Firefish Recruitment Podcast

Michelle founded Candidate Source in 2010, after recognising that recruiters needed an ally; someone that had the expertise to support them in their job advertising when the to-do list got too long. After more than 13 years, Candidate Source Ltd continues to assist recruitment agencies in growing their business by creating effective online job advertising campaigns to gain maximum exposure.

Join Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, in conversation with Recruiting Gym Managing Director, Angela Cripps and learn How to maximise your agency's impact before Christmas to succeed in 2024.

Angela is a highly experienced trainer, management consultant, coach, NED, mentor and performance specialist with 30+ years' experience within the recruitment industry. With Recruiting Gym Angela aims to make agencies more successful and profitable through the development of their people, their strategies and their processes.

Join Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, in discussion with Roy Dungworth as they explore: 'How to Unlock the Potential of Contract Recruiting'.

Roy is the Director and Founder of Consiliario Consulting, an advisory organisation for the professional staffing industry. Roy is also Commercial Director of Elite Leaders. With over 25 years experience leading a number of the leading tech staffing organisations, Roy has an outstanding track record of launching, growing, turning around businesses and teams.

Join Wendy, CEO of Firefish Software, and 'Million Pound Billier' Brad Shackleton, as they discuss 'How to Perfect Your Sales Technique to Achieve New Business'.

Brad specialises in motivating, coaching, and developing ‘High Performance Sales Teams' and businesses on behalf of highly ambitious CEO's, Directors, Sales Professionals, & Entrepreneurs who aspire to be the No.1 service provider in their Industry. Brad is ex RAF (Pilot), related to Sir Ernest Shackleton (Antarctic Explorer), and a former 'Million Pound Biller' Recruiter and Global Top Sales Biller and performer for a Global Recruitment Plc (FTSE 250) in London’s Financial Services.

Ann Swain is the founder and Global CEO of APSCo, an international trade body representing the professional recruitment sector with operations in the UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia.

Ann is the author of the best-selling ‘Professional Recruiter’s Handbook’ and has over 30 years’ recruitment experience including time as Managing Director of Learning Curve and UK Sales Director at Computer People.

In this episode, Wendy and Ann explore: 'What the Hell is Going on with the Markets?'

Join the Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and Vanessa Raath of The Talent Hunter as they give a live demonstration of how AI video tools can be used to market candidates.
With over 15 years of experience in the Recruitment Industry, Vanessa Raath has honed her skills in the Tech space. Vanessa now specialises in training recruiters to succeed in talent sourcing. Vanessa is passionate about elevating the standard of sourcing globally and has embraced AI as a tool to leverage impact in the candidate sourcing and marketing space.

Become a recruiter of the future, today. Get a glimpse into the future of recruitment and discover how your recruitment agency can become 10x more efficient overnight. Explore how AI will support recruiters to streamline admin, create engaging communications and attract more candidates as we take a look at the next generation of recruitment, powered by ChatGPT.

Join Firefish CEO Wendy as she chats to Johnny Campbell, CEO of SocialTalent about the current talent acquisition market and the new opportunities out there for agencies.

Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and guest Johnny Campbell discuss:

⚡ What does the talent acquisition market currently look like?

⚡ What are clients looking for just now from recruitment agencies?

⚡ How has RPO implementation changed and how can agencies adapt?

...and more

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Join Firefish CEO Wendy as she chats to Louise Archer, founder of Retrained Search, about how to win retained business for your recruitment agency and the differences versus contingent recruitment.

Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and guest Louise Archer discuss:

⚡ The advantages of retained versus contingent recruitment

⚡ The mindset needed when selling retained search

⚡ How to deliver the most value with your retainers

...and more

Louise Archer, Founder & Coach, Retrained Search - Louise has worked on the frontline of recruitment for twenty years. Having been a contingent recruiter before transitioning to retained Louise understands the struggles that Recruiters face, operating on a contingent basis. Her mission is to help Recruiters to transition to retained and secure more forecastable revenue.

#recruitment #businesstips #recruitment2023 #podcast

On February’s Crowdcast, Wendy chats to recruitment pricing expert, Jon Brooks, as he explains how to adapt your pricing strategy, demonstrate more value to your clients and stop working for free!

Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and guest Jon Brooks discuss:

⚡ Why you should raise your prices this year

⚡ Different models to use when changing your pricing strategy

⚡ How to stop working for free and demonstrate more value to clients!

...and more

Jon Brooks is the leading expert in recruitment pricing, and works with industry leaders around the world to create effective pricing and negotiation strategies. Jon has 18 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, and was previously Head of Pricing at Reed.

#recruitment #businesstips #recruitment2023 #podcast