Firefish Recruitment Podcast

In today's episode of the Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Jon Brooks from The Value Advantage to discuss how to avoid lowering your fees in a job short market. Jon has more than 10 years’ experience within the recruitment industry, 9 of those years were spent at Reed in the roles of Head of Marketing and Head of product and pricing. Jon now specialises in using his experience of str...

In this episode of Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Una McGuinness from UFM Talent to discuss the importance of marketing automation in the recruitment industry today. Una has more than 20 years’ experience managing recruitment businesses in Digital, Media and Marketing sectors. 15 of those years she spent at Aspire, as Director and Board Member but previously also as Marketing Director, when...

In this episode of Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Natasha Clarke to discuss what is a real hot topic in the industry as we move into a job-lead market: how to become the agency that everyone wants to work with. Previously Chief People Officer at SThree, Natasha now specialises in supporting CEOs and boards to develop their people strategy, driving business performance through leadership and...

Kevin Green has been in the recruitment industry for more than 30 years, including 10 years spent as CEO of REC (Recruitment & Employment Confederation). He’s also a serial Non-Exec Director, a recruitment thought leader, a TEDx speaker and a best-selling author. His knowledge and experience makes him  the perfect guest to discuss predictions of what we can expect the recruitment industry...

For this session, we’re excited to have James Osborne, Chairman of The Recruitment Network. James will be sharing his thoughts on some of the positive things that are happening in the recruitment industry right now and what we should be feeling good about looking to the future. So join us as we chat around the following: The importance of being optimistic and resilient through difficult times How...

For the next episode of the Firefish podcast , our host Matt Jelley will be joined by John O'Sullivan , Chairman at Elite Leaders. John will be sharing his predictions as to when the recruitment industry is likely to start recovery and what this will look like following the Covid-19 crisis. John has been a Director for several of the top global staffing companies, meaning he is well-positioned to...

For the next episode of the Firefish Crowdcast, our host Matt Jelley will be joined by Hannah Keep, Managing Director of Vi International Ltd. Hannah and Matt will be discussing the topic of remote training and development programs for recruiters - and how vital these are during the Covid-19 crisis. So join us as we chat around the following… How training and development will benefit you and your...

In the next episode of our new fortnightly Firefish Crowdcast, our host Matt Jelley will be joined by Louise Hannant, owner of Premier Resourcing UK. Louise will be offering recruiters and business owners some invaluable advice on how to choose between defensive and offensive business decisions through the Covid-19 crisis. As the owner of a PR and Communications recruitment agency, Louise is stand...

For this special episode, Wendy herself will be in the hot seat! She’ll be offering recruiters and business owners some much-needed advice on how to keep client relationships going through the Covid-19 crisis. As a CEO who has more than 20 years’ experience leading businesses through economic turbulence and has previously p...

Joining us this month will be the awesome Edwin Abl, an ex-recruiter-turned-CMO and personal growth mentor. Edwin will be joining Wendy for a chat around the key behaviours you should nurture if you want to become a leader in today’s recruitment landscape – whether you’re looking to take a step up in your career as a recruiter or develop your leadership skills to lead your own recruitment team. Yo...

In this episode, our Chief Fish Wendy will be live with long-serving recruiter, author and resourcing expert, John Wallace, to talk around the steps recruiters should start taking now to ensure 2020 is their best year to date. John has over 25 years’ experience in recruitment – both agency side and in-house. He’s also an expert in resourcing and recently published a book, Hire Power , where he see...

Joining Wendy this month will be Recruitment Marketing Consultant and strategy expert, Kristie Perrotte , who will be giving us the low down on how to implement a top-class recruitment marketing strategy that won’t break the bank. Kristie spent 14 years at recruitment agency giant, Robert Half , holding senior marketing leadership roles across the international operations. She later decided to use...

This month, Wendy will be joined by acclaimed Recruitment Sales Trainer, James Nathan to talk through some of his tried, tested and proven sales techniques that win recruiters repeat business with their existing clients. As an industry, we tend to focus a lot of our business development strategies on pulling in new business from prospects we’ve never worked with before. But what about our existing...

Our Chief Fish Wendy is joined by esteemed business psychologist and recruitment coach, Andrew Sillitoe, who will share his secrets to running a highly successful recruitment agency and maintaining healthy life balance. Andrew is very highly regarded amongst recruitment circles primarily for his candid, straight-talking approach to business and leadership coaching. Having spent many years working...

This month we're extremely excited to be joined by recruitment agency founder and LinkedIn video legend, Mark Gaisford. If you’re not one of the thousands of recruiters already actively engaging with Mark’s awesome LinkedIn vids, I highly recommend you follow his page! Thanks to an initial push from his video marketing expert son, Jack, Mark threw himself into the world of LinkedIn video a couple...

This month we're extremely excited to have Christina Robinson , Managing Director of Green Umbrella on the show!. If you’re unfamiliar with Green Umbrella, they’re a digital marketing agency that specialises in offering social media support and training to recruitment teams, so we really couldn’t hope for a better guest to talk us through the latest social media hacks for recruiters! We all know h...

This month, we’re extremely excited to have Hung Lee on the show! Hung is CEO of Workshape.io and also the brains behind the hugely popular Recruiting Brainfood weekly newsletter. He joins me to discuss how to build a strong personal brand as a recruiter. As one of the biggest online influencers in recruitment at the moment, there really isn’t a better guest to give some insights on this subject!&...

 We’re kicking off this episode with a bang, as Dougie Loan from Odro joins me to discuss the topic of pitching and winning more retainers as an agency recruiter. I recently attended an event where Dougie lead a discussion group on this exact topic, and it was so spot on that I’ve decided to invite him on the show to share his insights with our listeners.  So expect lots of great insight...

 Really excited to have recruitment agency owner and influencer Dualta Doherty on the show this month! He is dialling in to share his ideas and personal experiences regarding how to become a ‘new rich’ recruiter in the agency market. I (along with the rest of his 30,000 LinkedIn followers !) have been following a lot of what Dualta’s been doing with his recruitment agency the last few years a...

Our guest, Gavin Bell from MrGavinBell.com shares his thoughts on how recruiters could and should be using Facebook to find the perfect candidate. Expect lots of actionable insights, including: How recruiters can laser-focus their Facebook campaigns to find the perfect candidates Where businesses are currently going wrong with Facebook Expert tips on Facebook retargeting and how to get started wit...

Our guest from Hoxo Media, Sean Anderson, shares his thoughts on why your recruitment agency brand matters. Expect lots of actionable insights, including: · How to promote and amplify your agency’s brand online · How to find and tell your unique brand story · How to benefit and get a return from your agency brand

Iain Blair from Revoco joins Firefish Software's Wendy McDougall to talk about his entrepreneurial journey from founding and managing a recruitment corporate giant to starting up a specialist SME recruitment agency. With more than 20 years in the recruitment industry, Iain has loads of great tips and insights to share. Listen to the podcast for more on... • The main differences between running an...

In this month’s episode of the Firefish Software podcast, Wendy is joined by Belinda Kerr of Recruitment Garage to talk around the processes and lessons learned from managing partnerships and mergers in recruitment. Belinda has twenty years of recruitment experience under her belt, and in this time she’s founded, scaled, merged and sold on two successful recruitment businesses in Australia. She's...

For this podcast, Firefish Software's Wendy McDougall, is joined by Helen Haddon of ComplyGDPR and Tricia Roberts of TEAM. With the upcoming changes to Data Protection legislation (GDPR), Tricia Roberts gets answers to TEAM members' top concerns about GDPR for SME recruiters. Listen to the podcast to hear Helen’s expert advice in response to the following questions: • What do recruiters need to do...

Ruth Forster from Wagstaff Recruitment joins us on the latest Firefish Podcast to talk about building and scaling a recruitment agency sustainably. With over 17 years of experience in recruitment plus seven running Wagstaff Recruitment, Ruth has plenty of insights, tips, and advice to share. Listen to the podcast and hear Ruth’s thoughts on: • Why you need to find a good business coach • How to mo...