Another loudmouth ‘recruiter-hater’ falls from grace

I take zero pleasure when someone fails in business. I know too well the risk, stress and hard work it takes to start and build a business, and admire anyone who tries, regardless of the outcome. However it’s always important to be humble as you go about your work, focusing on what you can do […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 6, 2017
24 Comments

The five biggest mistakes recruitment leaders are making now

It’s a tough time to be a recruitment leader. So many challenges, so much change. In my work across the globe, meeting and advising Owners and Managers of recruitment businesses, five key themes have emerged. Don’t make these mistakes as a recruitment leader, and if you work for a company that habitually falls into these […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 6, 2016
3 Comments

Such a great recruitment business. So I bought it! And why.

Well, I didn’t buy the whole business. But I did invest a significant amount of money for a significant shareholding, and a place on the Board. I thought long and hard about publishing this blog. This is personal financial information after all. Not really something to ‘share’. And I have invested in plenty of other […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 26, 2016
2 Comments

Is Agency recruitment going to be ‘uber-ised’? The answer here.

At least twice a month I am approached by an HR Tech startup with a ‘new’ idea to ‘disrupt’ the recruitment industry. Plenty of these guys (and occasionally, gals) are super-smart, and all are earnest, (sometimes fanatical), in their belief that they have found ‘the holy grail’. In many cases, indeed I think most cases, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 15, 2016
48 Comments

27 secrets I told the recruiters of Europe

Last week I told you about the crazy, and cool, goings on at the Evolve Conference in Czech Republic. My European trip was primarily for work (no, really, the Rugby World Cup was just a coincidence, seriously…), and I spoke to 750 recruiters in total, in the Czech Republic and also in London and Manchester. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 17, 2015
2 Comments

7 crazy things you only see at a Czech recruiter conference

I have attended Recruitment conferences all over the world, in countries and cities too numerous to list. But sometimes...you see something different! Recently I was the keynote speaker at the excellent Evolve Summit in the Czech Republic, and 7 very strange things happened!

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 4, 2015
17 Comments

Why are recruiters still ballsing up candidate basics?

"Why are recruiters still ballsing up candidate basics?" was a question I was asked recently. And the debate that followed was lively and interesting, I think. Hear and watch the full discussion for great tips on gaining a recruiting advantage.

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 7, 2015
4 Comments

If I started a new recruitment company tomorrow, I would…

I have started several recruitment businesses, and I invest in new start-ups right now too. But if I were to rush back into the main game, and start a business tomorrow that I intended to run, there are certain things I would do, and others I would not. I certainly would build a business that […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 8, 2015
16 Comments

Recruiters, your Job Board is going to eat you!

I have verbalised strong views on job boards over the years. An important part of the candidate acquisition mix, sure, but also increasingly becoming ineffective, geared only to active job-seekers, and in some cases price-gouging the very recruitment fraternity that allowed them to thrive in the first place. In Australia, Seek came onto the scene […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 11, 2015
31 Comments

Recruitment is marketing. Are you ready for that?

There is a new reality in recruitment, which Agency recruiters who want to thrive need to understand, and act on. Clients are not going to pay you to screen candidates that they can get from job boards or other traditional sources. In fact; Any recruitment business model that relies on candidates making proactive applications for […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 5, 2015
19 Comments

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