Sixty Savage Seconds – My message to the haggling client

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 “My message to the haggling client“. Let me know what you think! View here.

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 22, 2017
0 Comment

The recruiting secret that made me more money than any other

Success in recruitment is ‘lots of activity – done well, with the right people’. Activity x Quality x Target Market   = Success  = Fun and money I believe (actually, I know) that activity is key to the ongoing success of any recruitment professional. It’s not all about activity, but activity counts. You just have to […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 20, 2017
13 Comments

12 crucial recruiter tips. (In 10 words or less).

A powerful two-minute read for all the desk recruiters out there. 12 tips. Each no longer than 10 words. Will lead you to fun and money. Click on the hyperlinks if you want more details on each concept. 1. Walk away from shitty margins or clients who disrespect you. (Here is how to do it) […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 20, 2016
6 Comments

Sales meetings are like sex. The best bit is at the end.

It is simple. Unless you want to be a transactional recruiting hack, you need to build relationships. And the foundation for a relationship is the client meeting or sales visit. And most recruiter sales meetings are a debacle. Here is the secret about how they should end.

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 10, 2016
7 Comments

Every great recruiter has this ONE thing. Do you?

What makes a great recruiter? I get asked this all the time, and frankly I am still trying to pin down that moving target. But one thing is for a sure; a great recruiter, especially a super temp or contract recruiter, is an opportunist, quick to spot an opening. They are always looking for ways […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 5, 2016
13 Comments

The two ‘must have’ traits of the future-recruiter

Most Agency recruiters today are dinosaurs. Fact. To ensure survival, and indeed prosperity, every recruiter needs these two key attributes. Have you got them?

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 22, 2015
6 Comments

Hey stupid! Pick up the phone.

  The battle for quality, unique candidates is starting to resemble a cage fight.   Why do so many recruiters treat it as though they are in a pillow fight? I am not easy to shock. Especially when it comes to recruiters and recruitment. Yet, here is the transcript of a recent conversation between a smart, experienced […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 28, 2015
45 Comments

THIS is recruiting greatness. Are YOU up to it?

There has been endless talk about the future of recruitment, and I have suggested that there are brilliant opportunities for recruitment companies, if they make the right changes. But what about the desk recruiter? The foot soldier? The person who is actually at the coalface of client and candidate interaction? What must they do to […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 19, 2015
29 Comments

What you can learn from the ‘Dark Ages’ of recruitment

I had a guy debating some recruiting matter with me on social media last week. To make his point, he finished with what he clearly felt was a telling coup de grace. “Well, I have been recruiting since before LinkedIn came along, you know!” In his recruiting world, LinkedIn was the ultimate game-changer. He considered […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 21, 2015
62 Comments

Want fun and money from recruitment? Make these 4 changes

Agency recruiters are about to enter a new golden era. More fun. More money. It’s all about to open up. But not everyone will rise on the tide. Just relying on a recovery will be your biggest mistake. The benefits will not flow to everyone evenly. We will have to provide something very different to what […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 24, 2015
13 Comments

Page 3 of 51 234 5