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Agency recruitment is not dying. It’s growing!

This has become a cause of great hilarity for me, to be honest. So many buffoons predicting the demise of recruiters. Tech-legend wannabees, internal recruiters with a barrow to push, disaffected clients, and a host of other misinformed or biased loudmouths, all spruiking the end of agency recruitment. Some of it is so simplistic to […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 14, 2015
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Want fun and money from recruitment? Make these 4 changes

Agency recruiters are about to enter a new golden era. More fun. More money. It’s all about to open up. But not everyone will rise on the tide. Just relying on a recovery will be your biggest mistake. The benefits will not flow to everyone evenly. We will have to provide something very different to what […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 24, 2015
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Hurrah for the new ‘Golden Era’ of Agency recruitment !

Hardly a week goes by without some ‘expert’ trumpeting the death of agency recruitment, or a technology start-up predicting the ‘disruption’ of our industry, and how recruiters are an endangered species. Really? Who exactly? And, when exactly? Didn’t LinkedIn promise that, what, a decade ago? We are still here. Growing in fact. Agency recruitment is […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 11, 2015
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The biggest recruitment selfie… ever!

Friday 27th February 2015, Hilton Hotel, Sydney. 300 recruiters packed in for my recruitment master-class, ‘Will the new golden era of recruitment pass you by?’ And I mean packed in. Fully booked, not a spare seat, and dozens turned away (sadly). So what would any self-respecting conference speaker with a bit of digital marketing nous […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 3, 2015
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15 ways to make sure I will NOT hire you

This is not ‘career advice’. I am no ‘job search guru’. This is not scientific, empirical or out of your latest HR manual. But I have interviewed more people for jobs than you have*, and I am acutely aware of what annoys me, frustrates me, and inclines me to think negatively about a candidate. This […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 24, 2015
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(Even more) Terrifying recruitment stories. In 6 words!

‘Terrifying recruitment stories. In 6 words’, caught the imagination of many. 12,000 unique blog views, dozens of blog comments, and endless social media shares are testament to that. So, this week, we reprise the concept, but this time with the best 6-word recruiter stories, from our readers! And there are some crackers here. All taken […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 10, 2015
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Terrifying recruitment stories. In 6 words!

I can tell you a story about recruitment that will make you shiver. Make you recoil in horror. And I can do it in six words. Here are 20 such horror stories to get you screaming, blocking your ears, and running for the exit. ‘I will call you back. Promise’. ‘Can I just think about […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 28, 2015
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If you care about success and profit in recruitment, read this…

600 recruiters are already signed up for this event. We expect that number to climb to 800. That is a phenomenal level of interest, witness to the fact that many in our industry are determined to thrive in a challenging new environment. The Early Bird discount closes this week, 23rd January Please don’t miss out […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 20, 2015
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Greg Savage Speaking Tour: Huge Early-bird Savings

Over 300 recruiters have signed up for the upcoming series, already. We are anticipating 750 in total! Don’t miss out. The early-bird cut off period is looming, so please consider enrolling now for very big savings. In fact you can send your team for less than $200 a head. We are about to enter a […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 18, 2014
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The Best Recruiter Christmas Party. Ever!

I don’t like recruitment Christmas parties. And I have been to a few. At least 50 I would say. 50? How old are you Greg? 100? No, not quite. But 35 years in this biz, and many years where I went to several parties, across various offices of the businesses I ran, means I have […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On December 9, 2014
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