Getting Your Recruitment Website Ranking on Google in 2026
Are you starting a recruitment website and need help ranking in Google? Follow these simple steps to get you started.
So, You Want to Become a Headhunter?
You start as a contingent recruiter, learn the business, then what next? For many, becoming a manager isn’t appealing and they don’t feel ready to set up their own recruitment business, so a lot of recruiters want to know how to become a headhunter, but is that the next career step?
Leadership or management – what’s more important to a growing recruitment business?
Leadership or management – which one’s the more important skill to have when growing your recruitment business? We’ll look at why it’s crucial to have both and when to use them to greatest effect.
Why business owners should never take their staff for granted.
You can’t assume that, as you grow, your bill billers will just be happy to come along for the ride. Read my cautionary tale and find out why it’s crucial you must never take your team for granted.
What is recruitment factoring and why do we do ours in house?
If you are setting up a new recruitment business, access to cash is one of the most crucial aspects of surviving those early months. Add in if you are a contract recruiter, and you will really struggle if you don’t arrange quality factoring to pay your contractors.
How to choose a CRM for your new recruitment agency
When setting up a new recruitment business, it’s important to spend your money wisely. You may be wondering if investing in a recruitment CRM or database is the right call. Our blog explains why it is and how to choose the right one for you.
What actually is recruitment back office support?
Recruitment back office support comes in many different sizes and variations. From simple invoicing and credit control to comprehensive support covering marketing and coaching. Find out what is out there and what might be right for your business.
How much does a recruitment business set up cost?
The 3rd part in our How To Start A Recruitment Business blog series, looking at the costs involved in setting up your own recruitment business and how to plan for such costs.
The top 7 recruitment start-up mistakes
Working with us should protect you from making mistakes as a business start-up, but here are the most common we’ve found.
Is building a recruitment business to sell a good idea?
It’s a goal for a lot of recruitment business owners, but is it actually the smart thing to do and is there a better way to cash in on all your hard work? My recruitment blog goes through all the pros and cons of building a recruitment business to sell, and the considerations for the existing business owner or those setting up a recruitment business.
A recruitment consultant’s guide to understanding the offer of equity/shares by your employer
This enlightening blog highlights the advantages and pitfalls of accepting equity in a recruitment agency.
Managing cash in your recruitment business
This is the 4th instalment of our blog series on How To Start A Recruitment Business. Here, MD Rhys Jones discusses how to manage cash flow in a start-up recruitment business.
Why recruitment owner/managers need to KPI themselves for real business growth
Owner/Managers not only need to KPI their staff, but they should KPI themselves too! It’s common for recruiters who progress beyond running a desk to stop using KPIs. Here’s my recruitment blog on how and why KPIs should remain important to you.
Why bad managers give recruitment KPIs a bad reputation
Discover why KPIs are hated by so many, and get an unnecessary bad reputation. We’ll also tell you how to win back doubtful recruiters. KPIs are used in all industries but are a dying breed in recruitment. My blog will hopefully win back some doubters.
How working for yourself can actually be less risky than changing Jobs
Setting up on your own is seen by many as a risky option, however in this blog I give a balanced view between becoming your own boss and changing jobs. With my tips to avoid start-up pitfalls, it becomes a lot closer of a contest!
Top 7 reasons to set up a recruitment business
Is setting up a recruitment business an ambition of yours? Our blog has the 7 top reasons you need to set up your own recruitment business now.
Growing a recruitment business to sell – 8 ways to increase value
When growing a recruitment business, it’s important to consider your exit strategy from the outset. In this blog are 8 sure-fire ways to increase value of your recruitment agency.
Why all recruitment businesses need a business coach for growth
Want to take your recruitment business to the next level? You can read as many recruitment blogs or books as you like, but here’s why you could benefit from a business coach, non-exec or mentor.
The essential checklist for your new recruitment business
This essential checklist to support any start-up recruitment business will show you where to begin and ensure that you’ve got all the basics covered. A must-read blog if you’re setting up your own recruitment agency.
What you need to know to perfect your headhunt
The second part in the headhunting blog series on delivering quality headhunts that will win you more business. In this instalment, MD Rhys Jones discusses how to perfect your pitch, interviews & presenting the shortlist to your clients.
How to deliver quality headhunts that WILL win more business
The first part of our headhunting blog series to help you deliver quality headhunts that will win more business. Learn how to complete a headhunt assignment in a way to make your clients want more, become super loyal and reduce your level of new business work.
How to use success ratios to produce recruitment KPIs that WILL work
This recruitment blog explains how to work out KPI activity targets using efficiencies tailored to each recruiter in your business.
Why quality coaching is dying off in the recruitment industry
In this blog, we discuss why quality coaching is dying out in the recruitment industry and how that is becoming detrimental to businesses and the recruitment industry as a whole.
Where to start with a recruitment business plan
The 2nd part in our blog series on How To Start A Recruitment Business breaks down the key steps in writing an effective recruitment business plan.
How to start a recruitment business
The 1st part of our blog series on How To Start A Recruitment Business. This instalment looks at what you need to consider when thinking about setting up on your own.
How being a ‘hero manager’ will hold the growth of your team or recruitment business back
Once you become an employer in your recruitment business, this winning attitude of wanting to be the biggest biller that got you where you are, can stop you building a real business and by that I mean a business than makes money for you, not purely because of you.
A recruitment business partner is for life, choose carefully!
If you do have a serious disagreement with your business partner(s) or backer on the running of the business, what do you do? What’s the process to resolve matters? If you are thinking of setting up a recruitment business with a partner, this recruitment blog could help prevent any relationship damaging issues before they start.
How to pitch for recruitment business investment
Before approaching the investment community, you should prepare a sound funding pitch. Recruitment Investors are smart, business savvy people and in many cases you are asking them for their own money.
12 crucial ‘Communication Commandments’ for real leaders
Drawing on 35 years of experience growing profitable businesses across the world, here Greg Savage describes how a good leader is defined by their communication style, in his ‘Savage 12 Communication Commandments’.
