To date, The RAG has been designed to talk to Recruitment Owners about legacy growth stories to inspire the next generation.

However, in 2020 we find ourselves in the ‘new normal’, an environment we have never lived or worked before.

In today’s episode I was Live on LinkedIn and shared my future vision for the show. I aim to continually inspire recruitment business owners with interesting stories and opinions each week, however now in the pursuit of creating next generation Recruitment Agencies.

This will include stories relating specifically to:

• Marketing, Personal Branding & Social Media
• Recruitment Technology
• Digital Operations
• Mental Health & Wellbeing

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On this week's show, I was delighted to spend time with Elliot Dell, the CEO of Salt - a well known brand in the Digital Recruitment market, globally. Headquartered in London with 220 staff across offices in Asia, Australia, USA and the Middle East, Elliot joined as a recruiter and worked his way up to CEO after 10 years.

Salt didn’t actually exist when he joined, it was a small, family owned exec search business that soon changed with Elliot’s influence. As Salt gathered momentum, they soon acquired another business named 'Salt’ in New Zealand and that’s where things really took off.

Elliot has an incredible energy and passion for growing a fantastic business that can truly change the Digital Recruitment world. Whilst growing international teams at work, he is also the father of 3 children and has a super active lifestyle - an inspirational guy for sure!

Today I was joined by Doeke, the co-founder of WeAreKeen and agency providing in-house recruitment teams to start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises across the Netherlands.

In this episode, he talked about how his country has reacted and dealt with lockdown and how his business has had to adapt to the change. Being an in-house agency with a relationship focused approach, he revealed how this has enabled them to stay close and support both clients and suppliers through a time that effects us all!

A refreshing chat from a very innovative recruitment owner, you can connect with Doeke and ask any questions here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doeke/

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by my Co-Host Pete Watson and Stephen Carter, Partner and the founder of Sharp & Carter, a leading Australian recruitment business with 100 staff across 5 offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

The first episode in our ‘Australian Lockdown’ series and what a guest to kick things off with!

In this episode, we talked about:

• Stephens business pre COVID
• The difficult decisions he was forced to make
• How he personally dealt with feeling like he had let his people down
• How the business evolved to survive a 7 months lockdown
• His vision for the future and advice to UK recruitment business owners in Lockdown #2

An inspiring and authentic leader whom I have had the pleasure of working with personally as part of the Hoxo Academy, it was a true pleasure for Pete and I to interview him.

If you would like to know how to survive and thrive by truly put your people first- this is NOT to be missed!

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In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Charlie Sell, Group MD for Arrows Group.

Going into Lockdown in March 2020, Arrows had 75 staff across UK, Germany and Netherlands and were very confident in their ability as an employer to cater to people from all walks of life.

In the middle of Lockdown #2, In this episode, we talked about:

• Arrows remote onboarding issues
• The camaraderie across the ‘COVID’ team
• Charlie’s personal highs and lows during 2020 including at times feeling outdated in his working methods and later launching a podcast through the Hoxo Academy
• How the business has embraced technology in all areas possible
• His vision for the future and advice to UK recruitment business owners in Lockdown #2

An extremely honest leader who is happy to help others, please reach out to Charlie if you feel you would like any personal questions answered!

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In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by my Co-host Pete Watson and Paul Hallam, Partner and the Founder and Executive Director of Six Degrees Executive- a leading Australian executive recruitment business with 90 staff across offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Paul shared how after 16 years as CEO of his agency, in Feb 2019 he decided to step down from this role and handed over the helm to Suzie McInerney, previously state director in the business.

He had grand plans of changing his lifestyle, investing time ON the business and other ventures he was already invested in and passionate about.

However as the 12 month hand over period came to an end, the Pandemic hit!

In this episode, we talked about:

• How Six Degree’s handled the first wave of the virus
• The ways in which the business stayed ‘connected’ and maintained it’s thriving culture
• How Paul personally felt during the extended lockdown
• His vision for the future and advice to UK recruitment business owners in Lockdown #2

A fascinatingly successful leader whom I have had the pleasure of working with personally as part of the Hoxo Academy, it was a true pleasure for Pete and I to interview him.

If you would like to reach out to Paul and ask any questions directly, he is more than happy to give up some time!

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In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Chris Eldridge, CEO of Interquest - a leading, fully integrated technology staffing group headquartered in London.

Chris shared how although having great experience as a result of starting in the industry in 1995, he, like everyone else, had no ‘rule book’ for managing the business through the coronavirus.

Interquest had a strong Q1 and were super excited about 2020. Chris admitted that at the this point, he frankly didn’t believe that COVID-19 would have a great impact on us.

In this episode, we talked about

• How Interquest handled the first wave of the virus
• How Chris himself found support to make crucial decisions
• The reality of how the business have survived and thrived by placing 868 candidates remotely using video
• Internal processes to support the mental wellbeing of all staff
• Why Chris joined the Hoxo Academy and believes personal branding is important
• His vision for how recruiters will evolve in the new digital world

I love how clear Chris can convey a message, I feel this is one of the reasons why he has been so successful to date.

If you would like to reach out to Chris and ask any questions directly, he is more than happy to give up some time!

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In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Angela Horkings, Co-Founder & Director of Tandem Partners - a boutique HR Recruitment Agency in Australia.

Angela is a recent member of the Hoxo Academy and someone I worked with weekly during the extended lockdown in Melbourne.

In today’s episode she discussed how 2020 started off with the news of the leader of their Sydney office suffering injury in a tragic accident. The rest of the year continued to provide incredible challenges.

The one stand out comment that Angela made referred to the ‘pace of life’ pre and post COVID. She has learnt that we simply do not need to rush around day in and day out in order to be successful. We can in fact find more time for ourselves and families whilst maintaining our performance.

An open discussion that left me feeling good about the future, if you would like to reach out to Angela and ask any questions directly, she is more than happy to help.

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