The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast

Welcome Mike Winnet, known for successfully scaling and selling his e-learning company for £8 million. Mike shares his entrepreneurial journey, from working in startups to building his own business after feeling undervalued in his previous role. With strong financial planning and risk management, he created a solid runway that allowed him to transition confidently into entrepreneurship. Mike discu...

Helen Plumridge, Founder of Hypa Consulting, explores her evolution from recruiter to entrepreneur and her mission to support female founders in the recruitment industry. Helen shares her personal motivations, including her childhood ambitions, the influence of female role models and the backing of her husband and late father-in-law, which helped fuel her decision to start her own business. Lysha...

Kerri-Ann Hargreaves, Founder of Consult Ka, explores the evolving world of recruitment, in this episode. Kerri-Ann shares her journey from finance to recruitment and how her business emphasises human connection in an industry often driven by numbers. Kerri-Ann and Lysha reflect on the importance of authenticity, both in social selling and personal branding and how a strong online presence can imp...

Welcome Kath Reynolds, Director and Co-founder of Balance Recruitment, with a career spanning over 35 years in finance - 25 of which have been dedicated to recruitment finance, including senior leadership roles at Robert Walters in Sydney and New Zealand. Kath brings a depth of experience and insight into the financial foundations of the recruitment industry. The episode explored the vital role th...

Donna Owen, founder of The Engine, to explore her entrepreneurial journey and expertise in sales and recruitment. Donna shares how she launched her business to support startups and tech companies, emphasising the importance of identifying real world problems and building clear, solution oriented messaging. The conversation dives into the challenges founders face when scaling their sales operations...

Welcome Alistair Collier, founder of The Altech Group, a technology change and transformation recruitment business launched in December 2023. Over 15 years of experience leading recruitment firms, Alistair shares what inspired him to strike out on his own and build a business rooted in purpose and community. Alistair discusses his strategic focus on regional tech markets, emphasising the untapped...

Sanne Wouters, CEO and Founder of RevoData, shares her journey from law student to recruitment professional - working across Liverpool, London and Amsterdam before stepping into leadership as COO of Revo Data. She also runs Empowered by Sanne, a coaching business for founders and hiring managers. Their conversation covers high performance in recruitment with Sanne advocating for sustainable &...

Renuka Gundala, Founder & Director of Talent Grader LTD. In this episode she shares her, two decade long, journey in recruitment with a focus on executive search and senior roles in the not for profit sector. Starting Talent Grader during the COVID-19 pandemic, she initially provided talent assessments for recruiters and HR professionals then later expanding into executive search services for...

Rebecca Shannon, Founder of Complement Coaching, with nearly 30 years of Recruitment experience. Transitioned from a successful corporate career at Hays to founding her own consultancy and later becoming a personal coach. Her shift was driven by significant personal changes, including parenthood, caregiving and a divorce. She now focuses on self leadership coaching & helping clients reconnect...

Kieron Mayers, Head of Marketing at Paiger, explores the evolvement within recruitment, marketing and person branding. Kieron has 15 years of marketing experience in the recruitment industry, working in-house, as a consultant, and now as a recruitment tech product marketer, who we proudly have as a sponsor! In this episode, both reflect on their two-year podcast sponsorship, emphasising authentici...

Lysha Holmes interviews Abbie Heywood, Founder and principal of The ATeam Dance School. Mentioning her remarkable journey from a dance teacher to a thriving business owner. Abbie reflects on her early days teaching street dance, the creation of the A Team within a different business, and her decision to launch her own dance school in 2018. Over the past seven years, her school has expanded to two...

Welcome Emma Devereux, Founder of Manteca Recruitment, joining us for the second time after her first episode in our Birmingham Live Podcast Event. In this episode she discusses her entrepreneurial journey of launching  Maintech Recruitment  during one of the most uncertain times—January 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma opens up about the challenges of starting a busines...

Lysha Holmes welcomes Scarlett Allen-Horton, founder of Harper Fox, to discuss the state of female leadership and diversity in the recruitment industry. Scarlett is also a business partner to Lord Sugar and an ambassador for several UK-based charities, including domestic abuse and women's employment initiatives. In this powerful episode, conversation dives deep into the gender pay gap and the pers...

Our Host, Lysha Holmes - Founder of Qui Recruitment, deep dives into her experiences and practical strategies for thriving in a competitive and ever changing market. Focusing on adaptability and proactive planning, she provides valuable insights on how businesses can maintain success even when facing pressure. Lysha begins by emphasising the importance of going back to basics. In difficult times,...

Briony Platt, Founder and Director of Lean Into Learning, delves into the crucial yet challenging role of the billing manager in the recruitment industry. With her knowledge of 25 years in the recruitment industry, to now transitioned into a training development role, running her own business. They discuss how a billing manager role is a delicate balance between managing people and driving revenue...

Roisin McCabe, Founder of Greenback Group, a community & network building business, shares her entrepreneurial journey and insights - Roisin founded the group after her husband, Ryan McCabe, sadly passed away. She shared her perspective on the importance of community, explaining how her background as a teacher shaped her understanding of fostering environments where individuals can support and...

Joined by Ellie Kay, sharing her remarkable journey from a success in recruitment to launching her own business- The Key 2 ADHD. Ellie opens up & explains her career path before her diagnosis of ADHD; Ellie joined recruitment straight after University, then goes onto starting her own business at 27 years old, trained redundant recruiters through the recession in 2008, then she became a REC2REC...

Ian Knowlson, an expert in global strategy, who better than to interview on what we should be doing as recruiters to thrive in the current recruitment evolution. With his 40 years of recruitment experience and now therefore coaching abilities in his worldwide board advisory role, we ask Ian to plagiarise what all the top global recruitment firms are doing to take strides forward...So, we can all d...

Our host, Lysha Holmes is joined by Tom White, Owner & Founder of 5 Values - a recruitment & media business. Tom dives deep into his journey from starting out in recruitment back in 2008 to now leading a business that spans across three brands: 5V Tech, 5V Video, & 5V Media. Alongside his role as CEO at 5values, he also produces sales advice content through his platform- Tom White Talk...

Greg Savage is making his THIRD entrance back on the show- his first was back in 2020 which put our podcast on the global map; and he is BACK, bringing his knowledge of the recruitment industry to every single recruiter listening. Board adviser, Speaker around the world, even an Author - with an audience of 350k followers on LinkedIn; Greg delves into the topic of creating and keeping target audie...

Joined in this episode by George Bristow, Director & Co-Founder of Bristow & Hardy, a Manchester based recruitment marketing agency established in 2018. Understanding what works and doesn't work for recruitment companies - through their 5+ years of evolution. Working with numerous recruitment businesses across the UK & Internationally, helping them enhance their marketing strategies. L...

Natasha, Global Executive Search Director of Kennedy Fox, shedded light on her experiences and insights into the recruitment industry. Natasha the "near" nurse - ex "near" graduate, highlights the importance of industry experience & the right personality type in recruitment - including Natasha moving from inside the industry she operated for to recruiting for them. She shares the global r...

Kate O'Neill, Director of her own Recruitment Coaching business and newest addition - Job Slinger Academy. Delivering 12 years of her experience to help Recruitment companies hire the best trainees who are prepped & trained before they even step in.. plus also offering recruitment professionals and businesses tailored coaching and training. A full on discussion in this episode with Kate bringi...

Chris O'Connell made a return appearance, Leadership Coach of BASE Mindset, dives deep into his personal and professional journey. Explaining the loss of his £25 million business, family tribulations & homelessness which brings him onto how he has created a business where he shares his business lessons learnt and supports leaders as they scale and grow their own companies. In this episode, bot...

Dries De Coster, Managing Director of Chat Automation LTD, Delivered a meaningful insight exploring the exciting potential of AI and automation in the recruitment industry. Shares his story of moving from Belgium to England in 2005 to expanding his career from working in HR to automation from summer 2023. He discussed how his company’s digital 24/7 working bot, Dwight (Digital worker interface for...