A crucial 55-second lesson in personal online brand

Sick of hearing about ‘personal brand’? Me too! But it is real. And it is essential. And most recruiters don’t know where to start. Check out this 55-second video grab from the RCSA TalentX Conference for a special message that took me a long time to learn. But it can help you immediately. Key points […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On August 3, 2021
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You want my one ONE BIG tip on recruitment success?

Do you want a tip on your recruitment career? The most important one I can think of? And the tip that has amplified in importance as a result of Covid? Don’t mess with your reputation. It’s the only thing you will take with you when you leave. Every contact with candidate, client or colleague is […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 6, 2021
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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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The best recruitment book (I have) ever written…

I admit it. I am actually proud of this… My book, The Savage Truth, covering 40 years in recruitment, is on pre-sale now (over 4,000 copies sold already) And no, it’s not the best recruitment book ever written, but I gave it my very best shot! It’s all there. The many cock-ups, the lessons learned, […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On September 3, 2019
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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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I went to Dublin to talk ‘leadership’. And the craic was good!

I went to Ireland. A huge week of recording 20 hours of recruitment training for the Social Talent Training Platform (Look out for that. Speak to Richard Bromhead) But also two big presentations to the local recruiters on ‘Leadership’, and what that really means. The first was organised by my good friends at Social Talent, […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On May 1, 2018
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The real secret to building a personal online brand

The modern recruiter knows that ‘brand’ is key. And the smart modern recruiter knows how to amplify that brand via ‘personal digital marketing’. This blog will get far less readers than my normal fare because anything to do with ‘social’ and ‘digital’ turns many dinosaur recruiters off, quick-smart. But please, be wiser than that, because […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 17, 2017
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50,000 Twitter Followers! Only took 7 years, 2 weeks, and 5 days

Modern recruiters build a strong online personal brand. It’s not cliche, it’s not marketing babble, it’s not the blathering of some pony-tailed, ear-ringed digital acolyte. It’s a deal-breaker for recruiting success. It will become the recruiters biggest asset. And this claim is based on the Twitter experience of a recruiter. An old-school, hard-case recruiter at […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On September 13, 2016
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I have never recommended a book before. Till now. Buy it

I started blogging and tweeting in about 2009. For several years, my brother Chris Savage, then the COO of the largest digital and marketing business in the southern hemisphere, ridiculed my social activities, describing them as ‘trivial’ and me as a ‘twat who tweets’. My response was of course unprintable, but certainly included the fact […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On June 21, 2016
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