Firefish Recruitment Podcast

In today's episode of the Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Jon Brooks from The Value Advantage to discuss how to avoid lowering your fees in a job short market.

Jon has more than 10 years’ experience within the recruitment industry, 9 of those years were spent at Reed in the roles of Head of Marketing and Head of product and pricing. Jon now specialises in using his experience of strategic pricing, commercial marketing and disruptive product development to increase profits and improve the customer experience

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In this episode of Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Una McGuinness from UFM Talent to discuss the importance of marketing automation in the recruitment industry today.

Una has more than 20 years’ experience managing recruitment businesses in Digital, Media and Marketing sectors. 15 of those years she spent at Aspire, as Director and Board Member but previously also as Marketing Director, when she lead an ambitious but successful marketing automation project to increase the company’s engagement with candidates and clients.

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In this episode of Firefish Crowdcast, we are joined by Natasha Clarke to discuss what is a real hot topic in the industry as we move into a job-lead market: how to become the agency that everyone wants to work with.

Previously Chief People Officer at SThree, Natasha now specialises in supporting CEOs and boards to develop their people strategy, driving business performance through leadership and culture.

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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 recruitment thought leader, a TEDx speaker and a best-selling author.

His knowledge and experience makes him  the perfect guest to discuss predictions of what we can expect the recruitment industry to look like post covid-19 and what recruiters can be doing to prepare for it.

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For this session, we’re excited to have James Osborne, Chairman of The Recruitment Network. James will be sharing his thoughts on some of the positive things that are happening in the recruitment industry right now and what we should be feeling good about looking to the future.

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For the next episode of the Firefish podcast , our host Matt Jelley will be joined by John O'Sullivan, Chairman at Elite Leaders.

John will be sharing his predictions as to when the recruitment industry is likely to start recovery and what this will look like following the Covid-19 crisis.

John has been a Director for several of the top global staffing companies, meaning he is well-positioned to discuss how the recruitment industry is changing and what this means for recruiters looking to survive and thrive.

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For the next episode of the Firefish Crowdcast, our host Matt Jelley will be joined by Hannah Keep, Managing Director of Vi International Ltd.

Hannah and Matt will be discussing the topic of remote training and development programs for recruiters - and how vital these are during the Covid-19 crisis.

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In the next episode of our new fortnightly Firefish Crowdcast, our host Matt Jelley will be joined by Louise Hannant, owner of Premier Resourcing UK.

Louise will be offering recruiters and business owners some invaluable advice on how to choose between defensive and offensive business decisions through the Covid-19 crisis.

As the owner of a PR and Communications recruitment agency, Louise is standing her ground, taking opportunities and making sure her business is as equipped as well as it can be for when the market picks up pace again.

For this special episode, Wendy herself will be in the hot seat! She’ll be offering recruiters and business owners some much-needed advice on how to keep client relationships going through the Covid-19 crisis.

As a CEO who has more than 20 years’ experience leading businesses through economic turbulence and has previously pulled her own recruitment agency through a recession (and came out the other end even stronger than before), Wendy’s experience and perspective is invaluable at a time like this.

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Joining us this month will be the awesome Edwin Abl, an ex-recruiter-turned-CMO and personal growth mentor.

Edwin will be joining Wendy for a chat around the key behaviours you should nurture if you want to become a leader in today’s recruitment landscape – whether you’re looking to take a step up in your career as a recruiter or develop your leadership skills to lead your own recruitment team.

You can expect loads of invaluable insights from Edwin and Wendy on this topic, including:

- The key behaviours to focus on if you want to become leader in the recruitment industry.

- The challenges you’re likely to face in your journey towards leadership and how to overcome them

- Personal development areas to focus on if you have ambitions of leading your own team or starting your own business venture.