If I started a new recruitment company tomorrow, I would…

I have started several recruitment businesses, and I invest in new start-ups right now too. But if I were to rush back into the main game, and start a business tomorrow that I intended to run, there are certain things I would do, and others I would not. I certainly would build a business that […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 8, 2015
16 Comments

Always be recruiting. Even if you are not hiring.

If I had a dollar for every time a recruiting manager told me they cannot find high-quality consultants, I guess I would be a wealthy man. Equally, when I talk to corporate hiring managers, they constantly bemoan the shortage of quality talent. Yet, when I ask what they are doing about capturing the best staff […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 25, 2015
8 Comments

Recruiters, your Job Board is going to eat you!

I have verbalised strong views on job boards over the years. An important part of the candidate acquisition mix, sure, but also increasingly becoming ineffective, geared only to active job-seekers, and in some cases price-gouging the very recruitment fraternity that allowed them to thrive in the first place. In Australia, Seek came onto the scene […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 11, 2015
31 Comments

Phone sourcing is a seduction – not a sell!

Last week I said it was simply dumb not to use the phone to approach top talent. That blog hit a nerve, got 5,000 hits in the first 24 hours of publication, and countless social shares. But the question arises. What about the call itself? What do we say? What are we trying to achieve? […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On August 4, 2015
18 Comments

Hey stupid! Pick up the phone.

  The battle for quality, unique candidates is starting to resemble a cage fight.   Why do so many recruiters treat it as though they are in a pillow fight? I am not easy to shock. Especially when it comes to recruiters and recruitment. Yet, here is the transcript of a recent conversation between a smart, experienced […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 28, 2015
45 Comments

Revenue is vanity. Profit is sanity. Cash is reality.

I speak to a lot of business owners and managers. Some green, some very experienced. And I find that many simply do not understand the true financial position of their business. You might be shocked to hear it. Some just don’t ensure accurate, timely financial reporting. I mean no P&L for months! Many others clearly […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 14, 2015
5 Comments

Greg Savage London Recruiter Masterclass SOLD OUT! New date announced

So, I never expected THAT four months out from the event, but there it is. London Recruiter Masterclass 20th October is SOLD OUT. But, fear not! An extra session is now set for the 19th October So, as the rock promoters say, “Hurry, there will be no more dates announced“ EXTRA London Recruiter Masterclass. 19th […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 8, 2015
3 Comments

The job decision that saved my life. A true story.

In February 1942, Lieutenant Ron Savage, my father, of the British Royal Artillery, was captured by the Japanese Army as a result of the disastrous defeat and surrender of the British forces in Singapore. Thereafter began three years of the most horrendous privation, torture and brutality in Changi POW Camp, from which only a tiny […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 30, 2015
16 Comments

Would you encourage YOUR child into recruitment as a career?

For the most part I have had a blessed career in recruitment. Sure there have been tough times and lots of challenges. But mostly I have had immense fun, made life-long friends, travelled the world, learned an incredible amount, and made a very good living. Yet, for the best part of 25 years, as long […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 16, 2015
21 Comments

Greg Savage UK Speaking tour!

You read my blog (sometimes). Perhaps you have seen a video through Recruitment Juice, or elsewhere. You may have even attended one of my London or Manchester Masterclasses in 2013 or 2014. But now I want you to join me in 2015. Please. In conjunction with REC I am speaking in England again, with all […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 9, 2015
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