Suck it up princess. This is as good as it gets

I rarely ‘go to lunch’. But recently I did, with a group that included Geoff Morgan, the Founder of Morgan and Banks, and Talent2. We spoke about a lot that day, but one thing he said shook me and contains a lesson for all of us.

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 14, 2013
40 Comments

Into Africa. A recruiting safari.

Today is the last day of the ‘relaxing’ part of my trip to South Africa, and I write to you from the magnificent Delaire Graff estate just outside Stellenbosch, in the Cape Wine lands. But tomorrow it’s D-day. Day one of the Savage Truth Tour of South Africa, kicking off in Cape Town with a 3-hour seminar.

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 6, 2013
3 Comments

Recruiters! Stand Proud!

Recruiters get terrible press and everyone has a ‘terrible recruiter’ story. Every day brings more abuse and increasingly, gleeful predictions of the demise of the recruiter. Well, enough!

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 30, 2013
33 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

The Savage Truth gets even more Savage!

For several decades I have owned and run recruitment companies in Australia and elsewhere. In January this year I made a massive change to that situation. At the end of 2012 I sold my entire interest in Firebrand Talent Search, the global marketing and digital recruitment company that I founded with a like-minded group of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 5, 2013
13 Comments

8 secrets I got told by Australia’s best recruiter

Recently I was one of 4 judges asked to select “Australia’s Best Recruiter 2013”. The calibre was high, drawing responses from all over Australia and New Zealand. The judging panel interviewed a shortlist of 4, and Peter Murphy, from Davidson Recruitment in Brisbane, was selected as the worthy winner. Peter has an exceptional record in […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 19, 2013
18 Comments

The Savage Truth Tour of South Africa

Hello all South African ‘Savage Truth’ Subscribers, I have great news! I am partnering with APSO on a speaking tour of South Africa in May 2013. I will be in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, and will have 2 separate seminars — one aimed mainly at recruiters (both agency and in-house), and the other definitely focused on Owners and Managers.

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 18, 2013
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15 cool things you should do when you resign your job

You have got a new job! Well done. Now, don’t spoil it all by making a hash of your exit from where you are now. I know, you are excited. It’s hard to stay focused on the old gig, when everything is ‘oh so cool’ about the new one. But remember, the ‘old gig’ was […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 5, 2013
68 Comments

Need to fire a deadbeat client? Here’s how. In 7 steps.

Last week I argued that service providers need to fire clients who are uncooperative or unprofitable. Plenty of 'The Savage Truth’ readers agreed, but many asked, “How do I actually do it?”. And the truth is that it is not easy. But there are two guiding principals I have found are fundamental for this to work out well.

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 20, 2013
9 Comments

Fire these clients. Now!

I talk to a lot of recruiters. And it is tough for many of them right now. That we know. Everybody is scrambling for a dollar, chasing every client. A bit like that sad, desperate guy in the bar at 2 am, harassing every one of the last few women left standing. But there is […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 5, 2013
23 Comments

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