Firefish Recruitment Podcast

Firefish Recruitment Podcast

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Firefish Recruitment Podcast episodes

  • S4 E6 - How to Build and Grow a Profitable Recruitment Agency in 2022

    Are you ready to grow your recruitment agency 2022?

    Then tune in to the Firefish Crowdcast as Wendy is joined by Alison Humphries to discuss:

    • Why should you begin to grow your recruitment business?
    • Maximising the margins on the roles you work to become more profitable
    • How to be more efficient when filling your vacancies

      • Alison Humphries (MA Oxon, FIRP, CIPD, DipT&D) has more than 35 years’ experience in recruitment, becoming a director of 4 listed businesses and most recently led Liquid Personnel as MD through a period of exceptional growth culminating in a trade sale to ICS Group.

      For several years she has worked with multiple recruitment businesses across all sectors to help them redefine strategy, achieve business goals, enter new markets, improve market penetration and value, and develop great leaders, often with a goal of preparing a business for sale.  Her award winning L&D expertise plays a significant role in staff engagement and business performance.  She is also REC Chief Examiner and an honorary fellow (one of just 25 people worldwide to hold this honorarium).  Alison’s consultancy business is Recruitment Leadership Ltd and she is a well-known conference speaker and industry commentator.

      www.recruitmentleadership.co.uk

      34 min
    • S4 E5 - The Jobs market 2022 - What's in store and how to drive success
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      Do you want to know what the jobs market will look like in 2022?
      Then tune in to the Firefish Crowdcast as Wendy is joined by special guest and Economist from Deloitte Peter Ireson. They will be looking ahead to 2022 by discussing the following topics and more:
      What have been the key drivers for change in the labour market.
      How does the UK economy and Job market measure up world-wide?
      How has work/life balance influenced the candidate landscape?
      What to look out for in 2022 to get ahead.
      Peter Ireson is an economist in Deloitte’s Economics and Markets Research Team. The team advise the firm and its clients on macroeconomic conditions and the operating environment for businesses. They produce the quarterly Deloitte CFO Survey, the authoritative barometer of corporate sentiment and strategies in the UK. In addition to this, they publish an eclectic weekly Monday Briefing on developments in economics and finance. Peter previously worked within Risk Advisory at Deloitte prior to joining the Economics team and was educated at the University of Bristol.
      36 min
    • S4 E4 - Recruitment in 2022:How to position your brand for success

      Check out all of our previous episodes and sign up to watch new episodes live here!

      Up next on the Firefish Crowdcast is Darren Westall , join us to hear discussion on the following topics and more!

      • How to keep your brand alive through the Christmas period.
      • How to keep your eye on the long-term success of your brand when busy times hit.
      • How to build a personalised marketing strategy for your business in 2022.
      • How to get the most from your website next year.

        • Darren is the CEO of Paiger and has a wealth of experience in recruitment technology and marketing. He was the CTO at broadbean before co-founding Paiger and now speaks regularly  at public events and on podcasts where he shares his work at Paiger and his expertise in marketing, tech and recruitment.

        32 min
      • S4 E3 - How to Retain Your Top Billing Recruiters in a Competitive Market

        Check out the rest of our Episodes and sign up to watch them live here - https://www.firefishsoftware.com/resources/live

        This week on the Firefish Crowdcast we are joined by James Nathan ,  tune in to hear discussion on the following topics and more!

        • How to build personalised career journeys for recruiters.
        • How to continue to develop experienced recruiters.
        • What is the best way to mentor a top biller?
        • How to incentivise your recruiters with tailored reward schemes.

          • James Nathan is a Director, Speaker and Recruitment mentor with a wealth of experience working in the recruitment industry. He runs one of the UK’s premier recruitment training businesses - Recruiting to Win® - training and mentoring consultants and business leaders to reach their highest potential. Alongside, James is also the Principle Consultant of Executive Search Firm, West Search, as well as hosting ‘The Only One Business Show’ podcast. 

          33 min
        • S4 E2 - How to Tailor Your BD Strategy to the Job Rich Market

          Clair Mohamed is our next guest on the Firefish Crowdcast with Wendy to discuss how to tailor your BD strategy to the job rich market...

          You can view all our previous episodes and sign up for the live shows here!

          Join us to hear discussion on the following topics and more:

          • How to source the candidates that your clients can’t
          • Why you should nurture passive candidates and how to approach them
          • How to engage with clients and candidates that are hard to reach

            • Clair Mohamed is a Business and Performance coach with over two decades of experience in sales and recruitment. She is also very experienced in learning and development partnering with recruitment agencies and providing full spectrum training and coaching for staff at trainee through to director level.

            32 min
          • S4 E1 - How To Take Advantage Of The Jobs Boom

            Our first guest of the new season of the Firefish Podcast is Kevin Green

            Wendy and Kevin discuss...


            • Where to start in taking advantage of the current job boom
            • How to sell your vacancies to candidates in a job rich market
            • How to manage your clients and prospects during a candidate shortage?
            • How to prepare for what comes next.


              • Kevin Green has been in the recruitment industry for more than 30 years, including 10 years spent as CEO of REC (Recruitment & Employment Confederation). He’s also a serial Non-Exec Director, a recruitmentthought leader, a TEDx speaker and a best-selling author with is ‘Competitive People Strategy’ which was shortlisted for Business Book of the year 2020.

              32 min
            • How To Make Your Job Ads Stand Out in a Candidate Short Market!

              Are you struggling to find the right people in a candidate short market? Then you need your job ads to stand out and attract talent.

              Michelle Davies from Candidate Source joins us to discuss how to get the most from your job ads.

              Wendy and Michelle cover the following (and more!)...

              • How do you choose which Job Boards to invest in?
              • How do you make your ads stand out by using the right trending keywords?
              • How do you make the most of the first 3 lines of your job ad (What to include and what not to include)?
              • What do candidates want to know about your company and its culture that they didn’t a year ago?
                • 31 min
              • Joining the Recruitment Dots | Episode 13 - Why You Need a Recruitment Podcast (and how to make yours the best)

                Are you looking to stand out as an expert in your market? A recruitment podcast is just what you need!

                The awesome James Whitelock is our guest on the Firefish Crowdcast to discuss how to create an industry-leading recruitment podcast.

                He'll be covering the following (and more!)...

                • Why should recruiters care about starting a podcast right now?
                • The dos and don’ts of getting started
                • How to ensure you get the most value from your podcast content.


                  • 33 min
                • Joining the Recruitment Dots | Episode 12 - Recruitment Marketing: How to Get It Right for Your Business

                  Hiring a marketer into your recruitment business is a big step.

                  So how do you get it right?

                  Join us as our Crowdcast guest Marketing Director Audrey Lartey, will be discussing...

                  • How do you know when you’re ready to hire a marketer?
                  • What is your responsibility as an owner when bringing a marketer into the business?
                  • Looking at your leadership team, how does a marketer fit into your business direction?
                    • 34 min

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