Recruitment Mentors Podcast

This week I'm joined by Alex Stone who is the USA Director for Orbis Consultants.

Alex has worked in Recruitment for nearly 10 years and for the last couple of years he has taken his Recruitment career to the USA.

He now lives in Brooklyn and is building out the USA arm for Orbis Consultants.

We really break down how he built his America desk for 2 years in the UK before moving over to the states and what you should seriously be thinking about if you're considering a move to America.

I thought it was really interesting to hear more about the different nuances that Recruiters face when operating within the American market, with the fees being higher and the reputation of a Recruiter being in a more positive light it genuinely sounds like an amazing opportunity to take your recruitment skills stateside!

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 Alex on Linkedin - Alex Stone

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:

What advice do you have for navigating a gatekeeper who wants to restrict access to line managers?”

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

This week I'm joined by Jack Prior who is a Tech Recruiter for Redcat Digital.

Jack went straight into Recruitment after graduating, after a pretty shit experience when interviewing for recruitment jobs he has really found his feet in the last 3 years.

It's safe to say Jack doesn't fit the typical 'Recruiter' persona, he has approached recruiting in his own way which doesn't involve smashing the phones but focused on being perceived as someone who is part of the community he serves.

We really break down the methods he uses as a Tech recruiter to generate his billings which is predominantly built of Jack receiving most of his business through referrals.

With the Tech market being one of the most saturated recruitment landscapes I think those who operate in this market will get some serious value from this episode!!

We really dive into the Tech vertical but plenty to take from this conversation if you don't operate in the tech world.

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 Jack on Linkedin - Jack Prior

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 do you respond to… 
“We have a PSL and we are not reviewing our suppliers until next year”

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

This week I'm joined by Andrew McGregor who is the Managing Director of an Australian based recruitment agency called Design & Build.

Andrew has had two jobs in recruitment over the last 13 years & has only worked in two markets, the UK market and the AUS market.

I absolutely loved Andrew's take on recruitment which is all predicated on building as much trust with your colleagues, clients and candidates.

We really dive into how Andrew has built an amazing personal brand, the challenges he faced when moving over to the AUS market, the adjustments he made moving from contract to perm & much more!

It was great to get an Australian based recruiters perspective on the world of recruitment, more of this to come.

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 Andrew on Linkedin - Andrew McGregor

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 which produced some funny answers:

What has been the weirdest thing you have done or said to get through to a client?

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

This week I'm joined by Karl Penhale who is a principal consultant for Austin Fraser.

Karl has worked within Recruitment for five plus years and has gone strength to strength as a contract biller within the Tech market.

He recently had the experience in working in the American contract market where he learnt a lot about himself and the different nuances of working the US market compared to the UK market.

We really dive into how Karl has been a very high achiever within a large recruitment organisation.

Drivers came up a lot in this episode which I found really interesting and the POWER of hosting market leading events.

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 Karl on Linkedin - Karl Penhale

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

This is the first episode of the QUICK FIRE question round with The Recruitment Rollercoaster guests.

The first topic is on Business Development which has produced some very interesting and funny answers so far!

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

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 first question that I asked the recent guests on Business Development was the following.

If you had someone next to you right now who was about to make their first BD call what advice would you give them?

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

This week I'm joined by April Turner who currently works for the brilliant Wiser who are part employer branding agency & part recruitment agency.

April has worked in recruitment for nearly 5 years and we have a really open conversation about her journey so far.

For the first time EVER on the show April told me how she was 'born into recruitment' which I thought was brilliant.

April hasn't had a straight forward journey on her recruitment career however she has continued to learn, get better at handling the shit times and has actively built a brand that is helping her give more value to people in her market.

We dived into everything from how she built her recruitment desk, handling depression, hosting events, personal branding and so much more.

I'm really excited for you all to listen to this episode, as always feedback is very much welcome and if you have any topics you would really like me to go over with future guests please get in touch with me directly on Linkedin.

You can connect with April Turner on Linkedin - April Turner
Best place to get me is on Linkedin OR Twitter - Hishem Azzouz / Hishem Azzouz 

Keep your eyes peeled for another episode this week which will be totally different to this episode!!!

This week I’m joined by Sean McCleary who is the managing director of a Manchester based recruitment agency called Insight Recruitment and he is also one of the founders of the Power Hive

We recorded this episode in his offices up in Manchester after I delivered a talk on personal branding to his consultants.

Sean is on a mission to build a thriving business which is based out of a city which is very close to his heart, Manchester.

He has worked within the Recruitment industry for 15 plus years and I was genuinely amazed with his mindset towards recruitment.

I absolutely loved his approach when hiring for his business and how he has gone about growing his own recruitment agency.

Genuinely really excited to share this episode with you all and I think a lot of you will get tons of value out of this conversation. 

If you want to connect with Sean, the best place is Linkedin - Sean Mccleary

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