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The Elite Recruiter Podcast

The Elite Recruiter Podcast

De: Benjamin Mena
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The Elite Recruiter Podcast is where top recruiters go to get better.

Hosted by executive recruiter Benjamin Mena, this show dives deep into the stories, strategies, and mindsets of the most successful people in the industry — from $1M solo producers to 8+-figure agency founders.

Each episode delivers real, tactical insights for high-performance recruiting:

  • How elite recruiters build and scale
  • Tools, tech stacks, and sourcing strategies
  • Daily habits and workflows that drive million-dollar desks
  • Lessons from failure, breakthrough wins, and mindset shifts
  • What the best are doing next — and how they’re changing the game

If you’re in agency recruiting, staffing, or executive search — this is your new secret weapon.

No fluff. No recycled advice. Just the unfiltered playbook of the top 1%.

🎧 Subscribe now — and start leveling up like an elite.

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  • The Unfair Advantage AI Is Giving Agency Recruiters | Jordan Shlosberg

    The Unfair Advantage AI Is Giving Agency Recruiters | Jordan Shlosberg
    Mar 16 2026
    The AI race in recruiting has already started — and most recruiters don't even know they're losing. Jordan Shlosberg isn't a recruiter. He's the founder building the technology that's about to separate the top 1% of agency recruiters from everyone else. And in this episode, he pulls back the curtain on exactly what's coming, what it means for your desk, and why the window to get ahead is closing fast. Why This Episode Matters The recruiting industry is on the edge of a fundamental power shift. Internal TA teams are shrinking. Agency market share is growing. And the recruiters who move now — building their memory, sharpening their BD, and leveraging AI as an unfair advantage — are going to capture most of that upside. This episode gives you the strategic roadmap straight from the person whose technology is driving that change. What You'll Learn Why recruiters don't have a data problem — they have a memory problem, and how solving it creates a 100x service advantage over internal TAThe exact reason Jordan believes agency recruiters will steal market share from in-house talent teams over the next 3–5 yearsThe three skills every recruiter must double down on right now to win in an AI-driven market (hint: one of them is vibe coding)Why a 1–2 person agency team will soon be able to outbill a 20-person firm — and what that means for how you structure your deskThe "speccing autopilot" coming to Atlas this summer that could generate placements from candidates you've already forgotten you have About Jordan Shlosberg Jordan Shlosberg is the founder of Atlas, the AI-first recruitment platform that's become the most talked-about CRM in the agency recruiting world. Before Atlas, he built ProSapient — an expert network — to $30M in revenue in five years. He brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise, founder-level product obsession, and an outsider's clarity on what's actually broken in recruiting. Extended Value Tease Imagine opening your laptop every morning to a system that's already ranked your best BD prospects, drafted your outreach, searched your entire candidate database without a single filter, and flagged the candidates most worth speccing today. That's not a fantasy — that's where the top agency recruiters are heading right now. This episode gives you the mental model and the tactical roadmap to be one of them. The recruiters who listen to this and act will look back on 2026 as the year everything changed. The ones who don't will feel it in their billings. Timestamp 00:06:23 — "Recruiters don't have a data problem, they have a memory problem" — the insight that reframes your entire database00:08:11 — Two agencies, same size: what the divergence looks like at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years out00:10:35 — Is a recruiting income gap coming? Jordan's bold prediction on where agency market share is heading00:36:09 — Can a 2-person team outbill a 20-person agency? Jordan's answer and where the real bottleneck will be00:38:37 — The 3 skills every recruiter must build now: sales, relationships, and vibe coding00:48:35 — What the Atlas Top 100 recruiter rankings actually reveal about how elite billers are winning inbound business 🚀 Atlas – AI-First ATS & CRM Automates admin, syncs resumes and emails, and uses AI to build polished profiles and reports. Try it free or book a demo → https://recruitwithatlas.com 🎯 This Is Your Year — Recruiter Summit https://this-is-your-year-recruiter-summit.heysummit.com/ 💼 Join the Elite Recruiter Community All summits, replays, Billers Club + split space https://elite-recruiters.circle.so/checkout/elite-recruiter-community Tools & Links Sign up for emails → https://eliterecruiterpodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe YouTube: https://youtu.be/1Nj7gA276Mg Follow Jordan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanshlosberg/ Host Benjamin Mena: http://www.selectsourcesolutions.com/ Benjamin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmena/
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  • Why I Never Hire Recruiters (And Built a $5M Firm) | Josh Volinsky

    Why I Never Hire Recruiters (And Built a $5M Firm) | Josh Volinsky
    Mar 12 2026

    Josh Volinsky never hired a single recruiter. No experience, no desk history, no cold call background — just accountants. And somehow he built a $5M firm where 7+ people billed over $400K in their first year.

    That's not a fluke. That's a system.

    Josh is the co-founder of Synergy Search and the former all-time single-month billing record holder at Robert Half — $259K in one month. He walked away from one of the cushiest books of business in the industry, started a firm above a liquor store and a Dunkin' Donuts, hit $2.7M in year one, and $5M in year two. Then the market shifted, their best performer passed away suddenly, and everything they'd built got stress-tested in the worst possible way.

    This episode is the full story. The rocket ship. The crash. The rebuild. And the exact decisions — on hiring, culture, KPIs, and partnership structure — that separated Synergy Search from every other firm that tried the same thing and failed.

    **What You'll Learn**

    - Why hiring experienced recruiters actually slows your growth (and what to hire instead)

    - The "day in the life" interview method that predicts top billers before they start

    - How implementing KPI tracking turned a $700K quarter into a single $700K month

    - The exact culture reset that took them from their worst quarter ever to their best Q4 in firm history

    - Why splitting everything equally with partners — even when others called it crazy — was the secret to scaling fast

    - The relationship-building system that took one recruiter from $400K to $850K per year

    - What separates $500K+ billers from everyone else in today's market (it's one thing)

    If you run a desk, lead a firm, or are thinking about going out on your own — this one's going to hit different.

    **Timestamp Highlights**

    00:40 – The moment Josh told his wife he was leaving Robert Half

    05:19 – The $259K month that broke the all-time firm record

    08:00 – Why they spent $25K before making a single call

    16:21 – How following the non-compete forced their best BD strategy

    18:49 – Doubling lifetime billings in one month after their first hires

    22:13 – Full desk vs. split: putting people in positions to thrive

    31:45 – The worst quarter in firm history and the breakfast that changed everything

    36:57 – The 3 levers they pulled to reboot the culture

    39:31 – How KPI scorecards produced three $100K billers in a single month

    43:06 – The hiring blueprint: A-players only, and how to spot them

    53:30 – What $700K+ billers do differently than everyone else

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    1 h y 9 m
  • The Recruiters AI Will Replace (And the Ones It Won't) with Jeff Hyman

    The Recruiters AI Will Replace (And the Ones It Won't) with Jeff Hyman
    Mar 9 2026
    Jeff Hyman has been in recruiting for 30 years. He's founded 5 companies, written the book on hiring A-players, and watched every major tech wave reshape this industry. He says what's happening right now is different. And most recruiters are not ready. In this episode, Jeff breaks down exactly why the transactional recruiter is becoming extinct — and what the ones who survive are doing instead. This isn't motivational fluff. It's a 30-year career distilled into a single conversation. You'll hear why the skills that got you here won't get you there. Why contingency is a trap that's bad for your clients too. Why firing bad clients is the fastest path to doubling your income. And the one question Jeff asks every candidate that reveals everything — in 15 minutes. Jeff Hyman is the author of Recruit Rockstars, founder of 5 companies, and one of the most respected voices in talent. He's hosted 500+ podcast episodes, teaches recruiting at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, and runs an elite retained search firm out of Boulder, Colorado. Get his book free at recruitrockstars.com. In This Episode The blunt truth about what happens to your business if you change nothing by end of 2026Why AI will automate sourcing completely — and the one thing it can never replaceThe "Search vs. Fetch" distinction that separates elite recruiters from order-takersWhy contingency is broken for you and your clients — and how to move to retainer starting with $1,000 downHow Jeff built a productized AI sourcing service (Shortlist) now used thousands of times Timestamps 00:04:21 — "The train has left the station" — Jeff's warning about ignoring AI in 2026 00:05:16 — What your business looks like in 24 months if nothing changes 00:30:25 — DNA over keywords: why credentials are almost useless predictors of success 00:36:02 — The real reason contingency fails your clients (not just you) 00:40:23 — How to reverse risk on retainer conversations, including the money-back guarantee 00:43:33 — The pandemic pivot that became Shortlist — a $3K/month AI sourcing product 00:56:32 — "Fire your shitty clients" — Jeff's advice for going from average to elite 00:59:10 — Why A-players always get counteroffers — and the proactive script that protects your placement Sponsors Atlas — The AI-first recruitment platform that eliminates admin and turns every conversation into intelligence. Magic Search lets you ask your database questions like "Who mentioned they're open to relocating?" and get instant answers. Atlas customers report 40%+ EBITDA growth and 80%+ increase in monthly billings. Try it free → https://recruitwithatlas.com Links & Resources 🎯 This Is Your Year — Recruiter Summit (April 27th, live sessions free) https://this-is-your-year-recruiter-summit.heysummit.com/ 💼 Join the Elite Recruiter Community — summits, replays, Billers Club, split space — $49/month https://elite-recruiters.circle.so/checkout/elite-recruiter-community 📘 Get Jeff's book free — Recruit Rockstars https://recruitrockstars.com 🎁 Free Shortlist from Jeff (1 search, $3,000 value, no credit card) https://recruitrockstars.com 🆓 Free Trial: Pin https://www.pin.com/ 📬 Subscribe to the newsletter https://eliterecruiterpodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe 📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/wc2MTeaZZ7w 🔗 Follow Jeff Hyman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/recruitrockstars/ 🌐 Benjamin Mena http://www.selectsourcesolutions.com/ 🔗 Benjamin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmena/
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    1 h y 7 m
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