The Recruitment Network Podcast

Molly Johnson-Jones, joins us to discuss one of the benefits of working from home, flexible working. After being sacked when she asked to work flexibly to accommodate her autoimmune disease, Molly knew she had to fix this broken system. In 2019 she co-founded Flexa, the UK’s first careers platform dedicated to truly flexible working, setting the standard across all industries with their Flexification...

Joining us on this week's TRN Podcast is Larry Robertson. Larry is a multi award winning author who brings a wealth of insights into how leadership is changing in these uncertain times. Leadership is evolving and it requires us as leaders to evolve too. It's worth listening to Larry's takes and insights. Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and how we can help your recruitment business?...

  Joining us on this week's TRN Podcast is Neil Balter. A man who's been interviewed 4 times by Opera Winfrey and has an extraordinary story in both his personal life and business. Enjoy this conversation that covers providing value to your audience, the power of mentors and the benefits of actually really listening to your customers. Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and h...

  On this week's podcast, we welcome Mo Fathelbab. Mo is a TED talker who’s worked with over 20,000 over nearly 3 decades. His latest book is the Friendship Advantage, and in this episode, we talk about the 7 keys to building relationships that can transform culture, and drive productivity and performance in your business. Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and how we can he...

This week we're joined by Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green, also known as Ruth Hunt. Ruth is one of the youngest serving peers in the House of Lords and is also CEO of Deeds and Words and has some fascinating insights beyond the labels of what diversity and inclusion is really about and how you can implement meaningful change. This is such a fascinating journey and story, please do enjoy it. Want to...

  On this week's podcast, we welcome Nicola Cook. If you’re looking to scale your business and build a sales machine to accelerate your growth and scalability then you need to listen to this week's podcast. Nicola runs an awesome agency that has scaled recruitment businesses sales machines 100s of times. Enjoy! Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and how we can help your recr...

One of the big missions of The Recruitment Network is to help recruitment business leaders go on a journey. Whether that be from start-up to 10 heads, international expansion or a capital event. So it’s great to have Simon Church a TRN Board member and Mike Gawthorne who was the MD at ARM and Serecor until very recently and has just exited through an MBO. If you’re looking to take your business to...

What does it take to build a small family business from the North of England into a multi-million-pound brand? Join us as we talk to Reebok founder Joe Foster. Who covers the growth of Reebok from a small family business to the global brand we all know and love. It’s a story of overcoming adversity, mixed with a healthy dose of luck and it’s a great lesson in how we can turn every obstacle into an...

    On this week’s Podcast, we’re joined by Chris Stringer Founder of That Recruitment Company. In this podcast, Chris shares with us what living with extreme anxiety has meant for him as a business leader and colleague.  For anybody who’s interested in the well being of your team and yourself then we urge you to listen to this episode. Chris shares his thoughts and experiences...

If you’re interested in growing a recruitment business and taking it to exit. Then this is the Podcast for you. This weeks guest is Marc Cohen from Consult Partners, who, along with his business partner Graham Hubert built a fantastic business, took it internationally and sold it a couple of years ago. There are some great insights into the different phases of growth, the different challenges you...

On this week's podcast, we're joined by the inspirational Heledd Kendrick, Founder and CEO at Recruit for Spouses. Over the last 10 years, Heledd has been on a mission to help as many wives and partners of serving and ex-serving members of the armed forces get into the world of work. Heledd covers the challenges they face, the perceptions they face as well as some insights into the politics and th...

On this weeks TRN Podcast we're joined by Louise Archer CEO and Founder of Retrained Search. If you're interested in selling more retained business, evolving your relationship with your clients and being a strategic partner to them then this is the podcast for you. Louise's background in search and growing retained revenues is fascinating and she shares some of her lessons that she's learned over...

Joining us on this week's podcast is Ben Browning the founder of Resonant Recruitment Development. Ben is a recruitment sales trainer who draws on a hugely successful career as a recruitment consultant. He shares with us some tips, tricks, philosophies and insights that he’s learnt and he applies with many clients to help them turn relationships into better results. Enjoy! Want to know more about...

On this weeks TRN podcast we're joined by Leo Bottary. Leo has spent 10 years looking at leadership. Specifically looking and understanding how is it that as leaders we make better decisions by hanging out with our peers. Leo shares 5 factors that can underpin high performing teams. As well as some great tips from his new book about learning achieving cycles and how we can drive performance in our...

Joining us on this week's podcast is one of our favourite leadership thought leaders, Glen Daley. Glen will be sharing his thoughts on leadership, what's changed, the impact of the uncertainty of the last 12 months. We'll also be discussing some of the leadership methods that haven't changed over the last 60 years. Enjoy. Want to know more about The Recruitment Network and how we can help your rec...

On this week's Podcast, we have Adam Dale from TRN Parters SourceBreakers joining us. Adam and James catch up about what’s been happening in the world of recruitment and the changes that Adam has seen in the industry. They discuss the future of tech and AI in the industry and Adam gives some fascinating insights into what we’ll be seeing in 2021 and beyond. Enjoy! For more information about Source...

Joining us this week is Robbie Kellman-Baxter author of The Membership Economy: Find Your Superusers, Master the Forever Transaction & Build Recurring Revenue and The Forever Transaction: How to Build a Business So Compelling, Your Customers Will Never Want to Leave. James and Robbie discuss the evolution of the way we do business, how consumers buy and how any business can implement a ‘subscr...

Joining us this week is one of the most inspiration and thought-provoking leaders in the world of talent acquisition, Paul Modley from AMS. Paul shares with us his view of what's happening in the world of talent acquisition, what solutions our clients are looking for, what's happening in terms of workplace design and how agencies should be working. He also shares what AMS is doing as an employer i...

On this week's podcast, we are joined by Brad Dowden an IT and systems Guru. Brad helps us simplify how we as business leaders can look at systems, the challenges and opportunities we currently face and how getting the right tech stack in place can help us. He also tells us how we can build a tech stack and make the right decisions on how we can get to where we want to go. Plenty of insights and l...

Please welcome Lisa Scales, Head of Talent Acquisition at Nestlé UK to the TRN Podcast. This episode gives a great insight into the client's side, and what clients are currently seeing and what they're looking for moving forward.  As we've spent time looking at how we can build better strategic partnerships with our clients, it's great to hear from Lisa who shares some great insights and take...

On this week's podcast, we welcome Nellie Perrin and Emma Thomson from Hinterview. In this podcast, we talk about video technology, where it’s come from and where it’s going. But we also touch on how video tech can play its part in eliminating unconscious bias.  D&I is right at the top of the agenda for most employers, and there’s a really neat angle where we can help them make sure there...

On this week's podcast, we welcome David Ellis from PGC Group. We'll be talking about doing recruitment in the US and Canada. What are the opportunities, some of the challenges and some of the differences between the markets. Enjoy.

Joining Gordon on this week's podcast is Ornella Nsio Campaign and Government Relationships Manager at the REC. Ornella and Gordon speak about one of the RECs biggest priorities which  D& I within Recruitment.  Ornella shares some insights as to what she is seeing and what the REC are doing to help drive D&I in recruitment businesses. If you’re looking to put in place your own D&...

Joining Gordon on this week's podcast is Dom Waters, Owner of Paul Waters the licensee in the UK for the SPQ Sales Tool. Dom and Gordon go over one of the biggest frustrations facing recruitment business leaders - bringing the right talent into their business. They talk about what SPQ does, how it works and how it helps your business look at the inner drive and capability of potential staff, and s...

Joining Gordon on this week's podcast is Steve Guest, author of Top Biller - The Life of a Recruiter. Steve and Gordon discuss how the big billers of the recruitment world have evolved and what they’re doing differently and better now. Steve shares what we need to be doing to excel and become big billers ourselves. Enjoy!