15 Stunning Recruitment Stats from 2020.

We all know it has been a cataclysmic year in recruitment. But do you realise how massively Agency recruitment has been impacted? And what about the recovery? Is it happening? Which countries are doing best? Here are 15 of the most jaw-dropping recruitment statistics from 2020. Taken from the recently released JobAdder report You can […]
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The future of recruitment in 127 words.

The coronavirus is not going to destroy Agency recruitment. It’s not even going to change it that much. But it is going to speed up the direction our industry was already heading. And if you are planning to continue your career in recruitment as we recover from this recession, you had better know where you […]
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Which is growing fastest? Temp or Perm?

Jobs are coming back for Recruitment Agencies as we saw in the JobAdder data released on Tuesday. The question I get asked a lot is which will come back first, and fastest? Temp/Contract or Permanent roles? Once again, I tapped JobAdder, and they have provided brilliant answers to that question. (Sign up for the JobAdder […]
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Agency Recruitment. Five Brutal Truths.

Recruitment agencies must move with lightning speed to stay ‘recession-fit’, but also agile enough to take advantage of an upturn. Precisely the same applies to individual recruiters. Laggards and dinosaurs won’t make it. It’s as simple as that. Here are the five big brutal truths agencies must tackle, with pace, persistence and courage. Also, ideas […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted September 29, 2020
  • In Coaching recruiters

A Savage Recruitment Special. The U.K. only.

The Savage Truth Book is closing in on 10,000 copies sold. I have no idea if that’s any good, but it’s about 9,500 more than my pre-publishing estimate. More importantly, it really seems to have helped a lot of people judging by the hundreds of notes I have received, and the many shout outs on […]
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This data could save your Recruitment Business.

This one is for Owners and Managers of recruitment companies. It’s not usually the part of your job you love. You are not really that interested in it. But you need to pay attention. It could save your commercial life. Credit and Risk management. Many of us are struggling to break-even. Revenues are patchy. Cash […]
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The best ‘Crisis Business Development’ idea I have seen!

Without a doubt, the most significant issue facing recruiters is winning new business. Job flow is dire. Revenue has crashed. How do you win business in a pandemic? Especially when you are working from home? And there are no ‘IRL meetings’? When clients are weary and zoom’ed out? What is the motivation for them to […]
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The Savage Crisis ‘Podcast and Webinar’ Collection.

I have been overwhelmed with requests to speak on Webinars, Podcast and live streams. Everybody is scrambling to understand what’s happening, and what to do. Many of those events were ‘in-company’, or for Associations. But where I can share, I have. And there is a lot of good stuff here Listen to them yourself. Share […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted September 15, 2020
  • In recruitment

 Your 6-Point guide to COVID Leadership Excellence

Years ago, I wrote about three key leadership tactics essential to ensure survival in a recession. But this recession is more challenging, weirder, and basically just more fucked-up, in a wide variety of ways. So here is my 6-point COVID Crisis leadership guide. How do I know it will work? Well, I don’t really, but […]
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