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 by my business partner and best mate - Amar Chohan.

I met Amar 16 yrs ago this week at uni and we have been on a journey together ever since!

We have so many stories to share but in late 2014 after joining a new recruitment agency, Amar received a call you would never wish upon anyone.

Amar responded to the passing of his father with incredible strength and after returning to work he turned to me and said - life is too short, we need to start our own company!

In this episode, we talked about:

• Amar’s journey in recruitment
• How he dealt with his Dad’s death
• The way he continues to cope today
• How he reacted when I came up with the idea for Hoxo Media
• Why he loves what we do today

The strongest guy I know, I was honoured to take a break from our crazy lives to chat this through. I hope this helps others dealing with sudden bereavements or those questioning whether they should launch a business with a best friend! If you would like to speak to Amar about his journey in more detail then reach out HERE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amar-chohan-864b6632/

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In today’s episode, I was completely solo.

In light of the recent restrictions by the government, I wanted to give you an update on what I have seen from speaking to over 200 companies this week.

Also as we enter Q4 of 2020 there are some big changes coming to The RAG Podcast!

We are going to be focussing on the future of our industry, what's working now and what's not as you look to grow your agency in the new digital economy..

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The RAG Report is BACK! But this time it is LIVE!

If you remember, I started this show in the first Lockdown as a way of giving the sector a daily update on how the virus was being received by recruiters around the globe.

In light of the new restrictions, I felt it was important to bring this back! In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn Live by Neil Carberry, the CEO of The REC.

At the helm of the REC, Representing a network of more than 3,300 recruitment businesses and 10,500 individual recruiters, gives Neil a unique insight into how COVID-19 is truly affecting the industry today.

In this episode, we talked about:

• What really happened to the sector in the first wave
• What sectors have been hit the most
• How the job market is performing vs predicted 2020 forecasts
• What Neil sees happening in Q4 and 2021
• Loads of other random stuff that somehow relates to the above!

Neil is a great guy and clearly shares my passion for helping our wonderful industry to grow! If you would like to chat to Neil about how he and the REC can help your agency then feel free to reach out on here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-carberry-95948938/

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In today’s episode, I was joined again by Pete Watson, the founder of Mint R2R and Hoxo Media Ambassador in Australia.

Another episode from our ‘human series’, Pete recently shared with me that he stopped drinking alcohol in 2012 after it was fundamentally affecting his life in a negative way.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Pete’s early relationship with Alcohol
• How heavy drinking was encouraged in his Recruitment Career
• The way he felt the day after drinking
• The final straw that led to his sobriety
• What has happened since he stopped!

This is SUCH an important topic as alcohol is threaded deep in our culture in western countries and even more so in the recruitment industry.

So many people struggle with their relationship with alcohol and this can be even worse in lockdown! I loved hearing Pete’s story, he was super brave for sharing and will be an inspiration for many I am sure. If you would like to speak to Pete about his journey in more and / or would like someone non-judgemental to talk to about your relationship with alcohol then reach out to Pete directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petewatsonmintrecruitment/

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