• By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 16, 2026

Does your hairdresser ‘out-recruit’ you?

All the training you have had as a recruiter has been a total waste of time unless the skills and techniques you learnt are built on a foundation of self-belief. You are the expert. Your client may be an Executive Director of a listed company, or the CEO of a multi-national conglomerate, but who knows […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 9, 2026
  • In recruitment

You talk less to sell better

Most recruiters are good talkers. We do it all day, right? And most recruiters think that ‘selling‘ means ‘pitching’ or ‘persuading’, or ‘spinning’. Having ‘good chat‘ is highly prized. But there is a problem with that. A big one. And it raises its head at the most critical time. And it so often undermines recruiter […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted February 2, 2026
  • In recruitment

The 30 most influential recruiters worldwide

Any list of the ‘best’ is problematic. Lists of the ‘Top Recruiters’ usually make me smile and shake my head. Lists of the ‘Top 10 rugby players in the world’ often make me fume 😊 Nonetheless, these are the top 30 Recruitment Commentators and Influencers as nominated by Atlas Lists like this often prompt outcries […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 27, 2026
  • In recruitment

Do you allow job orders to die?

Please hear me on this one. This is a lesson learned painfully and several times over. Save yourself the angst Every job order you take is ‘perishable’. The definition of ‘perishable‘ is this. Every minute an order stays open, unfilled, it is more likely you will not fill it. That is a golden law of […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 21, 2026
  • In recruitment

Your 2026 recruitment playbook (Free Webinar)

It is clear If you do not take crucial actions and add key competencies in 2026, you won’t be around in 2027 or beyond. It has nothing to do with tech replacing recruiters. The risks are that your skills become redundant, you fail to reinvent, your client relationships are shallow, you sell the wrong business […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 19, 2026
  • In recruitment

1 LinkedIn tip that changes everything

There has been much debate about LinkedIn’s algorithm changes. Mostly, people complain about the lack of engagement they now get on their posts – and sure, I have seen a decline too. However, I also get people saying they never see my posts, even though they used to see them all the time. I am […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted January 12, 2026
  • In recruitment

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
  • In recruitment

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
  • In recruitment

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
  • In recruitment

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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