My post-COVID recruiting dream

As an industry, and as individuals, we have never had a better chance to change what we don’t like. To slaughter sacred cows. Smash our outdated, self- inhibiting paradigms. To configure our futures. Who is going to stop us? Who is even looking? The most significant waste of all will be to come back to […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 7, 2020
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‘Burn-out’ – and why recruiters really leave Agencies.

What causes ‘burn-out’ and why people fail and leave. The management skill that will reverse high staff turnover and drive retention and productivity. (Less than three minutes) • Why we have high staff turnover in recruitment. • People leave because they feel they stop learning. • Coaching and mentoring and developing people.. is in fact […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 11, 2019
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Recruiters. You must ask this one question.

The biggest cause of recruiting screw-ups is recruiters making assumptions. And we make them every day. So much angst and wailing over things gone wrong, and the unfairness of it all! All blamed on ‘bad luck’, flaky candidates and fickle clients. But it’s not bad luck at all. It’s bad recruiting. Specifically, the craft of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 16, 2019
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The dumbest thing a recruitment manager ever said to me.

It was one of the million cups of coffee I have with recruitment company owners every year. And don’t get me wrong. I love those meetings. This is where I learn, and keep my finger on the pulse. This particular guy wanted to talk about business development. He needed to crank up client acquisition. The […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 5, 2017
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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
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Recruiters, this is how you destroy your own career.

Recruiters, you won’t like this. But this is the one trait that is ruining your career and negatively impacting your life. Wasted emotion. That is what is destroying your job satisfaction. That is what is leading an army of recruiters to burn out and fade into the sunset. Wasted emotion Don’t get me wrong. Being […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 9, 2013
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