The RAG Podcast
Season 6 | Ep 18 – Luke McCormack on building a super modern, lean and highly profitable agency that ONLY sells retainers
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Season 6 | Ep16 – Greg Savage on the metrics you should be measuring to ensure your rec business is scaling profitably
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Season 6 | Episode 15 – Ephram Stephenson on growing to over 100 people in 12 months of trading
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Season 6 | Ep 14 – Ben Duffill believes you don’t need to set up your own recruitment company to be successful in the industry
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S6 | Ep13 – Simon Hair on building one of the most socially engaged recruitment firms on the planet
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Season 6 | Ep12 – Kayleigh Bottomley on only hiring inexperienced people and still making a profit
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Season 6 | Ep 11 – John Dyson on surviving a major snowboarding accident and running his agency his way!
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Season 6 | Ep 10 – James Brown on owning the fastest-growing recruitment agency in the world
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Season 6 | Ep 8 – Richard Wright on enjoying his recruitment career more than he ever has before in his mid-fifties
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Season 6 | Ep 7 – Laurie Boyall on how he has never ever found himself bored during his 35 years as Founder & Group CEO of McGregor Boyall
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S6 Ep 6 | Sean Anderson on 3 simple things every recruiter should implement now before LI changes
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Season 6 | Ep 5 – David Morgan on going from sending CVs by fax to driving business via social media over his 22 years as founder of Morgan Law
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Season 6 | Ep 3 – Lloyd Gordon on the details of his acquisition of Cognitive Group and how his business is now 107 staff!
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Season 6 | Ep 1 – Ed Rossiter on securing 1 million euros of investment to hire 250 recruiters in the next 3-5 years
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Season 5 | Ep 40 – Ben Wallin & Dan Cox on invoicing £1.7m in their first year in business despite only forecasting £200k!
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Season 5 | Ep 39 – Rogier Rouppe van der Voort on working his way up to becoming a CEO at age 33!
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Season 5 | Ep 38 – Chris O’Connell on how he went from owning a £25m recruitment agency to a painful exit and subsequent suicide attempts
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Season 5 | Ep 36 – Kyle Winterbottom returns to discuss how Orbition has generated 100% of its 7 figure revenue as a direct result of his brand
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Season 5 | Ep 34 – Matthew Baird on the reality of both the highs and lows of his first 16 months as a solo recruitment owner
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Season 5 | Ep 32 – Anthony Webster on his story of coming out as gay and the impact this has had on his recruitment career!
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Season 5 | Ep 31 – Jez Heard on billing £500k in his first 6 months as an agency owner at the age of 24!
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Season 5 | Ep 30 – Nader Beshara on growing to 10 staff at his own pace during the pandemic!
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Season 5 | Ep 28 – Matthew Eames on why he still loves the daily challenge of growing Eames Group after 20 years since inception!!
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Season 5 | Ep 27 – Jake Anderson on burnout, depression, anxiety, insomnia, Covid and winding down a 7-figure global agency
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S5 | Ep 26 – Joshua Rayner on restructuring his agency and growing to 20 x self-employed ‘licensees’
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Season 5 | Ep 24 – Emrah Baykal is building an agency that doesn’t revolve around booze and billers’ lunches!
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Season 5 | Ep 23 – Chris Sheard on building a socially responsible recruitment brand
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Season 5 | Ep 22 – Ed Stevens on building his second recruitment group to over 1000 staff
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Season 5 | Ep 21 – Liam Thomas on leading his agency whilst losing his business partner to cancer
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Season 5 | Ep 20 – Adrian Carboni on why he walked away from over £1m worth of shares to launch his own agency!
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Season 5 | Ep 17 – Stuart White on his journey from starting Provide 21 years ago and his current role post acquisition by TXM Group!
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Season 5 | Ep 15 – Tom Hibberd shares his secrets to scaling Precision Resource Group (PRG) to 175 staff in 12 years
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Season 5 | Ep 14 – James Osborne on his predictions for the global recruitment market in 2022!
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Season 5 | Ep 11 – Adrian Kinnersley on building TwentyAI based on core values that go against the classic recruitment agency!
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Season 5 | Ep 10 – Lewis Maleh on building a global, boutique search firm with a clear focus on building profit rather than scale.
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Season 5 | Ep 7 – Ishpal Bansal on why choosing the right business partner is essential to growing your recruitment business!
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Season 5 | Ep 5 – Dr. Aria on optimising your mindset for higher performance inside and outside of your recruitment business
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Season 5 | Ep 1 – Mark Znowski on feeling empty after selling StaffGroup and finding purpose by starting up another agency!
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Season 4 | Ep 27 – Jamie Woods on his vision for JCW Group to go from his living room to 500 staff with no intention of selling and exiting!
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Season 4 | Ep 26 – Hannah Donaldson on her journey to growing to 135 staff across 4 global locations at the same time as starting a family!
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Season 4 | Ep 25 – Andy Larholt on why he should have sold his agency when he had an offer in 2015!
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Season 4 | Ep 19 – James Cox from launching his start up within an established group to group CEO in 3 years!
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Season 4 | Ep 17 – Logan Naidu on growing Dartmouth Partners to 180 staff through 30% year on year growth, PE investment and M&A activity!
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Season 4 | Ep 15 – Paul Flynn on addiction, mental health and selling Staffgroup for over £20m!
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Season 4 | Ep 14 – Tim Cook on what he has learnt about growing, selling and buying recruitment agencies after 34 years in the industry!
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Season 4 | Ep 13 – Clare Cooper on 4 weeks into launching her start up agency Storm3 and hiring 20 grads at once!
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Season 4 | Ep 11 – Bernie Schiemer on going from an 8 figure exit as a recruitment owner to building the world’s fastest growing recruitment CRM!
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Season 4 | Ep 10 – Project 500 reaches £38,000 in donations!
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Season 4 | Ep 8 – Headteacher Simon Cope on receiving the first laptops from Project 500 and what it means to the kids!
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Season 4 | Ep 7 – Brent Orsuga on growing a hugely profitable agency based on the power of his authentic brand!
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Season 4 | Ep 6 – £30,000 raised in our quest for 500 Laptops for 500 School Children in Need – ASAP!
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Season 4 | Ep 5 – Andy Shatwell on growing a business of 70 recruiters who all lead sales with marketing content!
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Season 4 | Ep 4 – 500 Laptops for 500 School Children in Need – ASAP!
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Season 4 | Ep 3 – James Brown on growing FASTEST GROWING Recruitment Agency in the world right now!
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Season 4 | Ep 2 – Joel Lalgee on how he went from RAG listener to joining Hoxo Media to launch our USA Business!
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Season 4 | Ep 1- Kicking off the season with a solo episode discussing my thoughts on whats coming up for the industry in 2021
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Season 3 | Ep 23 – Paul Donovan on finding humour and positivity in every situation, even in the global pandemic!
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