Giig It A Rest

Welcome back to the pod! With the massive 200-mile "Chase the Sun" charity cycle only days away, the nerves are officially setting in. First up, we give a quick update on our fundraising for Say it with a Smile (we are over the £1,600 mark!) and break down our completely untested strategy for surviving a 15-hour day on the saddle. We then jump into a debrief of the recent team conference...

Welcome back to the pod! This week, we are joined by Charles Kuryaku and Naz Harrison, the brilliant recruitment coaches behind Milo! A brand new AI-driven recruitment co-pilot. This episode is an absolute masterclass for anyone interested in Learning & Development (L&D), recruitment tech, or the gritty reality of building a SaaS business from scratch. Charles and Naz talk us through their...

Welcome back to the pod! This week, we hit a massive milestone. After 80 episodes, we finally have an actual Giig user in the studio: the brilliant Becky Kitson from Kitson Associates! To celebrate, we are officially in fancy dress (safety first, obviously), and this episode is an absolute rollercoaster. In this episode there is something for everyone! In Becky’s own words, she is a great all roun...

Welcome back to the pod! This week is a proper catch-up episode as the lads prepare for the upcoming team conference and get stuck into some massive product updates. First up, "Lee's Legs" delivers some fantastic news—the fundraising for Say it with a Smile has officially hit £1,120! Andy talks about the massive 15-hour training weeks leading up to his grueling 207-mile cycle, while...

Welcome back to the pod! This week, we have our very first returning guest. We're back on the farm!!! We took the studio on the road and headed back up north for another chin wag with Mr Jeremy Snell (if you missed his first appearance, go back and check out Episode 31!). We kick things off with an update on farm life, bottle-feeding lambs at 2:00 AM, and his adventures at the secret "Pin...

It’s another massive, unedited update on the pod this week, where we manage to completely bin the recruitment chat for the majority of the episode. First up, the serious news: we are officially off to the races with our fundraising for the Say it with a Smile dementia charity, and "Lee’s Legs" has a big announcement regarding the current stats and total. Andy breaks down the terrifying £10,000 tar...

This week on the pod, we are joined by Rohit Kapoor, the Co-Founder of the recruitment business development platform, Paiger. This episode came out of the gates quick.... Rohit definitely brings the energy, which could be something to do with the Ginger and Turmeric drink that he bowled in with. After 20 minutes of chatting about barbershops and waxing, Rohit takes us right back to his early days,...

Brace yourself for the Mystery of the 'Classic Reserve' We are putting the recruitment and software chat on pause this week. Sometimes you just need to spend an episode catching up with your mate on what's been happening! We kick things off with a massive "Lee's Legs" announcement! Andy has officially launched a fundraising page for Say it with a Smile , an amazing dement...

This week on the pod, we’re balancing the weekend shenanigans with some major updates from behind the scenes at Giig. We kick things off with a recap of what we’ve been up to outside the office. We cover everything from a 117-mile training ride and committing to a double-denim Sunday roast, to surfing man-made waves in Bristol and spotting a Drum & Bass DJ rolling through the streets on a trik...

Selling a recruitment business is not an easy game! This week on the pod, we sat down with Matt Fox from Exitus Advisory. His backstory is wild, starting as a rep selling bar crawls on the Malia strip to completely accidentally falling into recruitment. But the real eye opener of this episode is his journey as an agency founder. Matt built a 30 person agency and could smell the finish line of sell...

The trio is finally back together (and fully illuminated by the new lighting rig) for a long-overdue catch-up and our official Q1 wrap-up. Before we even touch the business stats, we cover the goings on from the last few weeks. There's stories about breaking down on the M25 while on the phone with "Gran Rogan," the stressful reality of driving at night, and why secretly intercepting and eating you...

We are back as just a pair this week with some serious upgrades and not just to the lighting rig. Before diving into a quick Q1 business wrap-up and celebrating our best quarter to date, we have a lot of ground to cover. We swap stories from the weekend, including a 100-mile cycling struggle that ended with eating pickles in the bath and smuggling KFC through a window, plus a wholesome Center Parc...

In this episode of the Giig It A Rest podcast, we sit down with Max Jones from Isotope Capital. Max shares the gritty reality of what it takes to transition from a successful recruitment consultant to a thriving agency founder. Isotope Capital specialises in providing the complete back-office infrastructure—finance, legal, marketing, and tech—for recruiters taking the leap to start their own busin...

In this week's episode, we're navigating broken studio lights, rabbit sabotage, and a surprisingly eventful Mother's Day involving a deer stuck in a fence. We break down our recent trip to the REC Expo... Was it worth the entry fee? Plus, we dive into a crucial conversation for anyone running a solo recruitment desk. Ahead of an upcoming workshop, we brainstorm the three pillars of sol...

The market is shifting, the sun is out, and Giig has officially had its best week ever. In this episode, we are cutting through the typical industry doom and gloom to share some massive updates on the Giig platform. We break down our new integration strategy, the reality of speaking on tech panels, and why you need to stop getting distracted by shiny new AI tools and start fixing your actual bottl...

This episode is a shocker... (Literally).... Thanks to Stewart's very kind gift that 1000 volts through you... Apart from getting a physical shock, one of the most mind blowing facts from todays conversation is that Stewart is the proud owner of 700 Star Wars figures! (Mental Right)In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Roberts, the founder of MAYACHI Advisory and a 25-year veteran of recrui...

What happens when you mix recruitment updates, middle aged medical exams, and the invention of a new Winter Olympic sport? You get this weeks episode of Giig It A Rest, This week, it's back to the two of us, sitting down to catch up on everything from the realities of tracking your numbers in the new Giig reporting module, to the absolute chaos of accidentally launching yourself off the side o...

Do you really know what you're paying your IT Support MSP for ?This week we have the ultimate 'Kan Do It' guy - 'Kan Mallawathantri' from Avensys tech who's all about educating small agencies on the realities of IT Support. It was nice to chat with someone who gets rid of the waffle and gets straight to the reality. How exactly are small agencies are being ripped off by dup...

What wish came true when you met the person next to you? That is the Lee's Lunchbox question for this week, and I must say, I was close to tears when Andy revealed the wish that came true when it met me... After what seems like a couple of weeks of guest episodes, we're back to the pair of us putting the world to rights by chatting about: - Andy's sleepwalking - Our struggles with gett...

Another Week, Another Amazing Guest! Jo Major from 'Diversity In Recruitment' spent some time with us to chat all things.. You guessed it.... Diversity and Inclusion.. I feel like the topic of Diversity can sometimes divide opinion... I feel like people assume that Diversity & Inclusion consultants will be a preachy, academic expert that scolds people from an ivory tower. Jo however, b...

First time this year that we've had James (Samwise) on the pod and I got so excited about it that I forgot to get the camera rolling, so for the first 2 minutes of this Ep you're without the video... As I was back in Essex looking after my parents cat, I thought why not take the chance to get James on the pod to prod him a bit and see what he thinks this year is going to look like for Giig...

If one of your clients has slipped a candidate into their business through the backdoor, without you knowing.. There's only one person you need to call... Backdoor Barry.. Or I should probably say 'Barry Cullen' from RecLAW... To give you the spiel RecLAW are Lawyers to the recruitment industry, a full-service law firm made up of lawyers who are recruitment experts and passionate about...

Are you looking to build your swimming confidence? If so, you've come to the right place.. Sort of... This week on 'Giig It A Rest' we kick of with a bit of an update on Andy's Ironman training and how he's building confidence in the pool.... This leads us down a road to contemplating how we used to be young, hip and trendy and now find ourselves as the old boys on the block.....

Welcome back to the 'Recruitment Industries Most Informative' Podcast... This weeks episode is a bit of a two parter!! It was recorded on the same day as our 2026 kick off meeting.. The first half before and the second half on our lunch... In the first half we chat about: - Andy' risky roast - Our mishaps in Dunelm and IKEA - Why Winnie The Pooh is back in the mixer - How it feels bein...

It's our first guest episode of 2026 and the closest thing we've had to Stephen Bartlett so far.. (Inside joke, you will pick up on that when you listen).... Guest number 1 of the year is Jonny Woodhead - Customer Success Manager at XCD... To give you the spiel on XCD they are an all-in-one single-solution HR and Payroll software which helps put you back in control and achieve more. Built...