• By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 11, 2026

These recruiters are safe from AI

Recruiters who are ‘safe’ from AI? That’s a big claim! But let’s dig in. To even begin to grasp what AI can (and should!) do, and what great recruiters will do better, you must ask this question. What parts of the recruitment process are intrinsically ‘difficult’, where things are most likely to go wrong, assumptions […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 4, 2026

‘Adopt AI’ they shout. But ‘how’?

Every recruitment agency is being told to “adopt AI”. By vendors. By conference speakers. By your LinkedIn feed, every single morning. But almost nobody is being told how to do it well. And fewer still are being told what happens when you do it badly. That gap is why I’m hosting a free webinar on […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 3, 2026

4 lessons for recruitment leaders now

I speak to hundreds of recruitment leaders. Behind the brave faces, many are worried, unhappy and deeply uncertain about the future. There is no crime in that! The market is soft, and the entire recruitment landscape is changing so fast. How you respond as a leader is the key. You haven’t truly tested your leadership […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 26, 2026

The mindset of a great Temp Recruiter

The incredible highs and lows of Agency Recruitment create extraordinary characters and require a DNA of resilience, competitiveness, a service ethic, and more. But the mindset of an outstanding Temp or Contract Recruiter (TCR) is a beast of its own. I have managed recruiters worldwide for over 40 years, including building three temp businesses to […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 19, 2026

12 questions before you hire recruiters

The way to grow a recruitment business is to hire more recruiters, right? More recruiters = more revenue, right? Maybe once that was true, but honestly, often it wasn’t. How many seasoned recruitment agency owners can claim they are not guilty of hiring new recruiters… just to add to the group of mediocre recruiters they […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 12, 2026

Your biggest career threat is YOU

Almost everyone in agency recruitment is desperate right now. Desperate for clients, desperate for fees, desperate for ideas around engagement and technology and preparing for the future. And desperate for reassurance. As always, desperation leads to knee-jerk reactions, some of which do more harm than good. So where do you start to make sense of […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 8, 2026

Are you a great Temp/Contract recruiter?

Running a successful temp or contract desk takes a particular set of skills. You need candidates who trust you and commit to assignments. Clients who give you workable briefs. And the confidence to negotiate rates without giving away your margin. On Thursday 15 October, I’m joining  Sam Hope from Wingman Recruitment for a free webinar: […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 6, 2026

How a REAL recruitment leader acts

One thing no recruitment agency leader in the world can afford to do. And that is… nothing! With 5 decades in recruitment, I believe this is the moment of greatest threat our industry has ever faced. It is also the time of greatest opportunity! If recruitment owners and leaders don’t take crucial action and build […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted September 14, 2026

The winners and losers in recruitment



What are the biggest threats and opportunities facing recruitment agencies in 2026? AI? Client expectations? Recruiter skills? Traditional agency models are under pressure.
 But for agencies prepared to adapt, the opportunity is enormous. In the latest APositive Insights episode, I join Darren Cottrell to reveal what the agencies that win will do differently and what […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted September 7, 2026

The new formula for recruitment growth

The agency recruitment market is changing, and some long-held ‘sacred cows’ are being slaughtered as owners and managers grapple with a fundamentally different market. Setting the right strategy is existential for recruitment agencies everywhere. Soon, I’ll head to the UK to deliver a series of lunch presentations to Agency Leaders, supported by my friends at […]
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