Talent Matters Podcast

Episode 215 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to pioneering D&I expert Cynthia Davis , CEO & Founder of Diversifying Group . Also lending her expert advice on the topic of D&I and how recruitment agencies can begin their D&I journey is Tobi Olowu , Account Executive at Diversifying. It’s an incredibly insightful and inspirational chat focusing...

Episode 214 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to one of Wave’s newest recruits, Richard Harris . Richard and Dave talk about their mutual love of recruitment technology - how to build a recruitment technology stack that addresses the needs of your business now and in the future, where to start, what to look for, the pros of an integrated solution, and the futu...

Episode 213 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to CEO and founder of CV-Library, Lee Biggins . It’s a no-nonsense chat about how job boards have evolved over the past 20 years, where they’re headed, the differences between and various merits of duration and programmatic advertising, and how to improve job ad performance. Lee Biggins first had the idea for CV-Li...

Episode 12 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to the editor of Recruiter Magazine, Dee Dee Doke . They talk about how the recruitment industry will weather the recession, why a focus on skills is needed, and the importance for recruiters of adding value to their offerings by being total market and sector experts. As editor of Recruiter Magazine - a leader in de...

Episode 11 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to Founder of Flair Business Growth Consultancy, Mike Ames . They talk about building a recruitment business that serves you as the owner, how to scale sustainably, what makes a saleable business, and the steps you should be talking right now to weather the recession. Mike Ames has grown and sold two multi-million p...

In episode 10 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series, Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talks to Cara O’Leary , Sales Director at LinkedIn. They talk about current candidate motivations, shifting workplace patterns, startling findings from LinkedIn trends reports, and how to view the recession as an opportunity. Cara O’Leary has spent 22 years in the talent industry, with 16 years working directly in the rec...

In episode 9 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series, Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talks to Rohit Kapoor , Co-founder of Paiger. They talk about the value of marketing in recruitment, the three pillars of recruitment marketing, and why every recruiter is a marketer (they just don’t always realise it!). Rohit Kapoor has worked in the recruitment industry for 15 years and co-founded Paiger 4.5 years ago af...

Episode 8 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to Ryan Bridgman , Senior Sales Director at Jobrapido. It’s a fascinating chat that takes a deep dive into programmatic media - what it is, the benefits, the limitations, and the evolution of digital recruitment advertising. Ryan Bridgman worked at Monster for over 13 years before joining Jobrapido as a Senior Sales...

Episode 7 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast series sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to Totaljobs CEO, Jon Wilson . It’s an honest discussion about the job board’s infamous price increases and the reasons behind them, as well as the current state of the economy, future predictions and how the jobs market is and will be affected. Jon Wilson took up the position of CEO of Totaljobs nearly 3 years ago a...

Episode 6 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to industry legend and newly appointed Waver, Richard Essex. With decades of accrued industry knowledge and having experienced both sides of the recruitment space - both in recruitment and recruitment technology - Richard is uniquely placed to impart advice. He shares his insights on what’s changed in the industry, how recr...

Episode 5 of Wave’s Talent Matters podcast sees Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talk to inspirational business leader Wendy McDougall, founder and CEO of Firefish Software. A former recruitment agency owner herself, Wendy gifts listeners with a raft of insights into setting up a business, what recruiters should look for in their tech, what she wished she’d known when first starting out, and so much more. We...

In episode 4 of Wave’s new Talent Matters podcast, Wave CEO talks to a man that has experienced it all when it comes to recruitment and now uses that breadth of knowledge and experience to advise SME business owners. Paul Sharpe lends his wisdom on scaling, recruiting recruiters, the importance of investing in self-development as a leader, the growing gig economy, consultative recruitment, and so...

In episode 3 of Wave’s new Talent Matters podcast series, Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talks to someone that has sought a different way to run their recruitment agency, to help ensure they’re using business as a force for good. Dave’s chat with Nick Dean centres on B Corp organisations and how that translates in a B2B recruitment business, the benefits of being employee-owned, and musings on the current...

In episode 2 of Wave’s new Talent Matters podcast series, Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talks to a familiar voice in recruitment marketing, Mitch Sullivan. Their chat centres around recruiter branding, job ads as a crucial marketing function, the dilemma of speed versus quality that all recruiters face, and the importance of curating your own talent pool. Mitch Sullivan runs a hugely respected training ac...

In episode 1 of Wave’s new Talent Matters podcast series, Wave CEO Dave Jenkins talks to a leading authority in the recruitment industry, Louise Triance. Their chat centres around finding a USP as a recruiter, the importance of building a community, the return of in-person events, and the positive feel that the industry has right now. Louise Triance is a recruitment industry connector, owner and f...

In Episode 7 of our Talent Matters webinar series, Dave Jenkins is joined by guest Daniel Fellows, CVO of Get-Optimal, where they talk about the importance of job ad optimisation in order to reach diverse talent.   // ABOUT DANIEL FELLOWS Daniel founded Get-Optimal in order to rescue the humble job ad and propel it to greatness. With a background in both tech and marketing, working for intern...

In episode 6 of our Talent Matters webinars, Dave Jenkins is joined by guest Richard Williams, Global Head of Marketing at Austin Fraser, where they discuss the importance of marketing your recruitment business to stay ahead of the game. When the pandemic took hold and the world stopped, Richard and his team kept going, doubling down on the marketing activity to maintain growth across Austin Frase...

In the fifth episode in our series of Talent Matters webinars, Dave Jenkins was joined by guest Ashby Jenkins, founder of Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, to talk about the way the team dealt with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and how pivoting their agency was crucial to ensure they didn’t just survive but continued to grow. They also discussed the importance of promoting diversity within recr...

On this episode of our Talent Matters Podcast, Dave Jenkins is joined by Kevin Green to discuss 'Recruitment post Furlough'.

On this episode of our Talent Matters Webinar, Dave Jenkins and Tom Mehmet discuss the official news of the UK recession and why recruitment agency startups are key to restart the economy.

In the second episode of our Talent Matters Webinar, Dave Jenkins and Tom Mehmet talk about the strategies recruiters can implement moving forward.  What we expect to happen with the job boards, how technology plays a role and is this the turning point for recruiters to start moving more into programmatic and performance-based advertising.

Wave's first Talent Matters Webinar, hosted by Dave Jenkins and Tom Mehmet, talked about the strategies recruiter should be implementing with their job board contracts.  At a massive 83%, job boards still account for the vast majority of posted jobs, proving that they continue to be the favoured platform for recruiters.  With Covid-19 affecting every single aspect of modern daily life an...