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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Three Savage Recruiting Podcasts

Since Covid began I have done over 100 podcasts and webinars to help out friends and colleagues across the world. I housed a lot of them here for you to review when required. Recently I knocked off these three podcasts, which have been getting strong feedback. Lots of material to do with Covid business development […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 8, 2021
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Are you a sad, mad, ‘Recruiting Tragic’?

What is a ‘recruiting tragic’? A ‘recruiting tragic’ is a person who can’t help bringing most things in life back to… recruiting….or recruitment… or recruiters. I admit to being guilty. I know many others in the sad club. We don’t want to be like this. We don’t speak of our affliction. It’s just in our […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 9, 2021
9 Comments

Recruiters are being fired at the rate of 1 in 3!

This is not good news. We knew it was happening, but the numbers are horrific. Latest research from Staffing Industry Metrics tells us exactly how many recruiters were fired in March, April and May this year. And its ugly, ugly, ugly. But read on because I am seeing the silver linings, and so should you. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 16, 2020
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Recruiters! ‘Conditions are perfect’ to land a new role.

In careers, as in life, a powerful gift is the ability to slow down in order to speed up. Thousands of Recruiters are today forcibly slowing down, casualties of the devastating impact the pandemic has had. The list will get longer. The recovery, when it comes, will be patchy.. Stay calm. Remember the words of […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 4, 2020
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Job hunting recruiter? The advice you need!

For the first time in a decade, I have been flooded with requests from recently unemployed recruiters looking for assistance. This was unthinkable a few months ago. My usual go-to action when I do get a recruiter approach me is to counsel them a little on clear career thinking, and then refer them to a […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 14, 2020
3 Comments

Declining profits for your boss. No bonus for you. Here is why.

This blog is blunt. It’s about the commercial reality of making money in recruitment. If you run a business and are making no money, or if your revenues are growing, but your profit is declining, this will probably explain why. Or if you are a recruiter, it could explain why you can hardly scrape by […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 18, 2020
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Great recruiting is great recruiting. Anywhere!

My recruitment career has allowed me the tremendous privilege of running and owning recruitment businesses all over the world. Literally. At one stage it was 30 offices in 17 countries (while I was at Aquent, from 2001 to 2010). I made some almighty cockups while doing that, but I also learned at least one golden […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 17, 2019
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Great recruiters are right under your nose

I know where you can hire great recruiters, and virtually no one else is looking there. This is not a lecture. This is an eye-opener that slowly dawned on me. And it needs to become apparent to owners and managers of recruitment companies. Those same owners and managers are bleating loud and long about the […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 23, 2019
21 Comments

‘Burn-out’ – and why recruiters really leave Agencies.

What causes ‘burn-out’ and why people fail and leave. The management skill that will reverse high staff turnover and drive retention and productivity. (Less than three minutes) • Why we have high staff turnover in recruitment. • People leave because they feel they stop learning. • Coaching and mentoring and developing people.. is in fact […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 11, 2019
1 Comment

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