In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Mike Ames, founder of Flair Business Growth Consultancy, for a brutally honest and insightful conversation about what it really takes to succeed in recruitment today. Mike shares decades of hard-earned experience—from building and selling recruitment businesses to rethinking what success looks like in a modern, evolving market. This episode dives deep into why most recruiters stay stuck, what separates top performers, and how to build a sustainable, high-profit business without chasing scale for the sake of it. We unpack the concept of the “money bus” business model, the shift from