This piece of advice changed a recruitment business forever

I quite often get emails and messages from people who have appreciated or acted on my advice. I won’t lie to you, it’s gratifying when the experience you pass on, helps others. Keeps me going to be honest. But sometimes the impact of a little guidance is pivotal in a business, and so I decided […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 10, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – Being a recruiter rocks!

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘Being a recruiter rocks!’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 4, 2018
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Savage Sell webinar. Next week.

The Savage Sell series of Master-classes wraps up in NZ tomorrow, after six big Aussie events. We have had over 1,400 recruiters sign-up to the nine events, and the feedback has been largely stupendously good (except for the hard seats in Sydney. Very sorry about that!) This one-hour follow up Webinar is for attendees of […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 22, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – Your most dangerous competitor is…?

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘Your most dangerous competitor is…?’. Let me know what you think! View here. 
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 13, 2018
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Greg Savage back in Dublin!

Dear Irish ‘Savage Truth’ reader, Some of you may have been at my Masterclass in Dublin in 2016 (If you were at that event, check the video! You are probably in it!) Many of you have asked, ‘when is the next one’? Well I am delighted to tell you I am back in Dublin on […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 7, 2018
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Why DO clients give out job-orders in competition?

The key to successful selling is understanding the buyers motivations. And why do clients give out orders in competition, and expect professional recruiters to do great work on a contingent, multi-listed basis? This is why;     Sadly the clients perceive us a ‘resume-flickers‘, which, while not true in many cases, leads clients to believe […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On March 6, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence and Recruitment. The 250 words you need to read

I am getting a lot of questions about Artificial Intelligence and recruitment. I have even been asked to give several speeches on the impact of AI and machine learning on the future of recruitment. And of course I have little real idea. Nor do most people inside and outside recruitment, but that does not stop […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 27, 2018
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3 wrong responses to recruitment change. And one smart one.

It’s obvious. Much of recruitment is changing, very fast. We may not like it, but that is the fact. Technology most obviously, but also candidate behavior and client expectations. And of course the rapid onset of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in recruitment. More than ‘on its way’. Here already. My observation is that most […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On February 13, 2018
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Savage Sell. Early Bird Discounts close tomorrow!

Savage Sell Sophisticated selling for the Modern Recruiter EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS CLOSE TOMORROW BIG SAVINGS This series of half-day master classes will be held in nine cities in Australia and New Zealand. 1,100 recruiters have booked already! Many of these will be sold out, so please – book now! And it’s sharply priced so Agencies […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 30, 2018
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Is this the craziest reason that a temp ever got fired?

Every recruiter has a crazy recruiting story. I have hundreds. Bizarre recruiter behavior. Shocking client manners. Fee shocks. Massive self-inflicted stuff-ups. But somehow candidate stories are often the best. This one only happened a few weeks ago. And I was in the room at people2people Sydney when the client called with the news. It’s not […]
  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On January 23, 2018
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