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The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast

We’re having real and raw conversations with successful recruitment entrepreneurs about what is happening in their businesses right now and their plans to navigate market changes.

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Season 3 | Ep 22 - Scott Parsons on signing a 10 yr...

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2020/12/09

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

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Season 3 | Ep 21 - Anton Roe on remaining calm...

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2020/12/04

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 the

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Season 3 | Ep 20 - Kyle Winterbottom on why focusing...

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2020/12/02

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

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Season 3 | Ep 19 - Angela Horkings never wanting to...

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2020/11/27

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 provide

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Season 3 | Ep 18 - Chris Eldridge on the reality of...

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2020/11/25

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Chris Eldridge, CEO of Interquest - a leading, fully integrated technology staffing group headquartered in London.Chris shared how although having great experience as a result of starting in the industry in 1995, he, like everyone else, had no ‘rule book’ for managing the business through the coronavirus.Interquest had a strong Q1 and were super excited about 2020. Chris admitted that at the this point, he frankly didn’t believe that COVID-19

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01:07:34

Season 3 | Ep 17 - Paul Hallam on stepping down from...

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2020/11/20

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by my Co-host Pete Watson and Paul Hallam, Partner and the Founder and Executive Director of Six Degrees Executive- a leading Australian executive recruitment business with 90 staff across offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Paul shared how after 16 years as CEO of his agency, in Feb 2019 he decided to step down from this role and handed over the helm to Suzie McInerney, previously state director in the business.He had grand plans of changing

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01:03:54

Season 3 | Ep 16 - Charlie Sell on the reality of the...

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2020/11/18

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Charlie Sell, Group MD for Arrows Group.Going into Lockdown in March 2020, Arrows had 75 staff across UK, Germany and Netherlands and were very confident in their ability as an employer to cater to people from all walks of life.In the middle of Lockdown #2, In this episode, we talked about:Arrows remote onboarding issuesThe camaraderie across the ‘COVID’ teamCharlie’s personal highs and lows during 2020 including at times feeling outdated in his

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Season 3 | Ep 15 - Stephen Carter on his journey from...

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2020/11/13

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by my Co-Host Pete Watson and Stephen Carter, Partner and the founder of Sharp & Carter, a leading Australian recruitment business with 100 staff across 5 offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.The first episode in our ‘Australian Lockdown’ series and what a guest to kick things off with!In this episode, we talked about:Stephens business pre COVIDThe difficult decisions he was forced to makeHow he personally dealt with feeling like he had let

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Season 3 | Ep 14 - A solo episode on how The RAG...

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2020/11/11

To date, The RAG has been designed to talk to Recruitment Owners about legacy growth stories to inspire the next generation.However, in 2020 we find ourselves in the ‘new normal’, an environment we have never lived or worked before.In today’s episode I was Live on LinkedIn and shared my future vision for the show. I aim to continually inspire recruitment business owners with interesting stories and opinions each week, however now in the pursuit of creating next generation Recruitment Agencies.This

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Season 3 | Ep 13 - Ryan McCabe and I on LinkedIn Live...

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2020/11/04

In 2021 I believe that the use of video will no longer be ‘optional’ for recruiters.Every agency should be video content to attract candidates and clientsAlso LinkedIn has exploded with video content and every agency needs to be a part of thisBut do you know where to start?No?Well, Ryan McCabe and I have been producing video content on the platform since early 2017And we have come together to help!Last week we ran practical workshop for Recruitment Consultants on LinkedIn Live covering:The different

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Season 3 | Ep 12 - Pete Watson on why he stopped...

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2020/10/21

In today’s episode, I was joined again by Pete Watson, the founder of Mint R2R and Hoxo Media Ambassador in Australia.Another episode from our ‘human series’, Pete recently shared with me that he stopped drinking alcohol in 2012 after it was fundamentally affecting his life in a negative way.In this episode, we talked about:Pete’s early relationship with AlcoholHow heavy drinking was encouraged in his Recruitment CareerThe way he felt the day after drinkingThe final straw that led to his

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The RAG Report | Episode 62 - Neil Carberry on the...

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2020/10/14

The RAG Report is BACK! But this time it is LIVE!If you remember, I started this show in the first Lockdown as a way of giving the sector a daily update on how the virus was being received by recruiters around the globe.In light of the new restrictions, I felt it was important to bring this back! In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn Live by Neil Carberry, the CEO of The REC.At the helm of the REC, Representing a network of more than 3,300 recruitment businesses and 10,500 individual

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Season 3 | Ep 11 - A solo episode discussing...

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2020/09/30

In today’s episode, I was completely solo.In light of the recent restrictions by the government, I wanted to give you an update on what I have seen from speaking to over 200 companies this week.Also as we enter Q4 of 2020 there are some big changes coming to The RAG Podcast!We are going to be focussing on the future of our industry, what's working now and what's not as you look to grow your agency in the new digital economy..------Sponsors:Odro: https://bit.ly/35UrBKrVincere:

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Season 3 | Ep 10 - Amar Chohan on dealing with the...

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2020/09/23

In today’s episode, I was joined by my business partner and best mate - Amar Chohan.I met Amar 16 yrs ago this week at uni and we have been on a journey together ever since!We have so many stories to share but in late 2014 after joining a new recruitment agency, Amar received a call you would never wish upon anyone.Amar responded to the passing of his father with incredible strength and after returning to work he turned to me and said - life is too short, we need to start our own company!In this

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Season 3 | Ep 9 - Lysha Holmes on dealing with being...

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2020/09/16

In today’s episode, I was joined by Lysha, founder of Qui Recruitment, a specialist Rec-2-Rec agency based in Manchester, UK.In 2017, after 13 years of marriage, her life was turned upside down when her husband finally revealed that he had to be open about his sexuality.What happened next was the story of a remarkably strong woman who has to dig in to ensure she could keep her business alive and provide for her teenage daughters.In this episode, we talked aboutHow this whole situation unfoldedHow

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Season 3 | Ep 8 - Amit Pandit on trying to continue...

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2020/09/09

In today’s episode I was joined by Amit, Director of Apt Search & Selection, a specialist UK based recruitment agency in the eDiscovery marketIn 2014, shortly after the launch of his business, Amit’s life was in great shape. He was working extremely hard and seeing early business success whilst at the same time about to get married.In the run up to his wedding, Amit was unlucky enough to be bitten by a ‘tick’ in the leg and contracted Lyme Disease.After such diagnoses, Amit then suffered with

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Season 3 | Ep 7 Pete Walker on launching his agency 3...

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2020/09/02

In today’s episode I was joined by Peter, Managing Director of Brownlee Dean, a 2 year old recruitment agency headquartered in the North East of England.In early 2018 after 12 years of working for the same recruitment agency, Pete was ready to leave his employer and start his own recruitment business.However as he was about to hand his notice in, he then found out that his wife was pregnant with their first child!A few months later, with 5 months survival money in the bank, Pete made the move

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Season 3 | Ep 6 Alexandra Chirica on launching her...

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2020/08/26

In today’s episode I was joined by Alex, Co-Founder of Tale, a brand new recruitment agency she founded in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.Only 3 years into her recruitment career, if you would have asked Alex in Feb 2020 if she was soon to become a business owner, she would have said ‘NO’.It was only when another recruitment owner, Harry Brooker, reached out to her after watching her videos and said he was looking to re-brand and wondered if she would be a part of the journey.They had never

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Season 3 | Ep 5 - Michael Mihaylov on taking a step...

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2020/08/19

In today’s episode I was joined by Michael, Partner at IBAM Consulting and ex-colleague and friend of mine.Michael is not a recruitment agency founder but a very experienced recruitment team leader, sales leader and biller.In 2016 Michael was living with his wife and 2 young daughters whilst leading a recruitment team in central London. After a long period of challenges at home, he then decided to separate from his wife and file for divorce.In this episode, we talked about the reality of going

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Season 3 | Ep 4 - Liz Connor on successfully building...

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2020/08/12

In today’s episode I was joined by Liz, the Founder of Logjec Recruitment, a super niche recruitment agency based in the North West of England.She doesn’t have a typical recruitment agency founder's story.An ex Recruiter working for her family Financial Advisory business in 2016, her world was turned upside down twice within 10 months after tragically losing her brother and later her father in horrific accidents.At rock bottom, Liz somehow managed to find the strength to channel her pain towards

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