Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Hosted by Hishem Azzouz

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The #1 Most Actionable Recruitment Podcast In the World

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October 26, 202655 min

13 Months Without a Placement to £438K: Why Candidates, Not BD, Make the Money with Harry Crick

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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

October 22, 202616 min

Golden Nugget #129 | How to Build a £30K Weekly Contract Book: KPIs, Relationships & Process with Liam Moir Holland

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 Here Raise - 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://limitless-learning.thisishector.com/subscribe ------------------------- Get in touch with me: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/ -------------------------

October 19, 20261 hr 0 min

From 8 to 34 People in 18 Months: Hubscale’s Road to £7M with Elliot White

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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

October 15, 202614 min

Golden Nugget #128 | Recruitment KPIs That Work: From 50 Calls to 1 Placement with Terry Payne

October 12, 20261 hr 3 min

£1.5M in Year One, Self-Funded: Inside Blue Fox with Jonathan & Victoria

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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

October 7, 202613 min

Golden Nugget #127 | How to Get Through a Tough Quarter as a New Recruitment Founder with Genie Burgess

October 5, 20261 hr 5 min

9 Recruitment Agency Scaling Mistakes & the Rebuild to £279K Per Head with Tom Kelly

In this episode, I sit down with Tom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Evona, the specialist space industry recruitment firm. Tom shares the nine mistakes that came from scaling on headcount to a peak of 68 people, and how the business rebuilt around output to reach £279K NFI per head. We dive into the 180 LinkedIn seats Evona never needed, Tom moving to the US unpaid and being handed the CEO role a month later, and the P25 output measure that now runs the business. Connect with Tom on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evonatom/ ------------------------- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/amFIj1wlEPs ------------------------- 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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

October 1, 202626 min

Walked Away From a £350K Deposit to Win This Plot: Tom Glanfield on Life After the Exit | Walk & Talk #3

Walk & Talk episode with Tom Glanfield, founder of LHI Group. We walk around his Sandbanks plot and chat about the £13.5M bidding war to win it, why he never paid himself more than £150K while building LHI, and life after the exit. Connect with Tom here: ------------------------- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MHtnRPtxuEI ------------------------- 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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

September 28, 20261 hr 1 min

Building a US Desk From Zero to $2M: Lessons From the Trenches with Fred Forrest

In this episode, I sit down with Fred Forrest , co-founder of Sourcechange. He left a comfortable seat at Pangea, got investment from day one, and built a US energy recruitment business from a box room in Aldgate East to past $2M in year three, with no clients and no track record in the market when he started. We get into the tactical mistakes that made year one even harder, how Fred turned a tiny opening into Sourcechange's biggest client, and why he believes AI is only half the bet without a ferocious sales culture behind it. Connect with Fred here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederick-forrest-05916812b/ ------------------------- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1UA0w7kYy7M ------------------------- 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 Here Raise - 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/ -------------------------

September 21, 202658 min

From an Attic to £80M: Tom Glanfield Gave Away Half His Business and Made Several Staff Millionaires

In this episode, I sit down with Tom Glanfield, the founder who built LHi Group from a graduate loan into an £80M recruitment group, to unpack the equity scheme that made several of his staff millionaires and the Employee Ownership Trust exit that followed. You can connect with Tom here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomglanfield/ ------------------------- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IJ1SiJDH2KY ------------------------- 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 Here Raise - 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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