Paul is the founder of EMEA Recruitment who are an award winning Recruitment Agency with offices in Switzerland, The Netherlands and the UK.

It was great fun uncovering Paul's story, he has been on a really interesting journey from starting his career in London to starting a new team in the Netherlands.

Paul talks a lot about focus and how focus was a key factor to him billing £1 million pounds in one year.

We dive into a number of interesting topics in this episode and I learned a lot about the researcher recruitment model.

- Why Paul only answers his emails between 3pm to 4pm
- How he recruited in the EU markets from the UK
- The power of having an army of researchers
- What his day looked like when he billed £1 million pounds in one year

You can connect and reach out to Paul on Linkedin - Paul Toms

I had a lot of fun sitting down with Dougie from Odro.

It was really interesting to finally meet with Dougie as it felt like we already knew each other due to the both of us sharing content all the time.

Some technical difficulties in this episode as the batteries unfortunately ran out of juice during the episode! 

We had a great chat about both our journeys as we have both been on similar paths however the only difference is Dougie couldn't last as long in one recruitment job as I could.

We really dive into the power of personal branding and video content in this episode as expected with the both of us preaching about this daily on Linkedin.

If you have any key takeaways from this episode please share them and tag myself + Dougie!

Personal Branding Mini Podcast Series Part 2 💥🔥

I hope you all enjoyed the first part to this mini series!

As I mentioned in the first episode I intend on answering your questions on personal branding in the third part to this mini series.

If you have any questions on personal branding then send them my way and I will go through all of the questions and answer them in part 3 👊🏻

In this episode I talk in depth on the following points.

- The I haven't got 'time' to create content excuse

- How do you deal with your colleague not agreeing with what your doing & the company not agreeing with you sharing content.

- Documenting over creating and creating content from your one and one conversations 

- Actively listen for challenges and motivations from your candidates & clients 

- You have to be consistent with sharing content even when no one is listening 

I hope you all enjoy this episode and please do give me some feedback if you get the time.

Again if you have any questions then fire them my way on Linkedin!! 

It was a lot of fun sitting down with David Flemming in the studio to discuss his time in Recruitment and what he has learnt along the way.

You can really feel David's passion for Recruitment in this episode and he has so much knowledge to share which is why he is extremely excited with the prospect of mentoring people.

David has started a new journey in setting up his very own agency, I'm excited to see his business go from strength to strength in 2019 and beyond.

We discuss a number of topics in this episode but to highlight a few.

- Audit your 24 hours.
- How he learnt to get the best out of his team.
- Building successful recruitment teams from scratch.
- Mentoring.

Excited to share this episode with you all I think there is tons of value in this conversation.

You can connect with David on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/uxuidesigndataanalytics/

Please feel free any of you to reach out to him he would love to help!

Personal Branding Mini Podcast Series Part 1 💥🔥

I have received a number of messages around this topic so I thought instead of helping people one to one maybe I can help more people through sharing these episodes.

I will really go in depth on this topic with the aim to provide as much value as I can for those Recruiters who are seriously thinking about doing things a bit different in 2019.

In this episode I talk in depth about the following.

Why you should start backed up with some interesting stats.

Understanding who you want to communicate to - Free tool here to help with this which I mention in the episode.

What social platform recruiters should start sharing content on.

How you can start and what you should start with.

I explain in the episode but I would love you all to send me any questions you may have on this topic.

My plan is to answer all of the questions I get sent in the final part of this mini series, so make sure you send me your questions on Linkedin!

I hope you all enjoy this episode and please do give me some feedback if you get the time.

I was joined by George Barnes who is one of the founders of Hamilton Barnes.

George's mindset and approach to Recruitment really impressed me. 

It comes with no surprise that he has built a really successful recruitment business in Hamilton Barnes.

He made this decision in his early 20's and hasn't looked back since. The business is nearly 5 years old and he now has ambitious plans to grow the UK team and conquer the USA.

I loved George's genuine passion for people which really shines through in this episode and it's clear he has built a people first business.

We dive into a number of topics but to highlight a few.
- Having a clear structure is everything.
- People first. Period.
- How George keeps his Chi in order with Meditation.
- How he has maintained his billings whilst managing and running his own agency.

Plus much more, really enjoyed this chat with George and I hope you all will too!

I wanted to do something different to CELEBRATE 50 episodes of the Recruitment Rollercoaster. 

No guests in this episode, just me! 

I talk about the 5 common habits/topics I have seen in the people I have had on the podcast. 

There could definitely be a longer list but the 5 that I speak about in this episode are. 

- We’re all made equal, you can achieve anything and everything you want to! 

- Mindset. More people need to talk about this. I love this topic. 

- Doing the right thing is always the right thing! 

- Always be open to learning from others.

- Be patient and have resilience in abundance.

I'm hoping you enjoy this and I would really appreciate any feedback on this episode as I will plan to do more of them if you like them!

Drop me a message directly on Linkedin to let me know your thoughts.

Connect with me on Linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/

I'm really excited to share this as a podcast episode.

For those of you who couldn't make it you can enjoy the 30 minute talk I recently did at the Recruitment Agency Expo with this podcast episode.

I had never spoken to 200+ people before so this was a great moment for me which I really enjoyed.

I encouraged everyone in the room to take action in starting to share their opinion online so for those of you who listen I encourage you to do the same.

This is a link to the slide deck for my talk - Click here for the slides

As I mentioned in the talk I love talking about personal branding and if you want any help please feel free to get in touch with me on Linkedin.

I really enjoyed sitting down with Craig Elvin from EO to discuss his 10 plus year recruitment career.

It’s very clear that from day one in his recruitment career Craig was really focused on just doing the right thing.

I have heard this a lot now and I really think it’s the right mindset.

Having every intention of delivering a great service and just choosing to do the right thing will help you beat your competition. 

We had a really good chat and discussed a number of topics. 

🎙How being organised early on helped him massively. 

🎙How he dealt with being a manager within 12 months of his career. 

🎙How to get involved with more senior appointments. 

🎙How to be perceived as a peer by senior professionals. 

🎙How to approach networking events and much more!

You can connect with Craig on Linkedin.