Today I was re joined by a guest from Ep 19 of Season 1, Clare Cooper! Back in June 2019, Clare was then an executive director at Phaidon International about to celebrate her 10 year anniversary with the business. Fast forward almost 2 years and she is now the Founder of Storm3 - a specialist Health Tech recruitment agency and one of the newest brands in the Levin Group (the fastest growing recruitment company in the world) Having recently interviewed James Brown, CEO of the group and Founder of...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 13
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I was joined for the final time by Project 500 partners Tim Roedel and Chris Redmond We are proud to announce that we have reached £40,000 in donations! Thank you to everyone who donated towards our initiative in February, we set out to raise as much money as possible to get brand new laptops to UK school children in need whilst homeschooling! We have managed to help over 200 children and united many across the recruitment sector to make it happen! We ...
Mar 01, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Today I was delighted to be joined by Bernie Schiemer, Founder and CEO of Vincere - the worlds number 1 all in one recruitment CRM platform and our wonderful podcast sponsor! Bernie has spent multiple decades in the recruitment industry and it is clear that what he doesn’t know, probably isn’t worth knowing. After selling his agency and enjoying his 8 figure payout for a couple of years, Bernie decided to become a tech entrepreneur (with no previous experience) In today’s episode we discussed 🎙...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I am again joined by my Project 500 partners Tim Roedel and Chris Redmond. We are now 3 weeks into our February fundraising initiative to get brand new laptops to UK school children in need! This week we saw lots of laptops reaching schools and letters of thanks for both children and teachers across the country! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us so far - but we can’t stop now! Please help by donating what you can - to do so please visit h...
Feb 22, 2021•16 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Today I was delighted to be joined on Hoxo LinkedIn Live by James Johnson, Founder of District4 and former CEO of global recruitment group Nicoll Curtin (rebranded as ‘The Hive’) James is a very articulate business leader who never actually worked as a recruiter before taking over his fathers business in 2014. After growing the business across 4 global locations and learning lots along the way, he decided that leading a large traditional recruitment business was not actually aligned to his perso...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I am again joined by my P500 partner Tim Roedel, alongside Simon Cope the Headteacher of Wild Ridings Primary School in Bracknell. Simon and his school received 10 x laptops last week and have a plan to distribute them alongside the 41 from the Department for Education this week! He also confirmed that in his school alone - 85% of the kids have challenges with IT equipment and connectivity… Again, the size of this issue is unbelievable! We have to do s...
Feb 15, 2021•24 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Today I was delighted to be joined on Hoxo LinkedIn Live by Brent Orsuga, Founder & President of Pinnacle Growth Advisors, a niche transportation recruitment agency headquartered in Arizona USA. Brent is a huge personality both online and offline, regular producing content and adding value to his huge network on LinkedIn. He believes in hard work and constant innovation to be the best you can possibly be! In today’s episode we discussed: 🎙 How in he started the business with no clients in h...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 7
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I am again joined by my Project 500 partners Chris Redmond and Tim Roedel, alongside Diarmaid Casey the Deputy Headteacher of the school I used to work as a teacher 10 years ago! Diarmaid openly discussed the reality of life for parents, teachers and school children in his area in the south east of Sheffield. He also confirmed that in his school alone - 333 students currently had no access to a laptop! That is one school, in one city across our nation…...
Feb 08, 2021•39 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Today I was delighted to be joined on Hoxo LinkedIn Live by Andy Shatwell, MD Charlton Morris, a 70 staff agency headquartered in Leeds UK Andy has a business that is thriving and his whole team are invested in using marketing to win business and educate candidate communities! This is literally the future of our industry as I see it! In today’s episode we discussed: 🎙 How in he grew to 50 staff with relative ease 🎙 How they organically grew their marketing department 🎙 How they invested 500k ...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I am joined by Chris Redmond and Tim Roedel, both recruitment owners who approached me with the exact same idea within 24 hrs of one another! Today we announce our national initiative - Project 500! As the UK battles through its third national lockdown, Ofcom estimates that 9% of children in the UK (between 1.1 million and 1.8 million) do not have access to a laptop, desktop, or tablet at home. It is devastating to hear about the families across the co...
Feb 01, 2021•38 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Today I was delighted to be joined on Hoxo LinkedIn Live, by James Brown - Founder of Levin Group and Storm2 to who are without doubt the most aggressively growing start up recruitment brand on the planet. James joined Phaidon international as a Graduate when the business was only 15 staff and left in 2018 on the board of directors at 500 staff. He and his team know a thing or two about growth! In today’s episode we discussed: 🎙 How in 18 months he has grown the business to over 60 recruiters �...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 3
On this week's episode on LinkedIn Live, I was be joined by our new Hoxo US Sales Lead - Joel Lalgee ! I was so excited to record this! Joel and I connected in mid 2020 after he had been consuming this very podcast. We have been discussing how we see the recruitment industry evolving ever since! In this show we talked about: 🎙How he went from 10-40k followers on LinkedIn inside 12 months 🎙How he structures his daily content to generate MILLIONS of views per week 🎙How this helped him in his Re...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 2
The RAG Is back for Season 4! 2 years after we began this journey from our first office in East London, we are back for another season of Recruitment Agency Growth conversation! In this short episode I discussed: My plans for the show in 2021 My predictions for the recruitment market this year How I want help from YOU regarding regarding topics you want on the show The 2021 Hoxo Academy Thank you to everyone who has listened to this show so far, it has been a truly incredible journey! Here is to...
Jan 14, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 1
WOW what an episode to round up 2020! Alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Stella Petrou Concha, Founder & CEO of Reo Group and soon to be CEO & Co-Founder Reo+Purtell a merger set to complete in January 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Stella started her recruitment agency 10 years ago with her husband Marcelo, only 2 years into her recruitment career! I have had the pleasure of working with Stella in 2020 and I don’t think I know a more motivated or inspiring leade...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 25
In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Jamie Beaumont, Founder of Fuel Payments - a specialist FinTech organisation that helps recruiters provide alternative payment methods for their SME customers! I absolutely loved this episode! Jamie is in the first 6 months of the business and is in hyper start up mode! An ex recruiter who became a tech entrepreneur that massively flopped at the beginning, he knows a thing or two about starting businesses with no prior experience. He now owns ...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 24
In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Paul Donovan, Regional Director at Bluefin Resources - Australia’s Number 1 Specialist Recruitment Agency. Paul has been in the industry for over 20 years and has seen 2 x economic downturns. He moved from London to Brisbane almost 10 years ago and soon found himself settled in Melbourne where he has stayed ever since. In today’s episode, Paul shared his experience of joining Bluefin Resources, a Powerhouse in Sy...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 23
In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Scott Parsons, Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes - a specialist in senior appointments within emerging technology with offices in London, Nottingham and NYC. 5 years old, at the start of 2020 Scott had just opened his NYC office and signed a 10 yr lease on a ‘shell’ that was 5 x the size of their original space in Nottingham. It is safe to say that they were super excited about 2020! Then when covid hit, the company that they had selected to ...
Dec 09, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 22
In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Anton Roe, Director at Marshall McAdam - a boutique Recruitment Agency in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Anton is a seasoned recruiter who left the UK for a life overseas 5 years ago. He moved to Australia in 2016 and joined the business 2 years ago to lead and scale the business with support of the founders. In today’s episode, Anton shared his experience of moving to Australia and leading the business through...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 21
In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Kyle Winterbottom, Founder of Orbition - a startup niche Data, AI and Analytics recruitment business in Manchester UK. Kyle started his business in Sept 2020 - the heart of this years pandemic. Having been in recruitment for 10 years and effectively starting 5 x teams / business units previously, he felt that it was about time he did this for the final time and for himself! I have been SO impressed with Kyle on LinkedIn in 2020. I thought his ...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 20
In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Angela Horkings, Co-Founder & Director of Tandem Partners - a boutique HR Recruitment Agency in Australia. Angela is a recent member of the Hoxo Academy and someone I worked with weekly during the extended lockdown in Melbourne. In today’s episode she discussed how 2020 started off with the news of the leader of their Sydney office suffering injury in a tragic accident. The rest of the year continued to provi...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 19
