In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Anton Roe, Director at Marshall McAdam - a boutique Recruitment Agency in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.

Anton is a seasoned recruiter who left the UK for a life overseas 5 years ago. He moved to Australia in 2016 and joined the business 2 years ago to lead and scale the business with support of the founders.

In today’s episode, Anton shared his experience of moving to Australia and leading the business through the Pandemic.

Most notably he talked about the fact that when COVID hit, he had recently relocated his son full time from the UK to Australia and was still technically living on a working visa before he could move over to a spousal visa via his Australian wife in August 2020. Ultimately this meant that had he been let go by the business as a result of the pandemic he would have had to leave the country along with his son.

The stakes were high

I love how relaxed and calm Anton is as a person, this has been developed further during his long leadership career.

The business has survived well so far with Anton being creative about new products and services. A wonderful conversation with a truly genuine person, if you would like to reach out to Anton and ask any questions directly, he is more than happy to help.

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On this week's show, I was delighted to spend time with Elliot Dell, the CEO of Salt - a well known brand in the Digital Recruitment market, globally. Headquartered in London with 220 staff across offices in Asia, Australia, USA and the Middle East, Elliot joined as a recruiter and worked his way up to CEO after 10 years.

Salt didn’t actually exist when he joined, it was a small, family owned exec search business that soon changed with Elliot’s influence. As Salt gathered momentum, they soon acquired another business named 'Salt’ in New Zealand and that’s where things really took off.

Elliot has an incredible energy and passion for growing a fantastic business that can truly change the Digital Recruitment world. Whilst growing international teams at work, he is also the father of 3 children and has a super active lifestyle - an inspirational guy for sure!

Today I was joined by Doeke, the co-founder of WeAreKeen and agency providing in-house recruitment teams to start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises across the Netherlands.

In this episode, he talked about how his country has reacted and dealt with lockdown and how his business has had to adapt to the change. Being an in-house agency with a relationship focused approach, he revealed how this has enabled them to stay close and support both clients and suppliers through a time that effects us all!

A refreshing chat from a very innovative recruitment owner, you can connect with Doeke and ask any questions here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doeke/

In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Scott Parsons, Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes - a specialist in senior appointments within emerging technology with offices in London, Nottingham and NYC.

5 years old, at the start of 2020 Scott had just opened his NYC office and signed a 10 yr lease on a ‘shell’ that was 5 x the size of their original space in Nottingham.

It is safe to say that they were super excited about 2020!

Then when covid hit, the company that they had selected to renovate the office went bust. They also had £160,000 worth of contractor payments withheld by a major client and other RPO projects cut at once.

However Scott and his business partner didn’t panic!

In this episode Scott talks about his approach to building a high growth agency and dealing with major setbacks along the way!

A super smart and engaging guy, it is obvious why Scott is building such an amazing business!

If you would like to reach out and ask any questions directly, then feel free to contact Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottparsons7/

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In today’s episode, alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Paul Donovan, Regional Director at Bluefin Resources - Australia’s Number 1 Specialist Recruitment Agency.

Paul has been in the industry for over 20 years and has seen 2 x economic downturns. He moved from London to Brisbane almost 10 years ago and soon found himself settled in Melbourne where he has stayed ever since.

In today’s episode, Paul shared his experience of joining Bluefin Resources, a Powerhouse in Sydney at the team with the task of leading an underperforming office in Victoria to a profitable place.

Pauls attitude is an extremely positive one. He talks about the ‘people first’ agenda in his business and how they didn’t let a single employee go during the COVID pandemic.

I love how despite the longest lockdown in the world, Paul managed to stay calm, positive and find humour in every situation, if you would like to reach out to Paul and ask any questions directly, he is more than happy to help.

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In today’s episode, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Jamie Beaumont, Founder of Fuel Payments - a specialist FinTech organisation that helps recruiters provide alternative payment methods for their SME customers!

I absolutely loved this episode! Jamie is in the first 6 months of the business and is in hyper start up mode!

An ex recruiter who became a tech entrepreneur that massively flopped at the beginning, he knows a thing or two about starting businesses with no prior experience.

He now owns a financial lending company with no prior Financial Services experience, he reminds me of myself when I started Hoxo!

In this episode Jamie talks about his life as an entrepreneur and the relentless workload he is prepared to endure to make this business successful.

His product is super smart and will no doubt be a game changer for Recruiters around the world!

If you are interested in a raw and recent start up journey or want to know how you can better convert perm fees, you can not miss this one!

If you would like to reach out and ask any questions directly, then feel free to contact Jamie on here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-beaumont-4097a253/

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WOW what an episode to round up 2020!

Alongside co-host Pete Watson, I was joined on LinkedIn live by Stella Petrou Concha, Founder & CEO of Reo Group and soon to be CEO & Co-Founder Reo+Purtell a merger set to complete in January 2021 in Sydney, Australia.

Stella started her recruitment agency 10 years ago with her husband Marcelo, only 2 years into her recruitment career!

I have had the pleasure of working with Stella in 2020 and I don’t think I know a more motivated or inspiring leader.

In this episode she reveals:

• Where her ‘force’ comes from - deep in her childhood
• How she coped in lockdown with her husband and business partner in the same house
• How and why she has merged her agency with Cox Purtell
• How she sees the future of our sector being built on collaboration and mergers of small agencies

I would go as far to say this is my favourite ever RAG episode! Stella is incredible and someone we can all learn from.

If you would like to talk to her directly then reach out to her on LinkedIn, she will no doubt help in any way she can! https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-petrou-concha-603624b/

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The RAG Is back for Season 4! 2 years after we began this journey from our first office in East London, we are back for another season of Recruitment Agency Growth conversation!

In this short episode I discussed:

• My plans for the show in 2021
• My predictions for the recruitment market this year
• How I want help from YOU regarding regarding topics you want on the show
• The 2021 Hoxo Academy

Thank you to everyone who has listened to this show so far, it has been a truly incredible journey!

Here is to the next step as we fight to come out of the global pandemic even stronger as a recruitment community!

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