The Recruitment Network Podcast

This week on the TRN Podcast we have not one but two internationally renowned authors and thought leaders who have both been speakers at The Recruitment Network over the years. We're pleased to welcome Sophie Devonshire and Ben Renshaw who have recently collaborated on a book which is due out in November called Love Work. They've researched and reviewed how our relationship with work is evolving....

Joining us for this episode of our Inspiration Women in Recruitment series is Sara Gaughan. Sara is the Chief Operating Officer of Finlay James, renowned for specialist skills in partnering Start-up, Scale-up and Hyper-Growth technology companies.

Joining us this week is Vanessa Raath, known as the Talent Hunter. Vanessa has built a career and a business based on how to source clients more effectively. We love her view on what the modern-day recruiter needs to excel at and how they need to evolve. In this podcast, she shares some great tips and hacks about finding talent that others aren't able to find. Enjoy!

Welcome back to our Inspiration Women in Recruitment series. Joining us this week is Louise Trance. Louise is the Managing Director of UK Recruiter and has been for over 23 years, she's an online event specialist and also the Global Head of Customer Success at Crowdcast. Industry hub, recruitment industry fixer, host of recruitment events and technology showcases as well as a trained psychometric...

This week we're joined by award-winning Ann Francke. Ann is the Chief Executive of the CMI. Ann shares with us her journey from some of the biggest brands in the world into her current role where she's looking to drive the leadership and management agenda in the UK and abroad. With 143,000 members she's well placed to give her insights into what she's seeing. This is well worth a listen, enjoy!

Welcome to our next Inspirational Women in Recruitment podcast. A dynamic entrepreneur, with a wicked sense of humour, beaming smile and enormous commercial acumen, Nina is the Founder of Intuitive Interim & Executive Search. A professional and engaging individual, she brings a lifetime of experience of supporting people and organisations through the challenges of ongoing business change. Nina...

  This week's guest is Simon Severino, a strategist who's come up with a methodology called 'strategy sprints' which helps businesses unlock the ability to scale by being more effective as a business and a business leader. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Joining us for this episode of our Inspiration Women in Recruitment series is Elena Kyria. Elena is the founder of Elemed, a unique recruitment business specialised in positions in the medical device industry. She is an award winning talent acquisition specialist focussed on talent attraction, personal branding, and delivering the ultimate candidate experience; and a trusted partner for bringing e...

Joining us this week is Chris Milnes from Partners&. Chris joins us to talk about his journey from a recruitment business leader to the world of insurance. Partners& are one of the most innovative companies in the insurance space and a great case study about how to do the simple stuff brilliantly. Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 4 of our series of podcasts focusing on inspirational women in recruitment. Joining us for episode four is Louise Smyth. Louise is the joint Managing Director of MCS group based in Northern Island. Louise has over 26 years of experience in recruitment so has seen a lot of changes both in her business and the industry as a whole. Enjoy this episode of our Inspiration Women in Rec...

There's a lot of talk at the moment about what makes an employer of choice as we head into the autumn of 2021.  We're delighted to be joined on this week's podcast by Ngozi Weller who shares with her the success of her corporate career, which was going really well until she hit what she calls the brown ceiling. She talks to us about the implications of that and why it took her to a dark place...

Episode 3 of the Inspirational Women in Recruitment series sees us joined by Geraldine King, CEO of the Nation Recruitment Federation and a board member of the Committee of the World Employment Confederation. Geraldine has over 18 years of experience in the recruitment sector. Enjoy this episode of our Inspiration Women in Recruitment series.

Joining us this week is Chris Danks, Founder of LaunchGlobal. who help recruiters who work with clients who are looking to scale internationally and into new regions. If you're currently working with clients that are looking to scale internationally and into new regions then this week's podcast is for you. LaunchGlobal helps their clients find talent, they also advise on how and where are the best...

Welcome back to episode 2 of our Inspiration Women in Recruitment series. In episode 2 we're joined by Samantha Maxwell-Reed. Samantha is the founder and group MD of Expand Executive Search. Samantha has also recently joined the team here at TRN helping us as a Strategic Advisor. Enjoy this episode of Inspiration Women in Recruitment.

  Joining us on this week's podcast is Rob Earle from Jobadder. Rob shares with us where he's come from in his career, what he's learnt from his days as a recruiter and how it's shaped his thinking about technology. Rob will talk about how to make the right decisions when it comes to the tech stack and give us some insight into some of the cool things Jobadder are doing. Enjoy.

Joining us for our first episode in the Inspirational Women in Recruitment series is Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr. Nadia is also a top 30 inspiration woman in the city with 16 years in the recruitment sector and is a real change-maker in the industry. Enjoy this episode in our Inspiration Women in Recruitment Series.

Joining us on this week’s TRN Podcast is David Perry nicknamed the Rogue Recruiter by the Wall Street Journal. David has built his own very successful search business and created some phenomenal relationships. In this episode, David shares with us exactly what it means to be a strategic advisor. David is a fascinating guy and gives us some real insights into how we can build amazing relationships...

Joining us on this week’s TRN Podcast is Cat Clancy. Cat is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lunaria Partners. In this episode, we’re going to explore Cat’s journey of setting up and running her business, and more importantly, we’ll be talking about how she has made it a truly purpose lead business and what that means in reality. Enjoy! Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and how we...

Joining us on this week’s TRN Podcast is Craig Goldblatt. Craig is a transformational speaker and motivational coach. He focuses on working with leaders and helping them unleash the best within their teams and themselves. On today's episode, Craig will be talking about personal leadership. We’re in a place where we need to stop, check and reset our own personal wellbeing so we can be the best lead...

Joining us on this week's TRN Podcast is Roberta Matuson. Roberta has helped leaders in Fortune 500 companies and small to medium-size businesses achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximisation of talent. Roberta is the author of five commercially published books on leadership and talent, including the international bestseller, Suddenly in Charge, and her most recent Evergre...

Joining us on this week’s TRN Podcast is Louisa Clarke, Partner at The Caffeine Partnership and Co-author of “Catalyst - using personal chemistry to turn contacts into contracts." In this episode Gordon and Louisa talk about Business Development, how it can be wrapped up in management speak and jargon and how in essence it boils down to creating and keeping great relationships with your clients. E...

On this week's TRN Podcast we're going back to our Maximum Momentum Summit where we were joined by James Caan MBE. James is the founder and CEO of Hamilton Bradshaw, based in Mayfair, London. The company was founded in 2004 and specialises in buyouts, venture capital, turnarounds and real estate investment in the UK. Join us as we find out more about James' journey from the cupboard to Dragons Den...

Joining us this week is Sheri Hughes, UK Diversity and Inclusion Director at the Michael Page Group. In this episode, we discuss the challenges that Michael Page have experienced in implementing diversity and inclusion over the past 10 years. We’ll cover the benefits, the role of managers, how we can influence our client base using D & I and some of the things we need to consider as employers....

Joining us on this week’s TRN Podcast is Nadia Edwards-Dashti Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr. Nadia is walking the talk for real change - working towards workplace equality through hiring strategies and retention methods. In this episode, we discuss all things diversity and what recruitment businesses can do to make sure they are doing all they can for their clients, candidates and the...

On this week's Podcast we bring you our Setting up and Scaling in the US webinar. In this webinar James Osborne, Marc Cohen and Amy Davies from TRN Partner PGC Group In this session, we discuss all things US staffing, from setting up, strategy, sales, legislation, locations and more. If you're looking to take your recruitment business to the US in the near future then this podcast is well worth a...