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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 31, 2023

100 universal recruitment truths 💣 (Part 1)

Welcome to the 100 recruitment truths that will get you thinking; Do I agree? Do I actually do these in my work? Do I even understand them? How can I apply these ‘truths’ to make me a better recruiter And trust me, they will. I wrote a book based on my 44 years in recruitment. […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 26, 2023

Savage UK Masterclasses start next week

I arrive in the UK tomorrow! Sure, the first priority is a Premier League game on Saturday (COYI) My second priority is watching the Rugby World Cup from a pub in Richmond on Sunday. (Boks and Wallabies please) But then… the ‘Recruit’ speaking tour around the UK begins! I am excited to announce the release […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 17, 2023

Recruiters, do not trust ChatGPT.

I know AI will impact us all. And recruiting is no exception. But you need to see recent AI developments for what they are; The unfinished product. Still in the test phase. Prone to making massive errors   And also spreading total BS I have two great examples to show you. Don’t miss these. Let […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 10, 2023

43 lessons from 2,000 client visits

Have I done 2,000 client visits? At least that many. All over the world.* Obviously, I did not count them, but one a week over my career takes me well over that number. (And it’s much more like two a week anyway) Due to Covid and much else, plenty of recruiters have done very few […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 4, 2023

1,000 recruiters, but where are you?

Six hundred recruiters have signed up for this Australian recruitment event already! That number will soon swell to 1,000. Some venues are close to ‘sold out‘. My masterclass on ‘everything I know about recruitment‘. (Please, enough of the ‘That should take 5 minutes’ jokes!’) Actually, it’s going to be a huge morning. Here is the […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 3, 2023

Hire recruiters with the ‘100-coffees’ secret

I have a crucial goal for anyone running a recruitment business. I call it the ‘100 cups of coffee challenge.‘ And it’s nothing to do with coffee, but stay with me. The post-Covid hiring surge drove agency recruitment to new highs. It also meant a massive scramble to hire recruiters. I would be a wealthy […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted June 26, 2023

What clients want from Temp recruiters?

Building a temp desk is critical to recruitment company success. It’s also an excellent recruiter career, with more stable earnings and better job security than most. The new ‘Temp and Contract Masterclass’ on the Savage Recruitment Academy delivers over 15 hours on effectively doing this. One of the critical planks of success (which we go […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted June 21, 2023

A better recruiter will eat your lunch

How is Agency candidate sourcing changing? Martin Herbst addresses the elephant in the room in this punchy, informative video from JobAdder. During the extreme post-covid candidate shortage, JobAdder data show that recruitment agencies across the globe moved to more proactive sourcing of candidates, including using their existing database and targeted candidate outreach. That’s the good […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted June 19, 2023

How to be a great recruiter

I am excited to announce the release of my new book ‘Recruit – The Savage Way‘, which covers ‘everything I have learned about excellent agency recruitment‘. I am grateful to APSCo, who are supporting the book launch across Australia with a series of entertaining and informative masterclasses. Every attendee will also get a copy of […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted June 13, 2023

10 key recruiter skills no-one mentions.

There is much banter and some hysteria about how ‘Generative AI‘ will change recruitment, and it’s true, it will. Unfortunately, that loud noise drowns out the equally important conversation of how current and emerging recruiter skills that have nothing to do with technology are soaring in importance. This blog will be worth reading again in […]
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