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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 25, 2024

25 facts for recruiters globally

The Recruitment Agency Expo in London last week was a blast. Hundreds of exhibitors, scores of speakers, and thousands of attendees. I gave four presentations to the attendees at the event, and here are some snippets of what was covered.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 20, 2024

Ask me any recruitment questions now

I have an exciting piece of news. Seriously. Everyone is scrambling to understand how AI can make a difference. I have found a way. What would you think if you could ask me any recruitment question, any time, on any topic, and get the answer in 15 seconds? Detailed and accurate. No matter where you […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 11, 2024

So, the client rejects your shortlist?

Let me share a familiar tale. You send a client a shortlist of three candidates for a specific job order. By your estimation, they are all worthy of close consideration. You firmly believe that they all should be interviewed. Before sending that shortlist, you should have done many things – but three are essential. You […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 4, 2024

Can you beat these recruiters?

The recruitment market got more demanding in the last six months of 2023. For the most part, it has stayed that way. All my clients reported a slowdown in job orders. How they dealt with this varies and has impacted their profit results accordingly. The recent JobAdder ‘State of the Market Recruitment Report’ spells out […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 26, 2024

3 questions great recruiters always ask

If you have plans to be a great recruiter, please remember. Filling a job does not start with finding good candidates for a particular job order. It starts with the quality with which you take the job order in the first place. It does not matter if you take the brief face-to-face (and you should, […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 19, 2024

4 numbers every great recruiter knows

To most in the recruitment industry, it is a mystery. Why do two recruiters who work equally hard and have similar personalities produce such different results? It’s not a mystery to me, although it took me a long time to work out. Those two recruiters will differ on one or more of three key measures. […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 12, 2024

You must dodge the ‘Recruiter Iceberg’

We all want to be successful. And most people who enter recruitment are ambitious and driven. It is also true that modern life encourages many to seek (and expect) instant gratification. We want it all, now! Well, recruitment will not give you that. Worse still, recruitment might taunt you with some early success and then […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 5, 2024

16 outstanding recruiting tools

It is the age-old recruiting paradox. I have no doubt that 2024 will be challenging. A very fluid market and plenty of economic, political and sentiment-driven obstacles However, as always, outstanding opportunities are available The biggest differentiator between mediocre recruiters/recruitment companies and those that thrive, will be how they react to the market Complaining about […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 31, 2024

The No.1 UK recruitment event (Free)

The Savage Recruitment Academy has partnered with the Recruitment Agency Expo. Book your free ticket to the Recruitment Agency Expo and get ready to discover the tools, trends, and tactics that will set your agency apart. Engage with pioneers and learn to navigate tomorrow’s challenges. Stay one step ahead by joining us on 19 – […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 24, 2024

Do your recruiters ‘beat the market’?

How does your recruitment performance compare against the rest of the Recruitment Agency market? Are you being left behind as the market shifts? It’s essential to benchmark your performance regularly to make improvements in 2024. Are you doing enough – compared to your competitors – to improve productivity, reduce admin, save on costs, and grow […]
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