Join Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, and Candidate Source Limited's Managing Director, Michelle Davies. Michelle founded Candidate Source in 2010, after recognising that recruiters needed an ally; someone that had the expertise to support them in their job advertising when the to-do list got too long. After more than 13 years, Candidate Source Ltd continues to assist recruitment agencies in growing their business by creating effective online job advertising campaigns to gain maximum exposure ..read more

Join Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, in conversation with Recruiting Gym Managing Director, Angela Cripps and learn How to maximise your agency's impact before Christmas to succeed in 2024. Angela is a highly experienced trainer, management consultant, coach, NED, mentor and performance specialist with 30+ years' experience within the recruitment industry. With Recruiting Gym Angela aims to make agencies more successful and profitable through the development of their people, their strategies and their processes ..read more

Join Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, in discussion with Roy Dungworth as they explore: 'How to Unlock the Potential of Contract Recruiting'. Roy is the Director and Founder of Consiliario Consulting, an advisory organisation for the professional staffing industry. Roy is also Commercial Director of Elite Leaders. With over 25 years experience leading a number of the leading tech staffing organisations, Roy has an outstanding track record of launching, growing, turning around businesses and teams ..read more

Join Wendy, CEO of Firefish Software, and 'Million Pound Billier' Brad Shackleton, as they discuss 'How to Perfect Your Sales Technique to Achieve New Business'.   Brad specialises in motivating, coaching, and developing ‘High Performance Sales Teams' and businesses on behalf of highly ambitious CEO's, Directors, Sales Professionals, & Entrepreneurs who aspire to be the No.1 service provider in their Industry. Brad is ex RAF (Pilot), related to Sir Ernest Shackleton (Antarctic Explorer), and a former 'Million Pound Biller' Recruiter and Global Top Sales Biller and performer for a Glob ..read more

Ann Swain is the founder and Global CEO of APSCo, an international trade body representing the professional recruitment sector with operations in the UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia. Ann is the author of the best-selling ‘Professional Recruiter’s Handbook’ and has over 30 years’ recruitment experience including time as Managing Director of Learning Curve and UK Sales Director at Computer People. In this episode, Wendy and Ann explore: 'What the Hell is Going on with the Markets ..read more

Become a recruiter of the future, today. Get a glimpse into the future of recruitment and discover how your recruitment agency can become 10x more efficient overnight. Explore how AI will support recruiters to streamline admin, create engaging communications and attract more candidates as we take a look at the next generation of recruitment, powered by ChatGPT ..read more

(Please be aware that there were some audio technical difficulties during the start of this show) Join Firefish CEO Wendy as she chats to Louise Archer, founder of Retrained Search, about how to win retained business for your recruitment agency and the differences versus contingent recruitment. Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and guest Louise Archer discuss: ⚡ The advantages of retained versus contingent recruitment ⚡ The mindset needed when selling retained search ⚡ How to deliver the most value with your retainers ...and more Louise Archer, Founder & Coach, Retrained Search - Louise has wor ..read more

On our first Crowdcast of Season 5, we talk with guest Neil Carberry about the outlook for the recruitment industry in 2023 and how recruiters can continue to find success amid economic uncertainty. Gordon Webb and guest Neil Carberry, CEO of the REC discuss: ⚡ Thoughts on the economy and unemployment rates heading into 2023 ⚡ Why this recession will be different for recruitment than in previous years ⚡ How recruiters can change their approach to clients and continue to provide value during economic uncertainty ...and more Neil Carberry was appointed as Chief Executive of the Re ..read more

On November’s Crowdcast, we talk with guest Christina Robinson about how to keep up with the top trends on social media and how to make your business stand out online in 2023. Wendy and guest Christina Robinson, Managing Director at Green Umbrella Marketing discuss: ⚡ Improving your visibility through personal branding ⚡ How to use social media for PR in 2023 ⚡ The importance of online communities ...and more Christina Robinson is the MD of Green Umbrella Marketing, a specialist marketing agency focused on social media, website design and other online and offline marketing servi ..read more

Do you want to attract more top quality talent with the Ads you post on Job Boards? Then join Wendy and James Boshier - head of partner success at CV Library to find out how to upgrade your job ads and get better results from job boards. Tune in for discussion on the following topics and more: What is driving the current price hikes in the job board market? How can you maximise the algorithm to get a better return on your job ads? How has Google for jobs impacted the jobs market? Where is the future of job board technology heading ..read more