Today I was honoured to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live by Bradley, the leader of one of the most reputable recruitment firms in the world today!

At the age of 37, Brad has achieved an incredible amount in the recruitment industry.

In this episode we discussed:

🎙His personal story of starting as Graduate Recruiter at MatchTech on the south coast of England

🎙His move back to London and supporting Eximius in growing from 8 to 100 staff

🎙His move to Spencer Ogden which took him on a plane to Singapore to open their ASIA PAC division

🎙How the oil & gas industry crashed as he moved back to the UK to look after EMEA on top of his previous role

🎙Taking the CEO role when the founder left the business and how he adapted to this huge position

🎙The fight through COVID, the business today and his vision for future growth!

Such a relaxed and relatable guy, you can see why so many people choose to work for him! An incredible brand to learn from, if you would like to chat to Bradley directly please contact them via LinkedIn!

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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/

What a great chat I had with Andy today, a guy who at the age of 27 took over the helm of a loss making recruitment agency after running a successful contract division of another local recruitment company in Manchester.

Now 14 years on, the business has just hit 100 staff and is on a trajectory for substantial growth moving forward

In this episode we discussed:

🎙Why he decided to join Oscar as opposed to starting his own agency

🎙How and why half the office quit when he took over

🎙The up and down nature of the business growth

🎙How Andy has learnt to balance the focus on immediate results with the patience of driving a long term vision through difficult times

🎙Why he believes that the people who work for you should care as much about the business as you

Such a genuine guy with amazing passion for our industry, if you have any questions for Andy directly then please contact him via LinkedIn!

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Pleasure to be joined live on LinkedIn with Sam, Co-Founder of Orama Solutions. A specialist agency helping high growth tech companies achieve their scaling ambitions across UK, EU and USA.

Sam and his partner Paul started the business in their mid-20’s, in fact only weeks after having the ‘chat’ about a potential start up together, they had quit and were making it happen!

In this episode we discussed:

🎙The story of starting the business

🎙Why they chose to focus on the scale up tech market

🎙How they are investing in training and development at 25 people in order to reach the next milestones of 50+

🎙How he and Paul split their roles and why it works

🎙How they have mirrored their clients by building ‘inside sales’ teams

A young and hugely inspiring founder, any aspiring owner will get massive benefit from Sam’s story! If you have any questions for Sam directly then please contact him via LinkedIn!

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I was really excited about today’s episode as my guest was someone who I had heard so much about during my recruitment days.

Daniel Fox is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Trilogy International, Forbes Testing and Quantum Six; all specialist businesses within the technology and business change & transformation markets

Prior to this he worked with the same people who trained me during my recruitment days in London, so we shared so many mutual contacts and stories!

In this episode we discussed:

🎙The story of Dan going from Football Agent to Recruitment Consultant

🎙His rise to billing £1.4m per year in his mid 20s

🎙Why he decided to leave and start his own company

🎙How he and his partner were served a legal letter on day 10 which changed everything

🎙How sticking to a plan of being a contract first, profitable agency helped them ride the COVID wave without furloughing a single employee!

Super experienced recruiter with an honest account of what it takes to be a successful recruitment agency founder, Dan is happy to give time to anyone who may want to speak directly!! If you have any questions for him then please contact him via LinkedIn!

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Today’s episode was EPIC! It was funny, serious, honest and inspiring all in one...

Andy Larholt is the Founder and CEO of Montash - a 16 year old international technology recruitment agency in London

An exceptional biller at S3 from 18-24 yrs old, Andy launched Montash from his bedroom in his mid 20’s! 16 years later, on his 42nd birthday he has over 50 staff working from London, servicing clients around the world.

And what a journey he has had!

In this episode we discussed:

🎙The story of starting in recruitment at 18 and launching his agency at 24

🎙How he spent his early commission on a rolex and a new flat in Canary Wharf (he laughs at this now)

🎙The first 8 years of Montash being a small and hugely profitable agency which allowed him a lifestyle that not many people his age have lived!

🎙How he decided to grow the business in 2011 and implement process and structure

🎙Why he regrets not taking a huge offer to sell the business in 2015

🎙HIs decision to step back after this and appoint an MD to grow the business to 3 offices and 100+ staff

🎙Why he came back as CEO in 2019 and ‘cut the grass’ to grow a better more scalable business in the future

High energy and so many stories, you can’t help but love Andy when you listen! An all round great guy with incredible stories and experience, if you want to know more or ask for some advice then DM him on Linkedin!

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Hannah is the Co-founder and CEO of Meet Recruitment - a 12 year old international Life Science recruitment agency in London, Berlin, New York and San Francisco.

Like many others I have interviewed, Hannah was a graduate of S3 and started Meet with her co-founders at the age of 26!

In this episode we discussed:

🎙The story of launching Meet from Charlotte St in London in 2009, just after the GFC

🎙How they grew the business in the early days and decided to invest in their back office once they hit 10 staff

🎙Launching the US business from London in 2013 and later moving to NYC in 2015

🎙How 70% of the business NFI is now from the America’s and how the team adapted to make this a huge success

🎙 Why they re-branded the back office to be known as ‘The Hub’ and the impact this has had on growth

🎙How she has balanced becoming a mother and CEO and her outlook on this topic

🎙Why she wants females in our industry to ASK their leadership teams to support them through building a family and not to turn their back on recruitment during this process

Super articulate and powerful, Hannah is an exceptional leader and it is easy to see why! If you would like to speak to Hannah directly, please feel free to DM her on LinkedIn!

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