The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Kate is the dynamic Founder of CORAL and Co-Founder of Harvey Jacob. With over 20 years of expertise in providing talent solutions across the UK, UAE, Sydney, London, and the USA, Kate has helped shape recruitment businesses and grow them into successful enterprises.

As the Founder of CORAL, Kate focuses on helping recruitment businesses thrive by building strong talent teams and creating recurring revenue streams. 

In this episode, Kate shares: 

•  Core elements of running a successful contract recruitment business
•  Insights into launching and maintaining a recurring revenue stream.
• The traits that make a great contract recruiter and how to build a sustainable business model around it. 
• The art of setting boundaries and managing the balance between business and personal life—particularly how to successfully maintain a strong working relationship alongside a marriage.

This episode is packed with actionable insights for business leaders, recruiters, and entrepreneurs looking to grow their talent solutions business while achieving work-life harmony. 

Connect with Kate here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-cross-hj/

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The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast is proudly sponsored by Paiger and partners to Needi and Inclusion Crowd.

Our Sponsor:

Paiger - Making Recruiters Smarter and Faster. Paiger helps recruiters build personal brands, identify new business opportunities, attract candidates, and have better conversations.

Find out more details on Paiger here - https://paiger.co/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=recruiters-recruiter

Our Partners:

Needi is a concierge gift-matching service using psychology and AI, to pinpoint the perfect gifts and experiences for your recipient, from the best, local independent businesses. Their team of expert gift finders, save companies time and money, with their complimentary corporate gifting service . Find out more here -https://needi.co.uk/

Diversity in Recruitment helps recruitment businesses understand diversity, equity, and inclusion in a way that makes sense. Our training and advisory work is designed and delivered by experienced recruiters, giving your teams the insight, tools, and confidence to attract diverse talent, recruit inclusively, improve your candidate journey and confidently partner with their clients. DE&I doesn’t have to be complicated and scary - it’s simply about fair, ethical and high-quality recruitment.

Keybridge IT Solutions is a London-based Fully Managed IT Support and solutions Provider - Providing 24×7 Support to all Customers. Specialities include Microsoft Cloud, including Office 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Security, Internet Connectivity, VoIP, and much more.

Kicking off Season 5 with the one and only Jo Major - the Founder of Diversity in Recruitment and one of our new podcast partners!

Perfect timing too as we celebrate International Week of Happiness at Work and National Inclusion Week! 🌍✨

In this episode, we’re joined by the incredible Jo Major—a leading voice in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) with over two decades of experience in recruitment. As the founder of Diversity in Recruitment, Jo improves recruiters' and hiring managers' performance and results through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training, e-learning, audits and advisory services.

Jo has been a catalyst for change, reshaping recruitment cultures to attract underrepresented talent, elevate candidate experiences, and enhance the impact of recruiters.

In this episode, Jo covers:

• Diversity in recruitment and why intersectionality matters to you
• How every listener can make an impact on their DE&I strategy
• The role of data in driving inclusive change
• How AI influences DE&I in hiring
• And, most importantly, how we can all strive to be more human in our approach

Listen in to discover actionable insights that can help drive real change in your workplace!

Connect with Jo here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomajordiversityinrecruitment/?originalSubdomain=uk

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The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast is proudly sponsored by Paiger and partners to Needi and Inclusion Crowd.

Our Sponsor:

Paiger - Making Recruiters Smarter and Faster. Paiger helps recruiters build personal brands, identify new business opportunities, attract candidates, and have better conversations.

Find out more details on Paiger here - https://paiger.co/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=recruiters-recruiter

Our Partners:

Needi is a concierge gift-matching service using psychology and AI, to pinpoint the perfect gifts and experiences for your recipient, from the best, local independent businesses. Their team of expert gift finders, save companies time and money, with their complimentary corporate gifting service . Find out more here -https://needi.co.uk/

Diversity in Recruitment helps recruitment businesses understand diversity, equity, and inclusion in a way that makes sense. Our training and advisory work is designed and delivered by experienced recruiters, giving your teams the insight, tools, and confidence to attract diverse talent, recruit inclusively, improve your candidate journey and confidently partner with their clients. DE&I doesn’t have to be complicated and scary - it’s simply about fair, ethical and high-quality recruitment.

Keybridge IT Solutions is a London-based Fully Managed IT Support and solutions Provider - Providing 24×7 Support to all Customers. Specialities include Microsoft Cloud, including Office 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Security, Internet Connectivity, VoIP, and much more.

In this episode, we are joined by Jamie Burrows, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the recruitment industry since the mid-2000s. Jamie has been hands-on across various sectors, including Commercial, Construction, Education, Public Sector, and Tech. He has not only been a founding member of start-ups but also served at the Director level in a large corporate business.

Now, Jamie is a dedicated trainer and coach, committed to developing high-performing recruiters through innovative training and thought-provoking coaching. As a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), accredited by the Association of Integrative Psychology, Jamie integrates NLP principles into the foundation of his training programs.

In this engaging episode, Jamie delves into two hot topics in the recruitment industry:

• Why the Billing Manager Role is the Hardest Job in Recruitment:
• Essential Skills and Attributes of a Good Billing Manager:
• What Does a Top Biller Look Like
• How Leaders Can Spot Future Top Billers

Connect with Jamie here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-burrows-training/

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The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast is proudly sponsored by Paiger and partners to Needi and Inclusion Crowd.

Our Sponsor:

Paiger - Making Recruiters Smarter and Faster. Paiger helps recruiters build personal brands, identify new business opportunities, attract candidates, and have better conversations.

Find out more details on Paiger here - https://paiger.co/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=recruiters-recruiter

Our Partners:

Needi is a concierge gift-matching service using psychology and AI, to pinpoint the perfect gifts and experiences for your recipient, from the best, local independent businesses. Their team of expert gift finders, save companies time and money, with their complimentary corporate gifting service . Find out more here -https://needi.co.uk/

Inclusion Crowd works with organisations to create a credible and authentic DEI programme, they help clients attract & retain talent - as well as improve culture & engagement. Their vision is to make organisations reflective of the societies in which they operate. Find out more here https://inclusioncrowd.biz/

Keybridge IT Solutions is a London-based Fully Managed IT Support and solutions Provider - Providing 24×7 Support to all Customers. Specialities include Microsoft Cloud, including Office 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Security, Internet Connectivity, VoIP, and much more.

Gabi Preston-Phypers is the founder of Tooled Up Raccoons - THE ultimate tool kit, dedicated to helping recruiters, in-house and agency, to optimise their boolean searches for candidates. To find those hidden candidates across ANY platform!

Gabi launched Tooled Up Reccoons in 2020 with her husband after they ran their own recruitment business in the field of mobile robotics.

Now they're transforming the lives of recruiters globally!

In this following episode, the key points covered are:

• Why she set up a RecTec company
• What is Human boolean Building?
• Why candidate short markets need boolean brilliance
• Being a couplepreneur
• Mastering being a working mum with running a business

Connect with Gabi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriellaprestonphypers/

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Huge thanks as always to our sponsors Hoxo & Vincere for helping us to keep growing our podcast GLOBALLY:

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the following link: https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

This is a first for The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast, as this week our guest, Abi Gantz joins us all the way from Tel Aviv in Israel!

In 2010, Abi emigrated and forged an incredible life in Israel. She's now the Content Team Lead at Wix.com - a platform that enables users to create websites of their own. Abi currently manages a team of Marketing Writers across the globe, who are responsible for creating all the marketing assets for Wix.com.

In this episode, the key points covered are:

• Abi's journey to leadership
• Creating a collaborative culture
• Succession planning away from the linear approach
• Leading a remote team
• Work-life balance as a working parent

Connect with Abi here -https://www.linkedin.com/in/abi-gantz-20240a15/ https://www.wix.com/

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Huge thanks as always to our sponsors Hoxo & Vincere for helping us to keep growing our podcast GLOBALLY:

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the following link: https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

What a way to start off season 3 with Louise Archer who was one of our initial guests back when we launched in 2020!

Louise is the Founder of Retrained Search - teaching recruiters how to secure their work on a retained basis. Their online step-by-step training programme, enables recruitment agencies and independent recruiters to successfully build Retained Search sales and delivery capability.

We couldn't have thought of anyone better than Louise to come onto our podcast to discuss the topic of RETAINED SEARCH - and why YOU should do retained search...

The key points covered in this episode are:

• Making it accessible to ALL
• When NOT to sell a retainer
• Should we be charging candidates?
• Market predictions

Connect with Louise here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-archer-48612844/

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Huge thanks as always to our sponsors Hoxo & Vincere for helping us to keep growing our podcast GLOBALLY:

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the following link: https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

BONUS EPISODE

We've now come to the end of season 2 and are getting ready for season 3 starting in September

In this bonus episode, Lysha shares her thoughts on what components she believes makes a successful recruiter in terms of behaviours and what potential employers need to look for...

Is there a successful formula for hiring in recruiters? Is there a one size fits all?

After you've listened to the episode - do you agree with Lysha's three components? What else would you add?

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Huge thanks as always to our sponsors Hoxo & Vincere who has helped our podcast to grow throughout season 2 and will continue to do so in season 3!

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the link below:

https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

Stay tuned for Season 3 of The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast - coming VERY soon!

We have now come to the end of Season 2 of The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast!

We have a brand new season starting this September 2022 - and we have some exceptional guests lined up for the next season and we can't wait to share them with you all!

In this episode Lysha reflects on the season so far, and shares some of her key takeaways from those she's interviewed from across the globe...

What have been your biggest learns when you've listened to the podcast? What's been your favourite episode of season 2?

We wanted to say a HUGE thank you so all those who have tuned in to our podcast so far!

Also a special mention to our wonderful sponsors Hoxo & Vincere who has helped out podcast to continue to grow over this season!

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the link below:

https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

Stay tuned for Season 3 of The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast!

Ben Guidugli joins us from Ohio, in the USA - Ben is a Lead Recruiter at LinkedIn, and a personal trainer! Ben's previous career started in professional football - playing for New York Football Giants & St. Louis Rams.

His football career didn't last as long as he had hoped, and therefore had a change in direction for his career, which he then got into sales - car sales and then recruitment. He worked for Amazon as a Recruiter, before he started his current role at LinkedIn

In this episode, Ben share's his thoughts to:

• How can we get our candidates to stand out on Linkedin?
• What are the tech giants doing to attract candidates?
• Can we beat the LinkedIn algorithm?
• What is LinkedIn doing for their EVP?
• What is the future for hiring in talent short markets?

Connect with Ben here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-guidugli-b61803107/details/experience/

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This podcast episode is proudly sponsored by Hoxo Media and Vincere.io

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the link below:

https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

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You can also watch this episode on our Youtube channel - https://youtu.be/8sfy6oKoXKg

After spending over 10 successful years in recruitment, Richard set up a marketing agency for recruitment businesses. Helping grow recruitment agencies with better marketing!

In this following episode Richard shares his thoughts and expertise to:

• Why humour could be the key to building your brand
• What does bad marketing look like and how can we avoid it
• What can business leaders be doing now to ensure they have the best marketing strategy
• Is sales in recruitment dead?

Connect with Richard here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richgibbard/

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This podcast episode is proudly sponsored by Hoxo Media and Vincere.io

Hoxo Media is the leading marketing agency for recruitment businesses. For further details on their 8-week academy, contact Lysha (07855 778617) or go to the link below:

https://personalbrand.hoxomedia.com/lysha-holmes

Vincere.io is THE Recruitment Operating System. A single tech platform to unify your CRM and ATS, website, candidate and client portals, shift scheduler, timesheets, analytics, and video interviewing.

For further details on Vincere, click on the link here https://bit.ly/3lstXtp

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You can also watch this episode on our Youtube channel - https://youtu.be/8sfy6oKoXKg