Recruitment, Rock & Roll, and Relevance

Neil Young was big when I was at school! The guy was at Woodstock for goodness sake! (Look it up if you have to. You should know about it). He had a mega-hit record (and it was a vinyl record) in 1974 with Harvest, followed by a string of other huge sellers, and he is […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 25, 2014
11 Comments

Do you have these 5 recruiter skills?

Recruiters are not going to succeed by churning out mindless activities that worked years ago, but which are futile now. We all know that the industry is hurtling through a period of extreme change and evolution. But, ironically, few recruiters, or even business owners, are focusing on reinventing the skills of their consulting teams. Which […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On January 29, 2014
6 Comments

What all recruiters WANT to say to their clients, and should – but don’t!

For agency recruiters, it often feels like clients are toying with them these days. It feels for all the world that some* Line Managers, Internal Recruiters and HR types have conspired to make life for recruiters as hellish as possible. Job briefs given out to 6 agents, ‘urgent’ orders postponed after weeks of work, interviews […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 20, 2013
52 Comments

Recruiters are liars and scumbags. Google says so.

My entire working life I have been in this industry, and I have taken my fair share of criticism for just uttering the phrase “I am a recruiter”. But now it seems ‘the great search engine in the sky’ is predefining us as liars, scumbags, idiots and worthless.

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 16, 2013
73 Comments

Are you an E-mail E-diot?

It seems the more ways they invent for us to communicate, the worse we become at it. Email is pretty old-school these days (and I believe smart companies will replace it, internally at least, with a social communications chat-type format), but I am still constantly amazed and frustrated by the sloppy way many people use […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 30, 2012
34 Comments

Beware the LinkedIn liar!

Don’t get me wrong. I use LinkedIn a lot. And so should every recruiter. But there are issues with LinkedIn. Flaws. One of the most obvious is that LinkedIn appears to have no system to monitor accuracy of data on their network. Indeed, they freely admit that many profiles are bogus, and that many people […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 27, 2012
60 Comments

“Does my butt look big in this?”

What do you say to a friend who wants your ‘real’ opinion on a matter of some sensitivity? You know, “Do you think I should marry him?” or showing off a new pair of jeans, “Does my butt look big in this?” It’s a tricky dilemma. You don’t want to rock the boat. You certainly […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 15, 2011
12 Comments

At last! Social Media for dummies

They call it ‘social media’ or ‘social networking’, and some might quibble at the word ‘social’ because a lot of it can be done alone, from the confines of a darkened room. And most recruiters don’t have the faintest clue how to get the best out of the digital social explosion. A cursory glance will […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 1, 2011
29 Comments

My biggest ever recruitment stuff-up!

It’s quite a few years since I worked a desk as a recruiter. But I did, for many years. And I was a pretty good recruiter too. Not great mind you. Just good enough to have a lot of fun, and make a bit of money. And although it’s true that I billed a fair […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 27, 2011
30 Comments

Behave like a ‘tart’ if you have to, but not on LinkedIn, please.

I am no LinkedIn expert. But I do use it. I post status updates, I join groups, I comment in discussions, and I check backgrounds of just about every person I am about to interview or even meet. I also get lots of requests to connect, and as a result have about 12,000 connections and […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 23, 2011
46 Comments

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