RecTalk Podcast - Explore Recruitment Insights

In this episode of Founder Diaries, hosted by Nitin Sharma, we sit down with Shawn Bell , founder of Taluate , to unpack one of the biggest challenges in modern recruitment: trust . What started as an internal hiring tool built to help Shawn make better recruitment decisions has evolved into Taluate — a competency-based candidate assessment platform designed to help recruiters reduce hiring risk,...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Chris Allen , co-founder of Happlicant , the ATS + CRM platform designed specifically for independent recruiters and small recruitment agencies. What makes this conversation especially interesting is that Chris didn’t come from recruitment at all. Coming from a tech and product background at Vistaprint, Chris shares how frustration, curiosity...

RecTalk is coming to RECFEST 2026 - 2nd July 2026 Want 30% off your entry? Use code RECTALK30RF at check out What does the future of Talent Acquisition actually look like? In this episode of the Talking Talent podcast, Sean Kennedy is joined by Milan Mraovic, a Talent Acquisition leader with over 11 years’ experience across internal TA, go-to-market hiring and commercial recruitment. Milan shares...

What happens if your recruitment business slows down tomorrow? Would your lifestyle survive without your next placement, client, or deal? In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with returning guest Christian Mather from One Day Wealth to unpack the realities of investing, financial freedom, and long-term wealth creation for recruiters and recruitment business owners. This isn’t generic...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Robert Woodford from The Marketing Junction to unpack one of the biggest shifts happening in recruitment right now: marketing is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s a survival requirement. From brand consistency and recruiter-led content creation to the death of “we do everything” agencies, this episode is packed with brutally honest insights f...

RecTalk is coming to RECFEST 2026 - 2nd July 2026 Want 30% off your entry? Use code RECTALK30RF at check out What does great Talent Acquisition actually look like in 2026? In the first Talking Talent episode of the year, Sean Kennedy is joined by Daryl Benson, Talent Lead at TryHackMe, for a proper, honest conversation about recruitment, TA, startups, employer brand, AI, candidate experience and w...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Johan Barri , co-founder of Jarvi —a CRM platform that’s flipping the script on recruitment tech. Let’s be honest—recruitment tools promised efficiency, but most of us ended up juggling more tabs, more systems, and more admin. So what went wrong? Johan and his team set out to fix that. Despite not coming from recruitment backgrounds, they spe...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Gordon Webb from Shazamme to unpack what actually makes a high-performing recruitment website in 2026. Spoiler: it’s not just about looking pretty. Gordon dives deep into why recruitment websites should be treated as data engines , not digital brochures — and how most agencies are missing massive opportunities when it comes to SEO, candidate...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with “Matthew” (in stealth mode) from SuperFront to explore one of the biggest hidden problems in recruitment… thousands of valuable candidates sitting untouched inside agency CRMs. Most recruiters spend heavily on job boards, LinkedIn licences and sourcing tools, while candidates already sitting in their database are forgotten. SuperFront is chan...

Welcome back to RecTalk with Nitin Sharma, founder of Rectools.io. In this episode, Nitin is joined by returning guests Jo Elwell and Billie Davoile from Contractor Financial to unpack one of the hottest topics affecting recruiters, contractors, business owners and candidates right now: mortgages, financial uncertainty and protecting your future. With rates shifting, market sentiment changing fast...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma is joined by Chris Fahey of AGPayroll to unpack one of the biggest (and most overlooked) legislative changes to hit the recruitment industry in years: Joint and Several Liability (JSL) . Despite its massive implications, a shocking number of agency owners still don’t understand what’s coming — or worse, assume it doesn’t apply to them. Chris breaks down ex...

In this powerful follow-up episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down once again with Ketan Gajjar , founder of RPO Arena and host of The Recruitment Curry podcast, to unpack what recruitment businesses must look like from 2026 onwards. Fresh off winning the most streamed RecTalk episode of 2025 (9,000+ downloads!) , Ketan returns to dive deeper into one of the biggest questions facing agency owne...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with David Clark , the founder of bobcheck , to unpack one of the most overlooked (and costly) problems in recruitment: hidden revenue leakage. If you’ve ever wondered how many fees your agency might be missing without even realising it… this episode is a must-listen. Dave shares the story behind bobcheck, how it started during lockdown, and how i...

In this week’s episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Keith Davidson from Recruitment Funding Solutions to unpack one of the biggest questions in recruitment right now: should you start your own agency—and how do you do it without risking everything? Drawing from real-world experience (including some painful lessons), this episode dives deep into the myths, risks, and realities of launchi...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Mike Ames, founder of Flair Business Growth Consultancy, for a brutally honest and insightful conversation about what it really takes to succeed in recruitment today. Mike shares decades of hard-earned experience—from building and selling recruitment businesses to rethinking what success looks like in a modern, evolving market. This episode d...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Jodi Marchewitz , founder of HireBoost.ai , to unpack one of the most important shifts happening in recruitment right now: the move from transactional recruiting to strategic talent advisory. Jodi’s journey is anything but typical—starting in marketing, moving into SaaS entrepreneurship, and eventually becoming VP of Executive Talent at ZoomI...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with returning guest Jeremy Snell , now of Your People Engine , to unpack one of the most honest and forward-thinking conversations we’ve had about the future of recruitment. From the evolution of Rookie2Recruiter into the fully-fledged performance ecosystem that is Your People Engine, to why the “glory days” of easy billing are gone (and why that...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Alex Hashash , Founder & MD of Global Capability , to explore why Africa—specifically Kenya—is fast becoming one of the most exciting untapped talent markets in global recruitment. Alex shares his journey from a successful career in healthcare recruitment to launching a business in Nairobi, backed by his former employer. But this isn’t ju...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Bobby Russell (Managing Director) and Lakhbir Singh (Commercial Finance Specialist) from Contact Business Finance to unpack one of the most overlooked opportunities in recruitment— using finance and property to build long-term wealth . From invoice finance to commercial property, the conversation dives deep into how recruiters can stop leavin...

In this Founder Diaries episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Ross Linnett , Founder & CEO of Recite Me — a business born from personal struggle and built into a global accessibility powerhouse. Ross shares how being undiagnosed dyslexic shaped his early life, forced him down unexpected career paths, and ultimately inspired him to build technology that makes the internet accessible f...

In this episode of RecTalk, host Nitin Sharma sits down with Sarah Higgs, founder of Recruitment Angel, to explore a topic every recruitment business owner struggles with: time. Sarah shares her journey from working as a legal recruiter to becoming Head of Operations in a recruitment firm and ultimately launching Recruitment Angel—a specialist virtual support service built specifically for the rec...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Eli Duane , Founder & CEO of NOVA by Dweet , to unpack one of the biggest questions facing the recruitment industry right now: Is AI actually improving recruitment… or just adding more noise? Eli brings over 20 years of recruitment experience to the table, having previously helped build and exit a staffing business before launching Dweet—...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Tim Hogwood, Co-Founder of SourceWhale , to unpack the fascinating journey from launching a small recruitment agency in 2020 to building one of the fastest-growing recruitment technology companies in Europe. Recorded at SourceWhale’s Shoreditch offices, Tim shares the real story behind how the business accidentally pivoted from agency life in...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Andy Jones, CEO of Tracker , one of the longest-standing enterprise CRM platforms in recruitment, for a deep dive into the real impact of AI in the industry. Forget the hype around AI writing job ads or taking meeting notes. This conversation goes much deeper — exploring what actually moves the needle for recruiters , why most AI tools are st...

This time on RecTalk , we’re back with another live panel discussion recorded at the TEAM Network South Midlands Regional Meeting , in front of a record-breaking room of recruitment business owners and industry leaders. No script. Just real, honest, unfiltered conversation about where recruitment is heading — and what you need to do to stay relevant. Joining Nitin Sharma on the panel: Kerry Greenl...