Recruitment sectors to boom in 2025 🚀

Good News Ahead for 2025! 🌍 Global Outlook: 41% of employers plan to increase headcount in Q1 2025. 🇦🇺 Australia: 31% of employers are hiring. 🇬🇧 UK: 28% gearing up to grow teams. Agency recruiters, this is your chance to rebound from a soft 2024! IT is set to lead the way, with other sectors looking bullish. What’s the forecast for your sector? 🚀
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 13, 2025
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Did you outperform the market in 2024?

2024 was tough for many recruiters, but blaming the market entirely is unwise—and perhaps a cop-out. Top recruiters adapt, find fresh strategies, and thrive even when conditions are tough. This data shows how recruitment sectors performed in 2024. Not everyone struggled—many thrived! Did you miss the boat while blaming ‘the market’? Benchmark yourself here and see how you truly performed compared to your competitors.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 7, 2025
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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: wind down, accept the lull, and be average—or swim against the tide. Millions of people are job-hunting now! Act during this period to ensure a productive start to 2025. Here’s your 7-point action plan.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 9, 2024
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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 opportunities. Recruitment is a journey, not an event, and people often act unpredictably. Success lies in how you respond to these setbacks. Embrace the ‘art’ of recruitment and follow two key strategies to turn interview failures into future successes.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 2, 2024
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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, positive, and productive solution. Here’s a simple daily strategy for recruiters and leaders alike. Execute it consistently, and you’ll see improved results and a boost in self-esteem.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 25, 2024
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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 is also very profitable when well run. You may wish to grow your Temp and Contractor numbers. Or planning to build a Temp business from scratch. Here are four key levers to increase gross profit from your Temp and Contract business
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 18, 2024
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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 also see the highlights of my keynote address to 500 attendees. “The future of recruitment – a marriage of art and science” AI will not replace you! A skilled recruiter with strong influencing skills who uses AI, will.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 13, 2024
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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 are making recruitment much worse for all parties. The hype about AI streamlining and improving recruitment is miles from reality. Stressed recruiters focussing on generating clients, are giving worse service to candidates. The demand cycle will turn again, and then candidates will take revenge!
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 5, 2024
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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 common justification for poor results. 'The market is awful right now.' It is the source of the most outrageous hyperbole. 'This is the worst the market has been this century.' So, what is really happening with the market?' This chart tells you everything.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On October 28, 2024
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Will You Stay Relevant In Recruitment?

Are you still ‘relevant’? A confronting question, but we all need to ask it of ourselves. This is a five-minute video, but it could change your life. Chris Savage reflects on how he went from being the ‘youngest person in the room’ early in his career, to now, when he is inevitably the oldest person at every meeting and event.
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On September 23, 2024
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