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Billing Manager Masterclass. ‘Super-Early-Bird’ closing soon.

Super Early Bird deal closes in two days! 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 with managing consultants. This session is essential for anyone who aspires to have a successful […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 11, 2018
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Do you have a ‘lets-piss-candidates-off’ strategy?

The massive criticism of agency recruiters over the treatment of candidates? Often justified. Plenty of poorly trained recruiters around, and plenty more who don’t care enough to make an effort. But understand this. Agency recruiters do not come in every morning and have a meeting to decide how they are going piss their candidates off […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 4, 2018
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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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Nothing is tougher than leading in a downturn.

My previous two blogs were on the theme of ensuring your company is recession-proof. The first, ‘A recession is coming. And you will not survive’, told tales of recessions past, and how we rode them out when many others did not. Last week in ‘Recession. Are you vulnerable?’, I provided a checklist of warning signs, […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 20, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – Always be recruiting. Even if you are not hiring.

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 ‘Always be recruiting. Even if you are not hiring.’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On November 17, 2018
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A recession is coming. And you will not survive.

This is a horror story. Unlike most horror stories, this one is true in every single detail. I was 29 years old. With a team of intrepid colleagues, we founded Recruitment Solutions, and we were going to take on the world. We were ambitious. We opened with ten people on day one. We had two […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On October 23, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – I only hire recruiters from this generation

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 ‘I only hire recruiters from this generation’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On October 16, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – 5 blunders recruiters are making now

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 ‘5 blunders recruiters are making now’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On October 2, 2018
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You are not in ‘recruitment’. You are in ‘rejection’.

Which industry disappoints a higher percentage of customers than ours? We think of ourselves as ‘recruiters’ but what is the ratio of candidates we actually do recruit into roles, compared to the number we screen, interview, or even submit? Our industry is obsessed with the number of placements we make (Of course. I have run […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On September 25, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – Great recruiters are superb seducers

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 ‘Great recruiters are superb seducers’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On September 18, 2018
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