Recruitment Mentors Podcast

On this episode I'm joined by the founders of This Is Prime, Nicole Plinston and Neil Clough.

Prime is an award winning sales recruitment and training specialist agency with offices in Manchester, London and soon to be opening in Leeds.

http://www.thisisprime.co.uk/

We sat down when they had just been announced the winners of the Sales Training Provider of the Year BESMA 2019 Awards which they were over the moon with.

In this episode we really break down the Prime business journey to date and their biggest learnings a long the way.

I loved the energy between Nicole & Neil who have clearly become great business partners who know each-others strengths and weaknesses.

The golden thread that runs through this business journey is that from the very start they have been on a mission to change the perception of recruitment and sales!

With their unique business model and the thousands of young people they impact a year with their training they have no doubt made a dent in making sales & recruitment a career path of choice.

I'm really excited for you all to listen to this episode!

You can connect with Neil & Nicole on Linkedin:
Nicole Plinston - Linkedin
Neil Clough - Linkedin

I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz 

If you would love me to cover certain topics with futures guests please drop me a message. 

Finally if you have been enjoying the podcast and you have two minutes then it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a review.  

Simply it will enable me to reach more people with the podcast, you can easily leave a review with the following link - https://ratethispodcast.com/rollercoaster

In this episode I'm joined by Sam Oakes who is one of the founders of a Bristol based recruitment agency called Recruit UK.

Early on in Sam's recruitment career he became 50 / 50 partners with his business partner Stuart.

We have a real honest conversation around Sams learnings and failures in helping grow a recruitment business with no previous experience.

It's safe to say Sam has learnt a lot along the way but has always been willing to have the humility to know what his strengths and weaknesses are whilst becoming a better business leader.

We chat mental well-being, the impact running a business can have on your personal relationships, innovating recruitment solutions for their clients and much more!

You can connect with Sam on Linkedin - Sam Oakes

I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz 

If you would love me to cover certain topics with futures guests please drop me a message. 

Finally if you have been enjoying the podcast and you have two minutes then it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a review.  

Simply it will enable me to reach more people with the podcast, you can easily leave a review with the following link - https://ratethispodcast.com/rollercoaster

This week I'm joined by Tom Hurley and Jack Cole who are the founders of a Bristol based start up agency called Method Resourcing.

In just their first year alone they did £1.2 million and have big goals for year 2.

They both worked for large agencies that had a global presence to starting their very own agency from scratch.

To quote Tom in this episode, 'Jack looked like a rabbit in headlights in his first week as he had no clients, no candidates and no one on the database'.

Now they're closing in on their second year in business, having grown headcount, recently moved to a bigger office and aiming to smash last years numbers!

We discuss everything in this episode from their top biller days, to their day plans when starting the business, to hiring failures, to being invested in from the start and much more.

Loads of learnings to take from this conversation and I'm really excited to share it with you all.

You can connect with Tom & Jack on Linkedin - Tom Hurley / Jack Cole

I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz 

If you would love me to cover certain topics with futures guests please drop me a message. 

Finally if you have been enjoying the podcast and you have two minutes then it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a review.  

Simply it will enable me to reach more people with the podcast, you can easily leave a review with the following link - https://ratethispodcast.com/rollercoaster

Happy New Year to you all 🙌🏻💥

I hope you all had an amazing break and are genuinely feeling excited to smash 2020!

It's the perfect time of year to reflect on the year before so to kick off 2020 I have recorded a short episode on the 5 most listened to episodes in 2019 + my honest thoughts on the conversations that were had in 2019 with all the recruitment rollercoaster guests.

I'm really looking forward to brining you all more conversations with some of the best billers and agency owners in the recruitment industry, globally!!

Thanks again for everyones support in 2019, everyone how has listened, shared the podcast with their colleagues and left a review. It means a lot.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next LIVE Recruitment Rollercoaster Event date release, it will be very soon and I can't wait to see you all again at the event in March.

Finally, what do you want more of in 2020? What topics would you love me to cover with future guests?

Please do send me topics you would love me to ask futures guests on the show, I want to ensure the content remains relevant and valuable for you all !!

The best place to do this is on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

Feel free to drop me an email on [email protected]

Just a massive thank you from me to each and every single one of you who has listened to the podcast this year.

2019 for the podcast has been a wicked year and it wouldn't be what it is without all of your help.

From simply listening to the podcast to sharing it with your colleagues to leaving a review, it all helps.

I will never take your attention for granted and will continue to keep improving this podcast.

The mission will always remain the same, to uncover the true failures, successes and learnings from the best recruitment professionals globally.

2020 for the podcast is looking really exciting, more content and more events.

Honestly thank you so much for being part of this journey and I'm excited for all of you to be part of the journey next year.

I wish you all a great Christmas and New Year.

With it being the Christmas period I wanted to do something a bit different with the podcast.

More informal and fun as it's the festive period.

We decided to play the word association game on our favourite topic, Recruitment.

It produced some funny answers and responses.

I hope you all enjoy the episode.

Feedback is welcome, if you want more of this let me know! I will make it happen 🤣

With it being the Christmas period I wanted to do something a bit different with the podcast.

More informal and fun as it's the festive period.

We decided to play the word association game on our favourite topic, Recruitment.

It produced some funny answers and responses.

I hope you all enjoy the episode.

Feedback is welcome, if you want more of this let me know! I will make it happen 🤣

With it being the Christmas period I wanted to do something a bit different with the podcast.

More informal and fun as it's the festive period.

We decided to play the word association game on our favourite topic, Recruitment.

It produced some funny answers and responses.

I hope you all enjoy the episode.

Feedback is welcome, if you want more of this let me know! I will make it happen 🤣

In this episode I'm joined by Joe Mellor or as some of you may know him as Joe from Hunted.

Joe has recently left the recruitment industry after working in the industry for 5 years.

4 of those years were spent working directly with recruitment agencies to help them find talent and more recently with Hunted.

We discuss why agencies are typically so bad at hiring for their own business, what to look out for when a Rec 2 Rec reaches out to you, red flags when interview at recruitment agencies, employer branding and much more.

Joe is now training to become a Policeman so we wanted to make sure we sat down before he left an industry which he has been so passionate about.

Enjoy the episode and always you can connect with me on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz.

Drop me a message with any questions or comments you may have!

In this episode I sit down with James Vizor who is one of the founders of Rule Recruitment a Rec to Rec agency partnering with some of the best recruitment agencies globally.

James has been in the Rec to Rec game for 15 years so it's safe to say he is well positioned to discuss the current recruitment landscape.

What we both passionately agreed on is the fact that Recruitment really is now a career choice which is extremely exciting.

We discuss a lot in this episode but we talk what Recruiters should look out for and voice when considering a new role, pros & cons of working for a bigger agency over a smaller agency, common traits in big billers, what does good billings look like in todays market and some of the most buoyant markets to recruit in right now.

You can connect with James on Linkedin - James Vizor.

Best place to connect with me is Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz.

If you have any questions, comments on this episode or any topics you would love me to cover with future guests then please drop me a message.

Also feel free to tweet me your comments and questions - Hishem Azzouz.