Recruitment Agency ‘Job-Fill’ rates rising! Are yours?

Filling a high percentage of the Job-Orders taken is a key driver of Agency profitability, and a strong measure of the quality of the recruitment consulting in the business. This metric fell in Australia, to Agencies filling four jobs out of ten taken in Quarter 1 2020. Since then, the fill ratio has been climbing. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 13, 2021
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Three Savage Recruiting Podcasts

Since Covid began I have done over 100 podcasts and webinars to help out friends and colleagues across the world. I housed a lot of them here for you to review when required. Recently I knocked off these three podcasts, which have been getting strong feedback. Lots of material to do with Covid business development […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 8, 2021
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14 Agency Recruitment Metrics to run your business (Part 3)

My previous two blogs (Part 1 and Part 2) on this topic revealed seven of the critical metrics needed to run your recruitment agency efficiently and productively. Today, metrics eight through ten for your reading pleasure. All supported by the excellent data from my friend Nigel Harse at Staffing Industry Metrics, so I can provide you with updated […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 1, 2021
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New! Greg Savage Masterclass. ‘The Billing Manager’.

Billing. Managing. Leading. Secrets of the Successful Billing Manager This is the big one. An all-new masterclass for Billing Managers, the hardest job in recruitment. That is, any recruiter who has to juggle personal targets and managing consultants. It’s often a disastrous transition for a good recruiter who is thrust into Team Leadership. The skills […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 21, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – The only metric that matters

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘The only metric that matters’. Let me know what you think! View here.

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 20, 2018
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He made $150k by changing the KPI

This is a story about innovation. It’s also about leadership, measurement and fresh KPI thinking. And it’s about making money. I learned the lesson in a Board Meeting with my client Donald Stout, MD of Now Careers in Sydney. (Now Careers has several offices in the UK and 2 in Australia) Donald and his management […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 19, 2017
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Massive lies recruiters tell themselves.

This may not be a comfortable read. Almost all recruiters tell themselves huge lies. I did it when I was a recruiter, and I did it when I was manager too. It’s a human trait on a broader level for sure, as well. We finesse reality to make ourselves feel better. We tweak the truth […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 21, 2017
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Smarter KPI’s for Temp & Contract Recruiters

So, last blog we deconstructed crappy perm recruiter KPIs and rebuilt them with a good old ‘backwards plan’. I called for a show of support from Savage Truth readers interested in a temp/contract backwards plan, and it came in the form of over 60 requests for the plan in the comments section of last week’s blog. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 18, 2017
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Crap KPI’s. Dumb managers. Unhappy recruiters: Or the smart way.

Recruiters love to be busy. Or to be more accurate, they love to feel busy. Same goes for many recruiting managers. If everyone is busy, busy, busy, they are happy. Happy, but dumb. Because yes, activity is key in recruitment. But smart activity is what we want. So many recruiters are currently getting better and […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 4, 2017
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Re-inventing KPIs for the modern recruiter.

Mostly, recruiters hate KPIs. Often, relentless focus on KPIs does more harm than good. Routinely, Managers drive old-school KPIs because they are bereft of any new ideas to increase productivity, and sad to say, the less success delivered by the old tactics, the more the manager pushes the KPI! It’s a destructive cycle of pain […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 28, 2016
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