The Recruitment Leadership Podcast

Join your host, Alison Humphries, for a thought-provoking discussion on the evolving landscape of AI and automation in recruitment in this episode with James Kingston, CEO of Kingston Barnes. In this episode, you can expect Alison and James to explore the strategic implementation of automation and AI tools within the recruitment process, with practical tips for onboarding and measuring success.  T...

Join your host Alison Humphries, as she speaks with Ollie Whiting, CEO at La Fosse and discover Ollie’s secrets of successfully scaling recruitment businesses. This includes growing La Fosse Associates to over 300 employees, $7.6+ million in EBIT, and reaching number 26 in the Recruiter Hot100 this year. The discussion highlights key themes for successful recruitment businesses that have scaled, s...

Join your host Alison Humphries, as she is joined by industry veteran Lysha Holmes, founder of Qui Recruitment, to unpack the secrets to retaining top talent in the face of a challenging recruitment landscape.  Drawing on her 18 years of experience of running Qui Recruitment, Lysha offers invaluable insights on creating a thriving work environment that fosters loyalty and engagement. From the hidd...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by DeeDee Doke, Editor at Recruiter.   If you (somehow) don’t recognise her name - DeeDee is an industry legend having been Editor at Recruiter since 2005, a leading source of news and business intelligence both via their website and magazine.    It’s safe to say she has an unbeatable network and enc...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Wendy McDougall, CEO of Firefish.   Business development is a big theme for recruiters at the moment, and many are struggling with this skill that has in recent years, become fundamental to the success or a recruiter.   In this episode, Wendy sits down with Alison to share her top tips when it com...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Matthew Banks, Growth Manager at Red Nevada Tech. Discussing how recruiters can leverage artificial intelligence, Matthew shares his experience as both a recruiter and tech salesperson.  He provides advice on where recruiters should focus their initial AI efforts, how to advise candidates and clie...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Christian Hughes, CEO of MyPeople Group.   Many recruitment business leaders will have either listened to podcast episodes (including The Recruitment Leadership Podcast!) concerned with psychometrics, or know something about them from their own experience.    However, within the current market, My...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Vladimer Botsvadze, an award-winning, marketing thought leader. Vladimer is a world-renowned advisor, mentor and speaker with an extraordinary CV. He has particular expertise in the marketing and artificial intelligence areas and as such, this episode has a keen focus on the impact of AI on the re...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by James Lawton, host of The Staffing RecOps podcast and Enterprise Account Executive at Mployee.   James joins Alison to share his hot take on tech and automation in recruitment; starting with CRM (ATS) systems, and then venturing onto the wider tech stack, before exploring AI implementation and Cha...

In our latest episode on the Recruitment Leadership podcast, Alison is joined by Gabi Preston-Phypers, the co-founder of Tooled-Up Raccoons, a groundbreaking company that is poised to transform the way recruiters search for candidates.  By empowering recruiters to discover a more diverse pool of talent in previously untapped markets, Gabi's business is revolutionising the recruitment landscape. Th...

Alison is joined by her friend and former colleague, Alex Elliot, a recruitment industry expert, in the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast.  Together, they discuss the importance of internal hiring for the success of recruitment businesses and delve into the unique approach of Alex’s London-based agency, Liquid Personnel, which specialises in finding top-tier sales talent. Wit...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Sacha Koffman, a Leadership and Talent Executive.    Sacha is a seasoned professional who has navigated the ever-evolving landscape of talent acquisition and leadership. With experience spanning international consulting firms, recruitment startups, and internal talent acquisition for a top bank...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Lyndsey Simpson, Founder and CEO of 55/Redefined.  Before founding 55/Redefined, Lyndsey had a very successful recruitment career, working her way up to CEO of The Curve Group. Lyndsey's experiences in this role led her to realise that there was a passive talent pool in the over 55s that many recr...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast your host, Alison Humphries, is joined by Leadership Coach and Author, Zena Everett.  Zena has a rare cocktail of entrepreneurial, head-hunting, organisational psychology and coaching experience. In her early career, Zena founded a successful recruitment business and in the process became increasingly interested in why some candidates wer...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Adam Kay, Partner at Saffery Champness.    With over 20 years of experience advising recruitment firms on their tax and financial matters, Adam joins Alison to offer his expertise to any recruitment business leaders running rapidly scaling organisations, or those who aspire to be.    In this ex...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by not one, but two special guests! In this episode, Alison speaks to Nikki Samant-Jones and Matthew MacLachlan, Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Learning Innovation respectively at Country Navigator. Country Navigator is the industry-leading platform for cultural intelligence and inclusion traini...

In the latest episode of the Recruitment Leadership podcast your host, Alison Humphries is joined by Brett Ennals, Founder and Director of Cento Group.    Cento Group is a nationwide recruitment agency specialising in Fire & security, Lift & Escalators, Built Environment and Health & Safety industries.    Through working to shift his own mindset and that of his team, Brett has successfully led Cen...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by not one, but two special guests!   In this episode, Alison speaks to James Truswell and Andrew Dean, Directors of Menlo Park.     Menlo Park is an award-winning recruitment agency specialising in recruiting for permanent positions within primary care, adult social care, medical devices and medic...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by James Fowler, founder and CEO of Fintelligent Search and Leaders in Care. Fintelligent Search specialises in the Financial Services, Legal and Finance sectors. Leaders in Care are recruitment specialists operating within Health and Social Care. James is a highly experienced recruitment leader ha...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Katrina Cheverton, CEO of Savannah Group. Savannah Group is a global executive search and interim management firm specialising in board appointments, functional C-Suite appointments and key sectors.  With a diverse career background and an atypical route into recruitment, Katrina kindly joined A...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Max Mitcham, VP of Sales at Talent Ticker. Talent Ticker is an award-winning Staffing Market Intelligence firm that organises the world’s information to provide deep insights and predictive analytics on staffing trends for organisations and people. In this exclusive episode, Max joins Alison to...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by James Ball, Founder of AdBuilder. James is highly experienced in the recruitment field, having owned and led recruitment businesses himself.  AdBuilder began as a seed of an idea to aid recruiters in writing better, more consistent job adverts which attracted the right people. This fascinating e...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Mike Tann, Director of Select Offshore and Select Tech.   Founded in 2013, Select Offshore is an offshore recruitment agency that focuses on three sectors of the offshore energy industry.    In this exclusive episode, Mike shares his story on how Select Offshore achieved 50% growth and garnered...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Sharon Peake, Founder and CEO of Shape Talent. Sharon is a highly experienced diversity and talent management expert with over 20 years of experience working in global businesses; including executive-level roles at 20 businesses, where she was responsible for diversity and talent and retention. ...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Adam Oldfield, founder and CEO of Force24 - the UK's fastest-growing marketing automation platform. After spending 10 years in senior marketing, Adam developed Force24 as a comprehensive solution for marketeers, allowing them to do smart marketing at speed. This episode is the first in a series...