logologo_light
SIGN-UP
  • HOW IT WORKS
    • SRA Home
    • SRA Learner & SRA Coach
    • Compare Subscriptions
    • SRA Course Content
    • SRA Chrome Extension
  • PRICING
    • SRA Pricing
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • BLOG
    • The Savage Truth Blog
  • PARTNERS
    • Savage Partners
  • BOOKS
    • Recruit The Savage Way
    • The Savage Truth Book
  • FREE RESOURCES
    • Free Video – Behaviour & Activity
    • Free Video – Selling Is Listening
    • E-Book – Kpis & Performance
    • E-Book – Fill More Roles
    • E-Book – Starting A Business
    • E-Book – Successful M&A
  • SIGN-IN
    • Sign-In – Existing
    • Sign-Up – New
  • HOW IT WORKS
    • SRA Home
    • SRA Learner & SRA Coach
    • Compare Subscriptions
    • SRA Course Content
    • SRA Chrome Extension
  • PRICING
    • SRA Pricing
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • BLOG
    • The Savage Truth Blog
  • PARTNERS
    • Savage Partners
  • BOOKS
    • Recruit The Savage Way
    • The Savage Truth Book
  • FREE RESOURCES
    • Free Video – Behaviour & Activity
    • Free Video – Selling Is Listening
    • E-Book – Kpis & Performance
    • E-Book – Fill More Roles
    • E-Book – Starting A Business
    • E-Book – Successful M&A
  • SIGN-IN
    • Sign-In – Existing
    • Sign-Up – New

Think you can recruit worldwide? 🇦🇺 🇱🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇬 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇫🇷 🇧🇷

 

Is recruiting β€˜different’ around the world?

Do you think you can recruit worldwide?

My recruitment career has allowed me the tremendous privilege of running and owning recruitment businesses all over the world.

Literally.

At Aquent, it was 30 offices in 17 countries (from 2001 to 2010).

With Firebrand I owned a company that had 10 offices in 8 countries.

My speaking gigs have taken me to dozens of cities across four continents.

My 320,000 LinkedIn followers and one million blog readers a year engage with me daily.

So I have had the privilege of seeing recruitment and recruiters close up all over the world.

I made some almighty screw-ups while doing all that, but I also learned at least one golden rule:

Great recruiting is great recruiting.

Anywhere!

 

The core tactics and competencies that make for a great recruiter are the same everywhere.

If I had a dollar for every time I have been told, β€œOh, but that won’t work here, Greg!” or β€œThings are different here”.

You don’t even have to cross borders to hear it. Try going to Brisbane in Australia, with an idea born β€˜down south’.

Or tell someone in Manchester, β€œThis is how the London office does things.”

Tell a Capetonian that “the okes* in Jo’Burg do things this way.”

Open a conversation in Christchurch with the line “Hey, in Auckland what they do is this…“. See how that flies. The word ‘JAFA*’ will come up early and often.

In Osaka, they don’t even trust the Udon from Tokyo, let alone the recruiting!

Everyone believes that where they are is β€˜different’ – usually harder, somehow more complex… in a word, special.

At a certain level, of course, they are right.

A client visit in JapanΒ follows a different path in terms of manners and protocol to the free-flowing style of Australia, for example.

Yes, every country has its traditions, etiquette, habits and nuances, for sure.

However, the core aspect of recruiting?

The ability to sell? The crucial need to focus on activity? The importance of prioritising, qualifying and talent picking? The need to know and deliver on critical metrics? Deep understanding of your clients? The need for continuous learning? The ability to manage stress? The ability to plan?Β  Recruiter equity, listening and influencing skills? A candidate care ethos? Winning exclusivity? The resilience required to survive?

Believe me, these elements are universal.

*’Okes’ = Dudes/guys

JAFA = Just Another eFfing Aucklander

*************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Tons of new material on The Savage Recruitment Academy is being added now.

  • 90-minute Candidate Management Masterclass
  • New material from people2people CEO Mark Smith

Subscribe now

*********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 26, 2022
  • 2 Comments
Tags: recruitment

2 Comments

Frank Speer
  • Apr 27 2022
  • Reply
This is a great article. I have worked on global opportunities in the RPO industry and had client representatives from all over the world in design sessions. I have found the recruiting process, the search fee relationship (% of salary) and Hiring Manager responsiveness and noise the same. Yes, there are cultural differences, the use of assessments, and the pre-employment requirements vary. However, the challenges and the demands on recruiters, the same.
William Gall
  • May 5 2022
  • Reply
I believe what Mr. Greg says regarding this matter. I have a well-known Recruitment Agency that is located in a certain nation but offers its employees the opportunity to be candidates and hired to go elsewhere. They had this concept of one nationality and will fly to foreign and different countries, but the good thing was that even if its candidate flew overseas, the high rating and quality of service was always excellent and the greatest, which also resulted in them always having the highest rating from their own clients. I agree with Mr. Greg's premise and assertion that "Great Recruiting is Great Recruiting." ANYWHERE! The key is always in how great the agency selects and evaluates its candidates!

Leave Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SAVAGE TRUTH
SUBSCRIBE NOW
SEARCH
THE LATEST SAVAGE TRUTH
  • What are big recruitment companies doing?
  • Automation without accountability is a liability!
  • Global staffing market forecasts downgraded
  • Use ChatGPT like a recruiting champ
  • Recruiters, let’s go to McDonald’s!

Top 20 HR Blogs 2019

The Savage Truth – Categories
Greg Savage & The Savage Truth

Greg is the founder of leading recruitment companies Firebrand Talent Search, People2People and Recruitment Solutions, and a current shareholder and director of several others, including Consult Recruitment. He is a regular keynote speaker worldwide and provides specialised advice for Recruitment, Professional Services & Social Media companies.





This is how to fill more jobs

Previous thumb

Will you be swimming n@ked when the market crashes?

Next thumb
Scroll
LOVE THE WAY YOU LEARN

From on-demand video training, through to AI delivered advice direct to your desktop, our SRA learning platform now enables users to ‘Ask Greg’ questions and receive advice in real-time, without interrupting work-flow.

> SRA Learner & SRA Coach
> Subscription Pricing
> SRA Course Content
> Compare Subscriptions
> SRA Chrome Extension

RECENTLY ON THE SAVAGE TRUTH BLOG
  • What are big recruitment companies doing?
  • Automation without accountability is a liability!
  • Global staffing market forecasts downgraded
  • Use ChatGPT like a recruiting champ
  • Recruiters, let’s go to McDonald’s!
  • Recruitment. Australia up 🚀 UK down 🔻
  • Scale your recruitment business fast 🚀
  • What it really takes to be a leader 🥇
  • AI will replace these recruiters soon ☠️
  • 18 ways you screw up placements
The Savage Recruitment Academy
Copyright The Savage Recruitment Academy 2025 | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Site By AMC Creative