Intel — Recruitment Industry Insights

Guides, analysis and updates for the UK recruitment industry.

• How niche recruitment firms can get found through ChatGPT

  AI search gives specialist agencies another way to be discovered before a sales conversation. Start by making your specialism clear and giving employers evidence that you can handle their brief.

• Why would I trust another recruitment agency with MY client?

  The suggestion that you should involve another recruitment agency can sound suspiciously like being asked to introduce your other half to someone who fancies them.

• AI is a reputational risk if you don't know what you're using it for

  Every AI capability a search or recruitment firm adopts should be run through one filter before it goes anywhere near a client, a candidate, or a press release

• How Recruitment leaders build sustainable performance

  This white paper outlines the leadership system required to create motivated sales and recruitment teams capable of delivering sustained revenue growth.

• Split Fee Collaboration Member Spotlight: Nicola Sales and YourRecruit

  YourRecruit was one of the earliest agencies to join Recruitment Supplier. Nicola’s main reason for using the platform was to gain additional sourcing support

• The Recruitment Conversations We Don't Have Anymore

  A decade ago, success was usually measured by turnover, headcount and office expansion. Those ambitions still exist, but they are no longer the only measures that matter.

• Why the CV should inform recruitment decisions, not lead them

  When the CV becomes the first filter, it can quietly remove some of the best people from the process before anyone has understood whether they are actually suited to the job.

• Recruitment Marketing Has Entered the Attention Economy

  James Whitelock from Think in Circles provides an extract from his recent eBook. A practical guide how to take control of your market narrative.

• How high performing recruiters find revenue in a challenging market

  The recruiters who perform well in a tighter market usually have the same habit: they use what the business already knows before they go searching for something new.

• Building a Recruitment Pipeline That Actually Supports Growth

  Recruiters often focus heavily on activity numbers without properly qualifying future opportunity. A meaningful pipeline is built from information gathered through conversations.

• Practical Guide to Recruitment Split Fee Agreements

  Split fee partnerships are probably more useful now than they were ten years ago. Recruitment has become more specialised and clients are less patient with agencies