Take 7 bold actions to crush 2025
Recruiters often predict a holiday “dead zone,” a time when business slows, and results dwindle. You have a choice:...
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What if the interview goes badly?
It will happen. Candidate interviews with clients sometimes fail, which can be disappointing and strain relationships. However, this presents...
One tactic will turbocharge your impact
Recruiters feel depleted, with few jobs to fill, stalled markets, and AI posing new threats. They need an uncomplicated,...
4 ways to boost your Temp business
I love the Temp and Contract recruitment business. It gives you annuity revenue, stability, protection against a downturn, and...
The best recruitment event in history?
The Evolve Summit in Europe last week was an extraordinary event. Read on to hear all about it, but...
The candidate’s revenge will hurt you
Recruiters, In-house and Agency are equally guilty. The candidate experience has been a disaster for decades. New AI tools...
How is the recruitment market really?
It is the most asked question in recruitment. ‘How is the market for you?’ It is also the most...
Will you stay relevant in recruitment?
Are you still ‘relevant’? A confronting question, I know, but we all need to ask it of ourselves. This...
Lessons from the ‘Red-Light District’
Years ago, I was in Amsterdam, where I was responsible for the local office of the global staffing company,...
2 out of 5 clients will dump you
This is shocking, and you will be inclined to deny it. But the data is precise, and you may...
Can you feel the market rising?
Every recruiter has a view on ‘the market’. It is often accurate but often an excuse for poor performance....
Time for recruiters to ‘stand proud’
Recruiters get terrible press. And it feels worse now than ever before. Last week, some guy jumped on my...
16 signs your client disrespects you
You call them ‘clients’ and think they see you as a business partner. But are they? Do they take...
Does your ‘commission plan’ suck?
The way recruiters are paid has been a fraught topic forever. Plenty of business owners struggle with recruiter productivity....
The very best UK Recruitment event
Join me at the Recruitment Agency Expo Birmingham on October 9th and 10th, 2024. This event is a hub...
4 times candidates will judge you
As the market has shifted to a focus on clients and business development, there is a significant risk of...
Are you a poor listener?
Like most recruiters, I am a willing talker. But communicating is listening, too, right? So, surely, ‘understanding’ is the...
The greatest recruiter of all time
I got an invitation to a lunch ‘catch-up’ from an old friend. A retired recruiter. But not just any...
11 cool resources for recruiters
Now is not the time to stagnate. The current slowdown is an opportunity to burnish and improve your skills...
Can you define a ‘good client’?
Can you define a ‘good client’? What are the characteristics of a client worth partnering with? Where will your...