RecTalk Podcast - Explore Recruitment Insights

This week’s RecTalk is recorded LIVE at the TEAM Network Service Providers Meeting in Coventry – and it’s an absolute belter 🔥 Nitin Sharma is joined on stage by: Sam Rasdall – Potent Positioning Michelle Davies – Candidate Source Christian Mather – One Day Wealth In front of a room full of recruitment service providers, this panel dives deep into one big question: 👉 Why don’t suppliers collabor...

Welcome back to Founder Diaries , a RecTalk podcast hosted by Nitin Sharma. This episode is a big one. Most recruitment businesses measure success by headcount, revenue, and placements. But what happens when a founder decides to measure success differently — by building a resilient balance sheet powered by Bitcoin? In this conversation, Nitin sits down with Scott Ellam , Founder & CEO of XCE –...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin is joined once again by James Whitelock , MD of ThinkinCircles – a recruitment marketing agency that lives and breathes brand clarity, consistency, and credibility. This conversation is a must-listen if you think your logo is your brand. Because it’s not. They go deep into what actually shapes your recruitment brand – and spoiler alert – it’s every interaction yo...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin is joined again by Ross Thompson , founder of Infinity Staff Global, to unpack the reality behind the South African offshore recruitment model — what’s hype, what’s real, and how to actually win with it. Ross and Nitin dive deep into what’s driving the boom in South African recruitment talent supporting UK, US and Australian agencies, and why cost should never be...

Welcome to a slightly different episode of The Mixed Grill – the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club. This time, it’s a solo special hosted by Bobby Banerjee. An honest, behind-the-scenes look at how the Recruitment Curry Club was born, why it exists, and how it’s grown from six mates in Birmingham to a global recruitment community spanning five countries. Bobby shares the deeply person...

This week on RecTalk, Nitin Sharma hosts a live panel discussion from the TEAM Network South Central Regional Meet Up, centred around one powerful question: If tomorrow was Day One of your recruitment business… what would you do differently? Joining Nitin on stage were four respected voices from across the recruitment ecosystem: John Docherty – ATP Technical (diversity-led STEM recruitment special...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin is joined by Ryan Frampton , Co-founder & CEO of CoRecruit (formerly Quil) — one of the fastest-evolving AI tools built specifically for recruitment agencies. What started as a sales note-taking tool pivoted — by accident — into one of the most powerful recruitment-specific AI platforms on the market. And this isn’t just another “AI will replace recruiters” co...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club . In this episode, Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee pick up exactly where the last conversation left off and go deep (and sideways) on everything from personal regrets to the future of recruitment businesses – with plenty of laughs, analogies, and tangents along the way. The conversation kicks off with reflections...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with the one and only Barry Cullen , Founder of recLAW — aka Backdoor Barry — for a refreshingly honest conversation about what it really takes to scale a specialist professional services business without burning yourself (or your team) into the ground. Five years into recLAW as a regulated law firm (and eight years into the business overall), Ba...

In this episode of RecTalk , host Nitin Sharma sits down with Theresa Mimnagh , partner at specialist recruitment law firm Lawspeed , to unpack some of the biggest legal and regulatory changes the recruitment industry has faced in years . Fresh off the back of Lawspeed’s recent industry seminar, Theresa breaks down what recruiters really need to understand about the proposed Employment Rights Bill...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , where Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee pull up a chair, grab a metaphorical curry, and talk candidly about the good, the bad, and the ugly in recruitment. In this relaxed, no-filter episode, the conversation flows from the chaos of being “busy” in early 2024 to some big, honest takes on AI, recruiter reputation, candidate experience, and why human connection still...

In this episode of RecTalk , host Nitin Sharma is joined by Jo Elwell and Billie Davoile , founders of Contractor Financial , to tackle one of the biggest (and most misunderstood) blockers in the contract recruitment market: financial services for contractors . Jo and Billie share why they started Contractor Financial, how contractors are routinely misunderstood by lenders, and why myths around mo...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma is joined once again by Matt Fox , founder of Exitus Advisory , for a no-nonsense deep dive into what it really takes to sell a recruitment business – and why most agency owners get it wrong. Matt has become one of the most trusted voices in the recruitment M&A and advisory space, and this conversation pulls back the curtain on exit planning, valuation...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , a relaxed, no-filter continuation of the last episode on RecTalk – and the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club . In this episode, Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee go deep (and occasionally off-piste) on what’s actually holding recruitment businesses back in 2025 and beyond – and why clinging to old habits is doing more harm than good. From spray-and-pray...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down in the Candidate Source offices with Laura Carroll , Amy Kelly , and Tom Wickstead — three of the long-standing experts behind one of recruitment’s most under-the-radar support businesses. Candidate Source has been quietly helping recruitment agencies for over two decades, yet many founders still don’t fully understand what they do — or how much...

This episode of RecTalk was recorded live at the TEAM Network North West Regional Meet Up in December of 2025, bringing together four experienced voices from across the recruitment ecosystem for an honest, no-BS panel discussion on where the industry has been, where it’s heading, and what recruiters actually need to do to stay relevant. Joining Nitin Sharma on the panel are: Owain Wilson – Goldfin...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill – a RecTalk podcast and the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club . In this laid-back, no-agenda episode, Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee crack through listener questions, recruitment war stories, and a fair amount of nostalgic nonsense (Argos catalogues, pogs, and dodgy sticker trading included). This one is pure, unfiltered conversation covering what actu...

Is email really dead for recruiters… or have we just broken it ourselves? In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma is joined by Ben Fielding , email deliverability specialist and founder of Quinset , to unpack one of the most misunderstood (and quietly damaging) issues in recruitment: email reputation and deliverability . Recruiters everywhere are walking away from email and piling into LinkedIn...

In this deeply honest episode of Founder Diaries , host Nitin Sharma sits down with Chris O’Connell , founder of BASE Mindset , for one of the most raw and real conversations on RecTalk. This episode goes far beyond recruitment tactics. Chris opens up about his personal journey — from childhood trauma, building and losing a multi-million-pound recruitment business, battling validation addiction on...

In this deeply honest and wide-ranging episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with Danny Steel , Founder & MD of Recruso, to talk about resilience, leadership, recruitment technology, and what it really takes to survive (and prepare to thrive) in one of the toughest recruitment markets in recent memory. Danny opens up about why he’s been quieter over the last year, sharing the personal im...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with one of the most behind-the-scenes operators in recruitment tech – Darren Brown , Co-Founder of LogicMelon . LogicMelon has quietly been powering job distribution, candidate attraction and recruitment data insights for over a decade – and in this conversation, Darren lifts the lid on how the platform was built by recruiters, for recruiters ,...

In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Will Astbury, Global Head of Marketing at SourceFlow, to break down what a modern recruitment website really needs to do in 2026 and beyond. This is not a conversation about “pretty websites”. Will goes deep on how recruitment websites should act as growth engines – driving inbound candidates, client leads, SEO visibility, AI discoverability,...

In this episode of RecTalk , host Nitin Sharma is joined by Cam Brady , Business Development lead at Tracker – a recruitment CRM and ATS that quietly does a lot of heavy lifting without shouting about it. Tracker has been around for over 20 years, and in this conversation we unpack why so many agencies stick with it , what makes their all-in-one approach genuinely different, and how they’re thinki...

In this episode of Founder Diaries , Nitin Sharma sits down with Joel Dalton , exited founder of Clone, strategic advisor, and NED, to unpack what really happens after you scale a business — and what founders rarely prepare for. Joel shares the unfiltered story of building Clone into a £7m marketing services business, navigating Covid, founder burnout, financial blind spots, and ultimately choosin...

As 2025 comes to a close, host Nitin Sharma takes a moment to reflect on a transformational year for RecTalk and the wider recruitment community. This isn’t just a highlight reel — it’s a heartfelt, behind-the-scenes look at the journey of building something from nothing, the power of community, and the resilience it takes to keep showing up. In this special end-of-year episode, you'll hear fr...