RecTalk Podcast - Explore Recruitment Insights

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with the man many recruiters know as “Backdoor Barry” — Barry Cullen , Partner & Solicitor at recLAW, one of the UK’s leading specialist law firms serving the recruitment industry. Barry lifts the lid on what recLAW really does (spoiler: it’s much more than just backdoor fee claims), how the firm has grown to a multi-lawyer practice, and why...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with Andrew Philipson , Founder of JOBBA , to unpack one of the biggest problems in recruitment today: why businesses hate agencies, why great recruiters are getting punished, and what a fairer model actually looks like . Andrew shares the real story behind building JOBBA — a platform designed to connect businesses directly with independent recru...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma is joined at Kitto Towers by Kris Holland , Founder of Kitto , and Rich Evans , to unpack one of the most common (and costly) problems in recruitment businesses today: getting marketing completely wrong . Together, they dive deep into why so many recruitment founders struggle with marketing, the outdated assumptions holding agencies back, and why treating...

Welcome back to Talking Talent , a RecTalk podcast, hosted by Nitin Sharma and Sean Kennedy . In this episode, we’re joined by Gita Selli , an experienced in-house talent leader who brings real-world, no-BS insight into what’s going wrong with candidate experience — and what talent teams should be doing instead. With candidate frustration at an all-time high, ghosting now “normalised”, and AI bein...

In this powerful Founder Diaries episode of RecTalk, host Nitin Sharma , founder of the whole-of-market recruitment directory Rectools.io, sits down with two industry heavyweights: Kirsty Craig (40 years in recruitment, founder of KCA People ) and Pauline Emmott-Royston (Founder of Neom Recruitment , 26 years in the game). Together, they unpack why your hiring process — not recruitment itself — is...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill: After Dark Edition — a chaotic, curry-fuelled ride with your hosts Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee . Just two recruitment misfits in a car, unpacking life, the industry, and everyone we love (and occasionally politely dislike) across the recruitment world. In this episode, we cover everything from weight-loss journeys and personal style glow-ups… to why some consul...

In this special episode from the Paraform UK Recruiter Gala at the stunning Hedsor House, Nitin is joined again by guest hosts Bobby Banerjee and Kat Kingshott for the last of a marathon of conversations featuring some of the brightest recruiters and Paraform insiders in the industry. Across multiple mini-interviews, we hear from: 👉 Daniel Jones and Ryan Horne of Searchability 👉 Alexander Wen ,...

In this special RecTalk episode, recorded live at the Paraform UK Recruiter Gala at Hedsor House, Nitin is joined again by guest hosts Bobby Banerjee and Kat Kingshott as they speak with more top-performing recruiters and members of the Paraform strategy & ops team. This episode continues from the previous Gala instalment. Guests share unfiltered insights into the Paraform platform, the AI-dri...

Welcome back to Founder Diaries , a RecTalk podcast hosted by Nitin Sharma , founder of Rectools.io — the only whole-of-market directory for recruitment suppliers. This week, Nitin sits down with Taylor James — Co-Founder of Twentytwo Productions , award-winning podcast host, producer, and creator of The Waffle Shop . Taylor’s journey is anything but ordinary, and in this deeply real and refreshin...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club hosted by Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee — where recruitment chat meets curry-fuelled chaos. Fresh out of a Diwali dinner in Northwest London, Nitin and Bobby jump into the car for a late-night debrief and dive head-first into the spicy stuff recruiters don’t usually say out loud. Here’s what they dig into: Recru...

Inside the Paraform Revolution: Recruiter Stories, AI Breakthroughs & Marketplace Mastery — Live from Hedsor House In this special live edition of RecTalk , hosts Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee sit down with recruiters, founders, and the Paraform leadership team at the spectacular Paraform UK Recruiter Gala at Hedsor House. Across the evening, they speak with marketplace veterans, top billers...

In this special on-location episode of RecTalk , recorded at the iconic Hedsor House ahead of the Paraform UK Recruiter Gala , Nitin Sharma and guest co-host Bobby Banerjee sit down with Wayne Zhou and Kat Kingshott to deep-dive into the realities of scaling recruitment across the US, UK, and global markets. Wayne and Kat share the unfiltered story of Paraform — how the company began as a scrappy...

In this episode of Founder Diaries , host Nitin Sharma sits down with the brilliant and brutally honest Rich Evans — entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and the man with more pies than fingers. Rich’s journey is anything but typical. From wanting to be a PE teacher… to knocking doors selling TV packages… to running recruitment teams… to building and exiting Bold Identities … and now advising and inve...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club , hosted by Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee . In this week’s episode, Nitin and Bobby dive into a hilarious and surprisingly insightful phone-in special (well… voice-note special because it’s 2025 and nobody wants a real phone-in on a Friday at 1:55pm). Expect unfiltered nonsense , actual recruitment wisdom , and...

Welcome to a special roundtable masterclass edition of RecTalk , hosted by Nitin Sharma. Get ready for pure, unfiltered industry knowledge from five of the most respected brains in recruitment… and Bobby. 😉 In this honest (and hilarious) discussion, Nitin is joined by: Keith Davidson – Recruitment Funding Solutions Bobby Banerjee – Elev8 Learning Stewart Roberts – Mayachi Christian Mather – One D...

In this special edition of RecTalk , host Nitin Sharma sits down with two returning favourites and Rectools Recommended suppliers — Poonam Mawani of Azuki Accounts and Christian Mather of One Day Wealth — for a deep and brutally honest conversation about what it actually takes to get both your business and yourself truly exit ready . Most recruitment founders don’t think about selling until they’r...

Welcome back to Founder Diaries , a RecTalk podcast hosted by Nitin Sharma — founder of Rectools.io, the whole-of-market directory for recruitment tools. In today’s powerful and deeply human episode, Nitin sits down with Joe O’Mahoney — a people-focused Change Management Leader and Coach whose career spans E.ON, Hastings Direct, and Three Mobile, where he oversaw a £1.6bn portfolio ahead of the Vo...

Welcome back to The Mixed Grill , the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club —where your hosts Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee simmer, roast and occasionally deep-fry the wildest parts of the recruitment industry. In this episode, we dive straight into the absolute carnage of modern recruiting—from rogue speculative CVs to dodgy “send me my fee” emails , using the now-infamous LinkedIn pos...

This week on RecTalk , Nitin sits down with the brilliant and endlessly entertaining Christian Mather , founder of One Day Wealth , to unpack one of recruitment’s biggest blind spots: financial planning, resilience, and learning to build wealth that actually sticks . You’ll hear Christian’s wild journey from stockbroker culture in London to becoming the recruitment industry’s go-to financial plann...

In this live special of RecTalk , filmed at the TEAM Network South Midlands Regional Meet Up , Nitin Sharma brings together a powerhouse panel of recruitment leaders to unpack the biggest lessons from 2025 and the strategies recruiters need to thrive in 2026. Joining Nitin on the panel: Michelle Theuma – MD at Concept Onyx Recruitment & TEAM Regional Director Luke Pitkin – Co-Founder of Giig,...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin sits down with Gary Williamson and Gary Brotherton of Gazelle Risk Solutions , recorded right inside the Gazelle podcast studio. Gazelle are newly recommended suppliers on Rectools.io — and after this chat, you’ll fully understand why. They break down the real risks recruitment businesses face today and why most agency owners unknowingly carry outdated, incomplet...

In this off-the-cuff episode of The Mixed Grill (the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club), hosts Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee dive into one of recruitment’s most persistent and divisive questions: Is recruitment actually a sales job — or have we been labelling it wrong all along? With no agenda beyond honest conversation, the two go deep into the realities of modern recruiting: – Why...

In this episode of RecTalk , Nitin Sharma sits down with Ketan Gajjar , Co-Founder of RPO Arena and host of The Recruitment Curry podcast. If you're in the recruitment industry, you've likely seen Ketan across LinkedIn, the Recruitment Agency Expo, or Elite Leaders — and now he's officially part of the Rectools Recommended Supplier community. This conversation goes way beyond the usual...

In this incredible Founder Diaries episode of RecTalk , Nitin sits down with John Shipley — former General Manager of Leicester Championship Wrestling (LCW) . John shares the fascinating journey of how he turned his lifelong passion for professional wrestling into one of the UK’s fastest-growing independent wrestling promotions. From battling mental health struggles to building a legacy brand from...

Welcome to another episode of The Mixed Grill , the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club — hosted by Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee . This casual, car-ride chat from Manchester peels back the layers behind the why of the Recruitment Curry Club — the community bringing recruiters, founders, and suppliers together over one thing everyone can agree on: a good curry and better conversation....