• By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 12, 2026

The 🔟 seconds every recruiter needs

I first heard the phrase “Ten seconds of courage” from my brother in a speech he gave. He later admitted he’d pinched it from an elite Australian athlete, which tells you everything you need to know about my family – well, my brother, mostly. But the origin doesn’t matter. The idea matters. Because while ‘courage’ […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted December 15, 2025

Top 30 recruitment firms in Australia?

Australian readers and my blog subscribers from around the world alike will be surprised (and interested, I hope) to know that Australia is the sixth-largest staffing market in the world. (Staffing Industry Analysts) I was intrigued when I first learned that stat, because Australia is very much at odds with the other five countries in […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted December 8, 2025

Fail your way to excellence 💯

A new Savage masterclass session. “Failing my way to success” As of today, Savage Recruitment Academy subscribers have access to an all-new Masterclass presented at the Evolve Summit in  Europe in November of this year. Rated the best session at the event, attended by 500 recruiters from across Europe, this masterclass is packed with candid experiences from 45+ […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted December 1, 2025

New data shows recruitment is rising 🚀

This new research offers some hope for the recruitment and staffing industry. Everyone feels it’s been tough. Is there light at the end of the tunnel? After several quarters of decline, we see indications of stabilisation, and also evidence of which tactics and sectors are performing best. The report bases its findings on the earnings results of six of the world's largest staffing companies. Page Group, Kelly Services, Robert Half, Randstad, Korn Ferry, Manpower Group. This year, we see new developments.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 24, 2025

14 bold actions to crush 2026 🏆

Recruiters often predict a holiday “dead zone,” a time when business slows, and results dwindle. You have a choice: wind down, accept the lull, and be average—or swim against the tide. Millions of people are job-hunting now! Act during this period to ensure a productive start to 2025. Here’s your 7-point action plan.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 17, 2025

The Savage Truth About Your Recruitment

The real confusion in recruitment right now is which 'sacred tactics' of the past remain relevant, and which need to be reinvented or dumped. It is tough to let go of what has served you well. But that is, in fact, your most significant risk. And of course, this includes AI and automation. But not only that. Much needs to change. That's what leaders and recruiters alike are getting wrong, right now, everywhere. Holding on to what is no longer valid. Slow to pivot, reinvent, and try fresh ideas.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 10, 2025
  • In recruitment

Why the $1M recruiter lost it.

Three years ago, I warned recruiters to “fix the roof before the rain came.” Many didn’t—and paid the price. Too many let their business development muscles atrophy. That same warning applies now. AI will intensify the need for human connection, trust, and credibility. Strong client relationships will define who thrives, not who automates best. Don’t wait for the storm to hit again—get in front of your clients now. Reinforce your relationships, sharpen your value, and build future resilience. Automation will handle the hack work. Real recruiters must bring something only humans can.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 3, 2025
  • In recruitment

Is your recruiter commission plan ‘fit’?

The way recruiters are paid has been a fraught topic forever. Plenty of business owners struggle with recruiter productivity. Plenty of recruiters struggle under schemes they feel are unfair, cumbersome or just miserly. Bonus and commission schemes have been lauded for motivating teams and criticised for driving lousy behaviour.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 27, 2025
  • In recruitment

My barista will beat your AI

Everyone wants to understand where the line between automation and humanity in recruitment actually is. That is made even more compelling by the simple fact (which most 'Techbros' do not get) that there is a big difference between understanding which parts of the recruitment process can be replaced by AI and automation and understanding which parts should be replaced by AI and Automation. And therefore, which parts should not! (Worth reading that again BTW). So, this story about David the Barista, which I have told before, has new relevance and resonance.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted October 20, 2025
  • In recruitment

You must run towards the tech

How many webinars and podcasts on AI and recruitment can a recruiter take? I know. We are flooded with it! I like to think this one is a little different. From the perspective of a guy who was recruiting 16 years before the internet was invented! So, seen more change and disruption in recruitment than most. But not an old school view. Quite the opposite. The advice is given from a viewpoint embedded in a need for AI, and what it can do. But also – and this is the important part – what it should not do!
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