A London cabbie changed my career

This is a true story. On my last night in London, a cab ride changed everything. You wouldn’t expect a career lesson there, but it was more than that. An 80-year-old cab driver gave me a fresh perspective—not just on work, but on life itself. And I bet it’s relevant to you now. Or will be soon.

Posted by Greg Savage
On January 28, 2025
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Are candidates ghosting you? Try CCCCF

So, candidates are ghosting you, letting you down, reneging on meetings, accepting counter-offers and a wide range of other behaviours that you ‘don’t understand’. The reasons are easy to decipher actually, but that is not what this post is about. Let’s talk about what to do about it! Firstly do not make any assumptions. Ask […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 1, 2021
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Check out the coolest recruitment office ever!

I remember it vividly. It was the darkest hour of the Covid-apocalypse in Australia. Mid 2020. Collapsing revenue. Staff losses. Lockdowns. WFH. WTF! At people2people, the pain was severe, as with all recruiters. However, more than 1,000 temps and a robust consulting team with deep relationships, combined with intelligent and swift cost-reduction, kept the business […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 4, 2021
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If this is you, get out of recruitment now!

This is so important. Do you think you are a ‘good recruiter‘, when in fact you are only average? Do you think, having survived the Covid debacle, you will rise phoenix-like from the ashes and fly ever upwards? It doesn’t matter where you work, or what you do. If you recruit, especially in an Agency, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 16, 2021
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He gave his staff a 20% salary increase. In a pandemic!

Who gives their entire team a 20% salary increase in a pandemic? And why would you tell everyone on your team, ‘Hey we will pay you for five days work a week. But please, only work four days”? Precision Sourcing did this last week. Why would they do that? What is the thinking behind this […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 15, 2020
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Free Recruiter business action plan in time of crisis

The world is spiralling down. Everything we believed is solid, is not. We need a plan. A structure. I made a start by providing you with this Matrix and planning structure on Sunday. But here is something much, much better. I stole it from my brother Chris Savage (Don’t feel sorry for him! He stole […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 26, 2020
3 Comments

Recruitment unplugged (40 minute podcast)

I enjoyed doing this 40-minute podcast with Shaun McCambridge, MD of Stellar Recruitment. If you are a recruiter, recruitment leader, recruitment owner, or even a client of recruiters, I believe there are some helpful insights. We cover a lot in 40 minutes including: – The effect of AI on recruitment. Scaling and selling various recruitment […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 20, 2019
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How to crush your credibility as a leader in 5 seconds. And you do it!

This is how you destroy your credibility as a leader. Lose respect. And undermine motivation. And we are all guilty of this — me for sure. You too. It’s the one leadership trait that will erode trust and destroy morale. Please don’t do it. (2 minutes) The Behaviour that will ruin your credibility most of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 9, 2019
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Wait! What? In-house recruiter turnover is worse than Agency?

Recently I published some confronting data from Staffing Industry Metrics where Recruitment Agency staff turnover in 2018 was estimated at 47%, an horrific number, and one that prompted this blog from me. However, we now have fresh data from recruitment technology firm JobAdder, who had their data analysts run reports from approximately 10,000 recruiters in […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 21, 2019
6 Comments

The Future of Talent. Free webcast

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand recently launched a new paper on ‘The Future of Talent’, produced by the CA ANZ and PwC. The results were launched in Auckland to an audience of 350, and Greg Savage was the keynote speaker. Here is a recording of the event, with the MC introducing Greg at the […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 5, 2018
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