• By Greg Savage
  • Posted April 13, 2026

Are your LinkedIn connections fake?

Yes, LinkedIn in is awash with fake, duplicate and fraudulent profiles Not all of them, obviously. But a lot more than you ever would have believed. How does 100 million fake profiles sound to you? This is terrifying to me. How about you? This clever piece of research makes it very clear that at least […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted April 7, 2026

This recruiter killed the client meeting

We don’t mean to be hesitant, do we? We want to be bold, believable, and confident when dealing with clients. We want to leave candidates impressed and trusting of our advice and expertise. Yet time and again, we use words that are stumbling blocks. Our insecurity takes over. And we use tentative language. Words that […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 30, 2026

How AI-washing is scamming recruiters

AI will reshape recruitment. Ethical, well-researched, properly tested AI will take over much of today’s manual recruiter work while improving accuracy, efficiency and outcomes for clients and candidates. Recruiters who build the new skills will thrive. But much of what’s being sold to agencies today is flawed — sometimes a scam. It’s often not AI at all: just automation built on poor data, unable to understand context, reason, or improve, and riddled with bias, privacy risks, and false promises. Recruiters must run toward the tech — but understand it.
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 23, 2026

Selling or lying? There’s no grey

The DNA of a great recruiter is a powerful mix of skills, competencies, attitudes, and mindsets, and I have written two books to help you decipher it.( Here and here ) But let’s dip into this a little. Here is a glimpse of a great recruiting mindset The recruiter says, “I filled 9 jobs out […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 16, 2026

Be a better recruitment leader

This is the most dangerous moment our industry has faced. It is also the most exciting. AI is accelerating. Technology vendors are circling, and many are selling a hot mess of AI slop. New models are emerging weekly. Most will not work. Client expectations and candidate attitude are changing daily. There is risk everywhere. There […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 11, 2026

Your database is cheating on you

Are you overwhelmed by AI tech and the promises of AI vendors? Stay calm. You are not alone. The quickest benefit you can get from AI right now is getting good AI to improve, cleanse, and update your database that you’re so proud of. “We’ve got 500,000 candidates on our database”, says the owner of […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 9, 2026

The best recruitment event in the UK?

Recruitment Agency Expo in London next week promises to be as huge as ever This is an unusual event. In a very good way! I can’t think of a better event for learning, sharing and meeting interesting folk I am speaking both days, so I hope to see you there. The roster of speakers is […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted March 2, 2026

Recruitment rebounds to a 3-year high

This article is simple – but very positive. The past few years have been a grind for many recruiters. Even worse, some recruitment companies have closed, and many individuals moved on to other things. However, the past 12 months have felt slightly better, according to the financial results of my clients (Where I am on […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 25, 2026

Your recruitment business model is dying

“The contingent, multi-listed perm market… I think that is over.” Six years ago, I was the very first guest on The Resilient Recruiter podcast For episode 300, I returned to discuss the biggest shift our industry has faced since the rise of the internet: artificial intelligence. My view? AI hasn’t made recruitment easier. In many […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 23, 2026

Why do clients make recruiters compete?

The key to successful selling is understanding the buyers’ motivations. So, why do clients give out orders in competition and expect professional recruiters to do great work on a contingent, multi-listed basis? And trust me, you need to know this and act on it right now Watch the video snippet from the Savage Recruitment Academy […]
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