on our database”, says the owner of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 11, 2026
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The best recruitment event in the UK?

Recruitment Agency Expo in London next week promises to be as huge as ever This is an unusual event. In a very good way! I can’t think of a better event for learning, sharing and meeting interesting folk I am speaking both days, so I hope to see you there. The roster of speakers is […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 9, 2026
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Recruitment rebounds to a 3-year high

This article is simple – but very positive. The past few years have been a grind for many recruiters. Even worse, some recruitment companies have closed, and many individuals moved on to other things. However, the past 12 months have felt slightly better, according to the financial results of my clients (Where I am on […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 2, 2026
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Your recruitment business model is dying

“The contingent, multi-listed perm market… I think that is over.” Six years ago, I was the very first guest on The Resilient Recruiter podcast For episode 300, I returned to discuss the biggest shift our industry has faced since the rise of the internet: artificial intelligence. My view? AI hasn’t made recruitment easier. In many […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 25, 2026
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Why do clients make recruiters compete?

The key to successful selling is understanding the buyers’ motivations. So, why do clients give out orders in competition and expect professional recruiters to do great work on a contingent, multi-listed basis? And trust me, you need to know this and act on it right now Watch the video snippet from the Savage Recruitment Academy […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 23, 2026
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Does your hairdresser ‘out-recruit’ you?

All the training you have had as a recruiter has been a total waste of time unless the skills and techniques you learnt are built on a foundation of self-belief. You are the expert. Your client may be an Executive Director of a listed company, or the CEO of a multi-national conglomerate, but who knows […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 16, 2026
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You talk less to sell better

Most recruiters are good talkers. We do it all day, right? And most recruiters think that ‘selling‘ means ‘pitching’ or ‘persuading’, or ‘spinning’. Having ‘good chat‘ is highly prized. But there is a problem with that. A big one. And it raises its head at the most critical time. And it so often undermines recruiter […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 9, 2026
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