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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Are candidates ghosting you? Try CCCCF

So, candidates are ghosting you, letting you down, reneging on meetings, accepting counter-offers and a wide range of other behaviours that you ‘don’t understand’. The reasons are easy to decipher actually, but that is not what this post is about. Let’s talk about what to do about it! Firstly do not make any assumptions. Ask […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 1, 2021
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Who fills Agency jobs fastest? Australia, NZ, UK or USA?

This is powerful data at numerous levels from Jobadder. Firstly, how long have we been preaching that Agency recruiters need to realise the value of their database, extracting the gold buried with the many candidates locked within? I have said many times that for most Agencies, their database is like a candidate graveyard. It is […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 30, 2021
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15 crucial recruiter tips for 2021 (In 15 words or less!)

The annus horribilis of 2020 is behind us! New year! Fresh dreams! None of us can predict what 2021 holds. It’s unlikely to be easy. We all want to get better. Achieve more. Just ‘working hard’ and ‘hoping for a better year’ won’t do it, and those are not real goals anyway. Here are 15 […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On January 20, 2021
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What ‘The Dark Ages of Recruitment’ can teach us post-COVID

Every second article I see is about how recruitment will change post-COVID. Mostly it’s BS as the majority of recruiters will go back and do exactly as they have always done. I explained that here. Of course, the opportunity to make changes has never been better, and the smart ones in our industry are working […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 17, 2020
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Drop your fees and triple your billings. Seriously

I wrote recently about my Post-COVID nirvana. How the recruitment industry can be re-invented, with massive benefits for clients, candidates and recruiters. My ‘dream’ includes killing off the scourge of contingent, multi listed-order recruitment, which drives much that is bad in our industry. Speed over price, short cuts, resume racing, fee-discounts, poor service to candidate […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 18, 2020
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The one thing every recruiter MUST do in lock-down!

The biggest mistake a recruiter can make right now is to retreat into their ‘cave’. I hear it all the time. “I am going to sit this out”. No. A thousand times, no! You are not sitting anything out. You are diving in! Now is the time to be connecting and communicating and content-creating. Every […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 23, 2020
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The final (ever) Savage speaking tour. UK & Australia & New Zealand.

“My biggest lessons, tactics and secrets from a lifetime in recruitment.” All the best bits from a 40-year recruitment experience. Combined with many real-life anecdotes, freely sharing my many mistakes, I plan to focus on these and much more: The key pillars of success as a recruiter, managing your recruitment career, the formula for recruiters […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 26, 2020
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The final (ever) Savage speaking tour. Book now!

“My biggest lessons, tactics and secrets from a lifetime in recruitment.” My last national speaking tour. Don’t miss this one! All the best bits from a 40-year recruitment experience To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of starting my first job in recruitment, the RCSA is proud to present a new 2.5-hour keynote where I outline […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 12, 2019
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Recruiters. Competing on speed and price alone is suicide

How do we thrive in a competitive recruiting world? What is the way to differentiate in 2020 and beyond? Here is the tip. It is what technology cannot do that our clients will continue to pay for. Don’t get me wrong. Technology is reshaping our business and having leading-edge technology is crucial, in as much […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 27, 2019
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