Every recruiter will love this recession news

This is a message of hope. The sun will shine on recruitment again! The worst recession I’ve ever been through in recruitment was in the early 90s. My three-year-old start-up business, Recruitment Solutions, had been doing brilliantly. Within three years annual revenues were over $13M in 1990. But 12 months later that dropped to $8M. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 21, 2020
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The Savage Crisis Toolbox for Recruiters

All my COVID-19 recruiter advice is here. For Recruitment Owners, Managers and Recruiters. (and others too maybe, I feel.) None of us has all the answers in this unique and most challenging of times. Here is the best advice I can come up with in response to the COVID crisis. Also some ideas I gleaned […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 4, 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
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Every Agency recruiter in the world must see these numbers.

Recruiters cop a lot of flak. Criticising agency recruiters seems like a global sport sometimes. Just peruse LinkedIn on any given day. And right now there is not much good news of any kind. Let alone for recruiters. Till now. Agency recruitment is booming. Forget those ignorant, clapped-out doomsayers sitting on the sidelines without a […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 10, 2020
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12 crucial recruiter tips for 2020 (In 10 words or less!)

New year. Fresh dreams. We all want to get better. Achieve more. Just ‘working hard’ won’t do it and that’s not a real goal anyway. Here are 12 simple, actionable tactics for all the desk recruiters out there. Each no longer than 10 words. Will lead you to fun and money. Click on the hyperlinks […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On January 7, 2020
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Every single truly great recruiter has… this…

Want to know why some recruiters forge long and successful careers and others struggle and fade away? Want to know why a handful of recruiters survive, even thrive, during a downturn, and generate bigger returns in the good times? Why some love this industry, and turn it into a meaningful career, while others leave bitter […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 29, 2019
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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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Is the recruitment market slowing? The answer here…

The questions I get asked in Australia and New Zealand, just about every day, are these; Has the market softened? Are job orders dropping off? Is there a slowdown? Well, my response is a cautious and qualified ‘yes’, but with a very clear rider. Being on the Board of 14 recruitment and HR tech businesses, as […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 13, 2019
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30% of Agencies report a decline in profit. Here is why.

2018 was a great year for the recruitment agency industry in Australia and New Zealand. 95% of recruitment agencies reporting to Staffing Industry Metrics made profits in 2018, leaving just 5% of firms trading at a loss, the lowest and best result in 7 years. Of the 95% of recruitment agencies which made a profit […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 30, 2019
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Recession. Are you vulnerable?

I ask all my clients to consider this question at Board level. And it always shocks them. “What would happen if our permanent Gross Profit (Net fees) dropped by 50%, and temporary/contract GP by 25%? And the drop occurred in a month and did not recover for two years. Would we survive?” And I […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 5, 2018
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