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Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Mike Tann, Director of Select Offshore and Select Tech.
Founded in 2013, Select Offshore is an offshore recruitment agency that focuses on three sectors of the offshore energy industry.
In this exclusive episode, Mike shares his story on how Select Offshore achieved 50% growth and garnered awards while overcoming the challenges of 2020.
If you’re looking for valuable insight that will inspire you to tap into your recruitment business’ potential, this episode is not one to miss!
This episode is part of an insightful series centred around finding, engaging and retaining candidates from a range of perspectives, providing recruiters with comprehensive advice and actionable solutions.
Timestamped guide
0:45 Introduction
01:21 An introduction to Select Offshore
03:07 Understanding the uniqueness of the offshore industry
04:34 Compliance that a candidate must go through before they can work
06:26 How achievements were made in challenging times
8:52 The contributing factors to winning recruitment awards
11:34 Engaging new clients and contractors
12:35 Motivations for looking for a NED or Board Advisor
14:08 What to look for
15:03 The benefits of the working relationship
16:52 What to look for when recruiting internally
18:35 How to be an attractive employer
21:55 Top three pieces of advice for finding and keeping
candidates
24:01 Attracting referrals
If you’d like to connect with Mike or find out more about Select Offshore, please see below:
💻https://bit.ly/3tVYFOA
Interested in speaking to Alison about your business strategy? Get in touch, today!
💬 alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Sharon Peake, Founder and CEO of Shape Talent.
Sharon is a highly experienced diversity and talent management expert with over 20 years of experience working in global businesses; including executive-level roles at 20 businesses, where she was responsible for diversity and talent and retention.
Sharon then founded Shape Talent in 2017 with a specific focus on accelerating the progression of women into senior roles.
This episode is part of an insightful series delving deep into the whole issue of candidate shortages from a range of perspectives, providing recruiters with comprehensive advice and actionable solutions.
Timestamped guide
0:45 Episode introduction
02:05 The three barriers of a woman’s progression
03:59 Key insight from Sharon’s white paper
07:30 Gender stereotypes
10:43 Stigma around flexible-working and women
17:29 Advice would you give recruitment business owners
20:19 Practical advice for recruitment business owners who want to overcome unconscious bias
23:23 Mitigating gender bias in job briefs
27:30 How to attract more candidates into the top of the selection funnel
31:00 Insightful statistics
33:00 Tips for organisations to weave into their policies
35:39 Advice for individual managers
39:54 Advice for those who are looking to progress their careers
If you’d like to connect with Sharon or find out more about Shape Talent, please see below:
Interested in speaking to Alison about your business strategy? Get in touch, today!
💬 alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Adam Oldfield, founder and CEO of Force24 - the UK's fastest-growing marketing automation platform.
After spending 10 years in senior marketing, Adam developed Force24 as a comprehensive solution for marketeers, allowing them to do smart marketing at speed.
This episode is the first in a series of four that delves deep into candidate shortages, looking at the whole issue through different lenses guided by expert opinions.
If you’re looking for valuable insight and implementable learnings that will elevate your recruitment business' marketing processes, this episode is not one to miss!
Timestamped guide:
2:32 In your experience, what are the most common mistakes that you see recruiters making with their marketing?
5:00 Can you describe an example that our recruitment audience would be able to relate to?
9:50 What do you think recruitment business owners should be measuring in terms of their marketing effectiveness?
13:21 What constitutes engagement?
14:29 What tips do you have for applying marketing technology?
18:34 What positive and negative trends have you seen related to recruiters marketing to candidates?
23:37 What is the minimum starter pack that you would recommend for recruiters beginning their marketing journey?
27:20 Looking at the automated marketing process as a whole
Special offer
As a special offer for our listeners, Force24 are offering two months free to anyone who signs up referencing the ‘Recruitment Leadership Podcast’.
If you want to elevate your marketing processes, this offer is not one to be missed.
Interested in speaking to Alison about your business strategy? Get in touch, today!
💬 alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
If you would like to get in touch with Angela, please see the details below:
LinkedIn👤 https://bit.ly/3p5dH3H
Website 💻 https://bit.ly/3m306I0
To find out how Alison Humphries expertise can help elevate your recruitment business, get in touch today: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Amanda Simpson, CEO and Founder of SVC Solutions.
Following a successful career within recruitment across East Anglia, Amanda’s passion and determination to make a difference led her to establish SVC in 1999. Some of the highlights in her career are achieving Essex Countywide Business Woman of the Year in 2010 and becoming a qualified ILM Trainer and Executive Business Coach.
In this episode, Alison and Amanda unpack the process that Amanda went through when she decided to take her business into new markets, and explore the experience of leaders in today’s challenging business environment.
If you’re looking to diversify your recruitment business and gain valuable insight on how to navigate the current climate and its challenges, listen today!
Timestamped Guide:
0:45 Introduction
05:55 Why did you diversify?
08:21 When you made this decision, what came first?
10:48 Marketing and methods
14:49 How long did it take you to break even in that expansion into HR?
20:25 What didn't work in terms of the rollout of your service offering?
24:39 How to handle being put off from going into a new area, or suffering from not having first-hand experience
27: 32 When you brought Learning Development and HR specialists into the business, how did you know if they were on course?
29:39 In terms of setting sales, targets and so forth for these new HR people. Did you do that?
35:38 Advice for other business leaders on looking after themselves
37:19 Is it really the case that businesses can be run for social purposes?
If you would like to get in touch with Amanda, please see the details below:
LinkedIn👤 https://bit.ly/3ntVgF0
Website 💻 https://svcsolutions.co.uk/
To find out how Alison Humphries expertise can help elevate your recruitment business, get in touch today: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
In this podcast, Alison provides an introduction to the whole issue of Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Managed Service Provision, and Statement Of Works recruitment. As well as looking at the differences between these services, Alison provides a comprehensive overview of what they share.
The learnings that you can take away from this podcast are very topical in the current climate and can help to support smaller recruitment businesses in proactively seeking opportunities.
Timestamps:
00:46 - Introduction to Alison
03:21 - Introduction to the topic
06:08 - The current situation
09:00 - Alison’s experience
11:06 - Fast-growing market
12:00 - Why there is a need for this now
14:30 - Focusing on client expectations and frustrations
16:46 - Traditional use of staffing and hiring
17:52 - What we see now
19:12 - There are no cash cows in recruitment anymore
20:44 - What are the primary drivers for reviewing staffing and hiring provision?
24:30 - Be clear - and realistic - about your offer
32:07 - The Buying Cycle
33:36 - Cash-flow, resources, and liabilities
If you would prefer to listen to this podcast with the accompanying slides, please email Alison: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
This recording is from TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement). To watch the full webinar, please click here: https://bit.ly/3GAPicE
Your Host Alison Humphries has been a recruitment industry “lifer” for more than 35 years, Alison was a director of businesses including Hays Plc, Robert Half International, BNB Plc and Penna Plc, developing a highly successful career spanning contingent, retained, temp/contract, RPO, statement of works and consulting services.
In this podcast, Alison talks about some of the most common mistakes that recruitment business owners make when they think they are on a route to a successful business exit, and highlights what buyers and investors are looking for.
This episode is not one to miss for those who are looking to create a resilient business that has capital value!
Timestamps:
0:47 - Introduction
3:30 - Alison’s experience
5:43 - Learning curves
11:24 - In today’s recruitment world
15:30 - Sustainable success
21:13 - Why it’s important to get out of your bubble
22:56 - What buyers and investors want to see
If you would prefer to listen to this podcast with the accompanying slides, please email Alison: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by expert Leadership Coach and author, Zena Everett.
Zena has a rare cocktail of entrepreneurial, head-hunting, organisational psychology and coaching experience. In her early career, Zena founded and developed a recruitment business, and became increasingly interested as to why some candidates were more confident and successful than others.
To explore this interest further, Zena sold the recruitment business and pursued a master's degree in organisational psychology and psychological training.
In Zena’s latest book, The Crazy Busy Cure, she draws from her many thousands of hours coaching and speaking to people about productivity blockers and how to shift them.
In this episode, Alison and Zena discuss time management and productivity in the context of the recruitment industry; covering key areas and providing expert advice, this episode is not one to be missed.
Timestamped guide:
0:46 - Intro
04:16 - Why did the world need your book
09:03 - Can you give us in brief the benefits of finding a cure for this, and any examples or anecdotes that you can think of?
13:28 What are your biggest techniques and tips?
19:52 - People would argue that recruiters are in a different position from other people who can control more of how they spend their time. How would you respond to that?
23:06 - Now, in your book, can you also use an acronym for managing your diary, can you explain exactly what you mean?
29:34 - Do you have any practical advice for people on how to handle those persistent low level interruptions that, in fact, are about other people's priorities rather than your own?
32:13 Is there anything else you wanted to highlight from your book before we wrap up?
If you would like further insight and advice on time management and productivity, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Zena directly:
👤 https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenaeverett/
If you would like to purchase The Crazy Busy Cure, you can do so on Amazon here:
https://amzn.to/3j08Hdp
For bulk orders, please contact Zena directly.
To find out how Alison Humphries expertise can help elevate your recruitment business, get in touch today: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by David Perry, Director of Perry-Martel.
After specialising in building out Leadership teams and working for over 32 years in the realm of leadership, David is a guru on what it takes to be a leader especially within the recruitment world.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021