Recruitment Mentors Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Dave Woodings, who joined LHI’s LA office as hire number 11, launched the Piper Maddox brand and grew it to $5.8M in three years.He now leads an LA office that has done $9.5M this year against an $8M budget, and he’s going back to zero to launch Emeris, LHI’s first new brand in over a decade, built for the space and aerospace market.We cover the transactional mistakes that meant half his clients never spent again, the war rooms and deal clinics that took offer acceptance from 50% to as high as 100%, and the four pillars he’s using to build Emeris the right way from day one.Connect with Dave here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-woodings-94306630/-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YXZ4gJj5NkY-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

Walk & Talk episode with Ant from DeepRec.We chat about being loss-making for the first 15 months, growing 300% year on year twice since, and why he dumps process, not clients.Connect with Ant here:-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L3yuNbdSAF0-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

In this episode, I sit down with Hugo Sugden, who co-founded GQR and scaled it to 300 people, and now advises over 100 recruitment businesses as founder of Talent Journey.We break down the three types of recruitment businesses (cash cow, sustainable scaler and hyperscaler) and why 95% of founders start out not knowing which one they’re building.We cover the payout ratio that separates each type, why moving from 360 to 180 unlocks growth, and how cash runway and vanity metrics make or break founders trying to scale.Connect with Hugo here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugosugden/-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0FVekpnKAT0-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

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In this episode, I sit down with Harry Crick from DeepRec, who places AI researchers into Bay Area startups. He went 13 months without a placement despite signing 17 clients, then built his desk to £438K in billings over the last 12 months.We dig into why BD was never the real problem, the prep and debrief system behind his £108K turnaround quarter, and how he builds a 400-company market map using four different LLMs.Connect with Harry here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-crick-3a2667151/-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZbJLnCf96I8-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

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In this episode, I sit down with Elliott White, founder of Hubscale, for his second appearance on the pod. When we last spoke in February 2025, Hubscale had 8 people.Eighteen months on, it has 34 across Manchester, Austin and London, is on track for £7M this year, and is aiming for £50M by 2030.We get into why he hires the leader before the team, the fee-split model behind nearly half of Hubscale’s revenue, and why he’s earning less now than at any point in his recruitment career.Connect with Eliott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliottwhitehubscale/-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YHF8rTf0HDM-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

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In this episode, I sit down with Jon and Vic, co-founders of Blue Fox, a self-funded recruitment business in mission critical construction that did £1.5M in revenue in its first year.They had their first perm deal done within three weeks, and they ran Blue Fox like a proper business from day one, with a detailed business plan, SOPs for everything and quarterly OKRs.We get into why their first hire was a contractor care manager rather than a salesperson, how the 70/30 vertical rule brought their billings back after a dip, and why £1.5M in revenue is not £1.5M in the bank.Connect with Jon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-bochenski-🔵🦊-88454178/Connect with Vic here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbannon/-------------------------Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PlrO2rGnTcw-------------------------Podcast Sponsors: Claim your exclusive savings from our partners with the links below:Sourcewhale - Check Out Sourcewhale & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.Atlas - Check Out Atlas & Claim Your Exclusive Offer HereRaise - Check Out Raise & Claim Your Exclusive Offer Here.-------------------------Want more content like this?The Wednesday Debrief is our free weekly newsletter for recruiters who take their craft seriously. Join 7,000+ subscribers here: https://newsletter.recruitmentmentors.com/-------------------------Get in touch with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/-------------------------

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