+++ Recruiter Health Warning +++
Around 7-8 years ago, which was when I first started talking about how retained recruitment was the way forward for proper recruiters, most people thought I was an idiot.
Now, retained recruitment seems to be becoming more mainstream. So much so, that people who’ve never sold a retainer or worked a retained assignment are now advising recruiters how to do it.
For some, part of that advice includes the recruiter only charging the client £500 as the retained portion of the fee.…
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Recruiter Headspace
We’ve all accidentally wandered into a hippy shop at some point in our lives.
You know the ones. They’re usually called Xanadu or Dharmic Phayze and sell crystals, dream catchers and Guatemalan knitwear. When the fog of patchouli-scented joss sticks clears you can see a bearded chap eating a tofu and quinoa salad from a thumb pot. The warm, sweet air is filled with ‘The Magical Sounds of Mating Wales Volume III’.
This is the kind of person who meditates.
You certainly…
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The Marionette Madness March
The TV show The Apprentice is interesting for two reasons.
The first is, if you turn the sound down, and drink enough tequila, it’s like watching a bunch of wind-up dolls all randomly bumping into each other for an hour.
The second is that it’s the only reality TV show where the real winner gets fired in the first week. They probably don’t realise it at the time though.
Previous winners will probably say they now have successful businesses as a result of being on that show.…
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