Firefish Recruitment Podcast

Firefish Recruitment Podcast

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Firefish Recruitment Podcast episodes

  • Audiobook #2 - How to Create a Winning Culture at Your Recruitment Agency

    What is company culture and why is it important for your agency?

    In this Audiobook, we’ll explore some tangible strategies for building a strong, positive company culture at your recruitment agency, plus tips on how to maintain your culture so it becomes one of the main reasons why people want to work with you.

    Link to eBook - Social media for recruitment agencies: How to develop your strategy

    12 min
  • Audiobook #1 - 12 Productivity Hacks for Recruiters

    The best and most successful recruiters are driven to excel, but they do so efficiently: they plan their days and workloads well, embrace new tech and proactively seek out ways to ensure they’re always recruiting smarter. Recruitment is a tough job and it will always involve hard graft, but this doesn’t mean you should be feeling constantly stressed out chasing your tail! There are plenty of things you can do to streamline your workload and become more productive with your daily tasks.

    Listen in to find out more.

    Links mentioned in the audio book.

    Chapter 4

    The Eisenhower Matrix - https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating-when-you-have-a-high-workload

    Chapter 5

    The Pomodoro technique - https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique

    Chapter 9

    Browser extensions - https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/5-browser-extensions-to-make-you-a-more-productive-recruiter

    Chapter 11

    Best Apps for recruiters - https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/best-apps-for-recruitment-marketing

    Best productivity tools for recruiters - https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/best-apps-for-recruitment-marketing

    10 min
  • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 17 - What Can We Expect from Recruiting in 2021?

    We're rounding out the year with one last Firefish Podcast!

    In our final session of 2020, we’ll be joined by Deloitte Economist, Tom Simmons, to get the lowdown on what you expect from the recruitment industry in 2021.

    So join us today as we discuss…

    • The UK economic outlook for 2021
    • When we can expect the economy return to pre-Covid levels
    • Where are the opportunities for growth next year?
    • 42 min
    • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 16 - If You Want It, Go Get It! How to Dominate Your Recruitment Niche in 2021

      Today we are joined by the awesome Hishem Azzouz to share how he became the go-to recruiter in his niche in a short space of time - and how you can do it too.

      From his hugely successful Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast to his massive social media following, it's hard to miss Hishem online these days.

      We're delighted to have him on the show!

      So join us today as we discuss…

      • The first steps to take to dominate your recruitment niche
      • How to create and share content that will boost your career
      • How to become the go-to recruiter in your niche in 2021.
      • 36 min
      • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 15 - Agency Forecasting for 2021: How to Be Brave and Keep It Simple

        Forecasting for 2021 is going to be very different from what we're used to.

        Which is why we've invited Recruitment Finance expert, Paul Glynn, onto our next Crowdcast to show us how to get it right!

        Paul owns three Finance businesses that specifically serve SME recruitment agencies who don't have an internal Finance function.

        As someone who's entire business goal is to help the recruitment sector have a better understanding of finance, he's the man to help us smash our forecasting for 2021!

        So join us today as we discuss…

        • How to be brave and keep it simple when forecasting for 2021
        • How to adopt the right mindset for business growth in difficult times
        • Steps to take now to ensure your agency has a good year in 2021.
        • 34 min
        • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 14 - How Do You Maximise Fees and Avoid Bad Debt at Your Agency?

          Want to find out how to maximise fees and avoid bad debt at your recruitment agency?

          Our next guest, Barry Cullen, has all the answers!

          Barry is an ex-recruitment agency owner-turned-solicitor who now specialises in resolving backdoor hire and fee disputes for recruitment agencies.

          So join us today as we discuss…

          • Where to find hidden fees in your database!
          • Are you wasting time working the wrong jobs?
          • How do you maximise your fees and avoid bad debt.
          • 37 min
          • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 13 - How to Repackage Your Recruitment Services to Win More Business

            We're in a sales-driven market, so it's never been more important to offer something different to stand out to prospects and clients.

            With this in mind,  this episode is going to be all about how to repackage your recruitment services to win more business!

            For this session, Wendy will be joined by  Tara Ricks -  a recruitment leader who spent more than 20 years growing recruitment sales teams and developing innovative sales strategies that lead to new business in competitive markets.

            We're can't wait to have Tara on the show to talk around this topic!

            So join us as we discuss…

            • The new services you should be selling to your clients right now
            • How to repackage your services to become more competitive
            • The first steps towards reinventing your recruitment offering.
            • 38 min
            • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 12 - How to Use Online Learning to Scale Your Recruitment Business

              Today Wendy will be joined by learning technology expert, Alan Hiddleston, to talk about how recruitment businesses can use creative online learning methods to onboard, train and develop their recruiters.

              Alan has been working in the technology space for more than 10 years, as a senior sales leader, advisor, and investor in a variety of Learning and Talent Technologies. Today, he leads D2L EMEA’s Corporate learning sector.

              This, combined with his strong knowledge of the recruitment industry, makes him the perfect guest to talk around the topical subject of implementing online methods to train and share best practices with your recruiters when in-office training isn’t available.

              So join us on as we discuss….

              • The main things to think about when putting together a remote training/onboarding plan for recruiters
              • How to keep momentum with online learning/training and ensure it sticks
              • How recruitment agencies can use eLearning to scale.
              • 34 min
              • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 11 - How to Sell Yourself to Success in Recruitment

                We’re delighted to announce that Sid Barnes will be joining us for the next episode of the Firefish Crowdcast!

                Sid is an industry award-winning Executive, Consultant and Chairman and is currently the Non-Exec Director to 18 businesses.

                As CEO of Mastermind Consulting, he advises recruitment businesses on strategy, client acquisition, retention, and leadership.

                Join us today as we discuss how to sell your way to success in recruitment.

                We’ll be covering…

                • The steps you can take to maximize sales growth now and in the near future
                • How to become a leader who manages their sales team to success
                • How to use philosophy to become a better recruiter (yes, really!)
                • 39 min
                • Changing the way you recruit | Episode 10 - How Has COVID-19 Changed the Recruitment Industry Forever?

                  For the next episode of the Firefish podcast, we'll be joined by David Higgins, Non-Executive Director of Levy Europe, to discuss some of the ways Covid-19 is permanently changing the recruitment industry.

                  David has spent more than 30 years in the recruitment industry, with a hugely diverse portfolio that includes being Founder of global agency giant, Harvey Nash.

                  David now uses his expertise to help business build strategies for business growth across the UK and internationally.

                  So, join us today as we chat around the following…

                  • What are the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the recruitment industry?
                  • How to plan your business growth strategy post-Covid-19
                  • How to take advantage of the new working environment moving forward.
                  • 36 min

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