Recruitment Mentors Podcast

I recently attended the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham, so I thought I would walk around with the microphone and record some podcast episodes on the future of Recruitment!

It's a shorter and different episode however the questions brought out some great answers.

In this episode I grabbed Samm Green who is the founder of Few & Far.

I asked him the following questions:

Do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?... why?

Recruitment has evolved a lot since its inception, what do you think has been the biggest change to the recruitment industry?

What do you think the most successful recruiters need to do to stay relevant?

Final question, best reason you have heard from a candidate who couldn’t make an interview?

You can connect with Samm on Linkedin - Samm Green

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

I recently attended the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham, so I thought I would walk around with the microphone and record some podcast episodes on the future of Recruitment!

It's a shorter and different episode however the questions brought out some great answers.

In this episode I grabbed Mark Hopkins who is the founder of Thomas Lee Recruitment.

I asked him the following questions:

Do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?... why?

Recruitment has evolved a lot since its inception, what do you think has been the biggest change to the recruitment industry?

What do you think the most successful recruiters need to do to stay relevant?

Final question, best reason you have heard from a candidate who couldn’t make an interview?

You can connect with Mark on Linkedin - Mark Hopkins

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

I recently attended the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham, so I thought I would walk around with the microphone and record some podcast episodes on the future of Recruitment!

It's a shorter and different episode however the questions brought out some great answers.

In this episode I grabbed Sam Cheshire who is a Sales manager at Hinterview.

I asked him the following questions:

Do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?... why?

Recruitment has evolved a lot since its inception, what do you think has been the biggest change to the recruitment industry?

What do you think the most successful recruiters need to do to stay relevant?

Final question, best reason you have heard from a candidate who couldn’t make an interview?

You can connect with Sam on Linkedin - Sam Cheshire

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

I recently attended the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham, so I thought I would walk around with the microphone and record some podcast episodes on the future of Recruitment!

It's a shorter and different episode however the questions brought out some great answers.

In this episode I grabbed Joe Mellor who is a Senior Sales Consultant at Hunted.

I asked him the following questions:

Do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?... why?

Recruitment has evolved a lot since its inception, what do you think has been the biggest change to the recruitment industry?

What do you think the most successful recruiters need to do to stay relevant?

Final question, best reason you have heard from a candidate who couldn’t make an interview?

You can connect with Joe on Linkedin - Joe Mellor

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

This week I'm joined by two guests, Jane Middleton & Harriet Lavender who are the founders of Trapeze HR.

It has been a while since we have had two guests on the show so I apologies for the slight echo in parts of this episode.

I thought this episode was really interesting as Harriet & Jane are pioneering the flexible working movement within the HR industry.

Both of these women are passionate and driven in helping businesses consider & hire more of the great talent available from the flexible working talent pool.

They're 15 months into running their very own recruitment agency which is completely dedicated to helping SME's recruit top flexible & agile HR talent.

We really dive into practical advice on how Recruiters can propose more flexible working within their business but also how Recruiters can start branching this subject with their clients.

Enjoy the episode, feedback is always welcome so please get in touch with me if you want me to cover certain topics with future guests that you would really benefit from.

You can connect with Jane & Harriet on Linkedin - Jane Middleton | Harriet Lavender

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

This week is a very special episode, I sit down with Ross Taylor who is the Founder of Hidden.

Ross has had a long career in Recruitment, from consultant to building out a whole new division to starting his own Recruitment Agency twice.

However we wanted to do something different for this episode as it's World Mental Health Day today.

We really dug deep into Ross's personal journey with Mental Health and he openly shared with us his story.

Ross is extremely passionate about impacting the conversation around Mental Health and has actively taken action within his own business to help make this happen.

Whenever there is an opportunity to do something positive with this podcast I honestly jump at the chance, I hope you all enjoy this episode around a real topic that needs to be discussed and Ross shows some real vulnerability by doing just this.

Enjoy this very special episode for #Worldmentalhealthday

If you want to connect with Ross then you can on linkedin here - Ross Taylor

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

This week I'm joined by Calum Lyle who is the Director of Robertson Sumner.

Over the last 5 years Calum has helped take the business from sub 10 staff to now over 20 heads with plans to grow the business to 40+ heads in the very near future.

I think Calum has been on a wicked journey who has really taken every possible opportunity with both hands, this is what I love about working in a smaller growing business there are so many opportunities and like Calum says there is no glass ceiling in Recruitment.

Calum very quickly started managing a team and even managing the whole business however he has really approached his career with a growth mindset which I think has been a huge reason as to why it has been a massive success.

We talk understanding your why as a Recruiter, the importance of focusing on building relationships not money and how he has continued to become a better manager.

Amazing story and I think loads of you will get tons of value from this episode!!

Enjoy the episode, feedback is always welcome so please get in touch with me if you want me to cover certain topics with future guests that you would really benefit from.

You can connect with Calum on Linkedin - Calum Lyle

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

QUICK FIRE question round with The Recruitment Rollercoaster guests on the topic of Business Development.

This is the last question from the quick fire business development series, I hope you have all enjoyed the slightly different episodes.

The next topic will be on 'The Future of Recruitment'

The question this week that I got the guests to answer is the following:

Worst ever BD Call?

As always if you want to connect with me the best place is Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

This week I'm joined by Robert Hanna who is the founder of Kissooncarr.

Over the last 3 years Rob has been building his own recruitment agency and achieved double digit growth year on year.

I absolutely LOVED Rob's mindset to Recruitment, don't cut corners, be a subject matter expert, don't be transactional and focus on working warmer.

Rob has managed to work in 3 different sectors over the last 10 years which I think is amazing due to the difficulty involved when starting up in a brand new sector.

Rob is now extremely motivated to give back to an industry that has given him so much and actively mentors / invests / helps those within the Recruitment Industry.

It was great to sit down with Rob and discuss all things Recruitment.

Enjoy the episode, feedback is always welcome so please get in touch with me if you want me to cover certain topics with future guests that you would really benefit from.

You can connect with Rober on Linkedin - Robert Hanna

As always please feel free to connect with me and share feedback on Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz

QUICK FIRE question round with The Recruitment Rollercoaster guests on the topic of Business Development.

I'm really keen to give all of you who listen more value and more content to listen too.

Any feedback on this style, the questions asked, the topic and the overall episode would be greatly appreciated.

I would love your input on what the next topic should be or the questions I ask!!

The question this week that I got the guests to answer is the following:

How many times and what methods will you try to reach someone you want to pitch?

As always if you want to connect with me the best place is Linkedin - Hishem Azzouz