The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast

Season 9 | Ep35 Oliver Paull: £800K in 3 Years, Solo, From a London Flat

23 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At 28, Oliver Paull runs Rec Gen completely alone from his flat in London. £209K in year one at an 81% profit margin. £298K in year two. Past £270K...

Season 9 | Ep34 Mathew Gollop: 7 to 85 People, a Near Collapse, and the Free Idea That Paid Him Back

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mathew Gollop found Hong Kong in the back of Recruiter magazine. A glossy advert, a Chinese temple, a palm tree. He flew out, signed the contract, and...

Season 9 | Ep33 Greg Fischer: $4.2M Revenue, $1.4M Net - Then He Left With Nothing but a Handshake

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Fischer did not plan to spend ten years in recruitment. He joined a solo healthcare practice in LA as employee number one, figured it would pay t...

Season 9 | Ep32 Paul Strouts: When Growing Headcount Is a Strategy and When It Is Just a Cost

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Strouts has run a business of four people.His first business, James Harvard, quickly grew beyond 100 people and sold to Hays for approximately £...

Season 9 | Ep31 Nathan O'Connell:Building a £1M R2R business on 4 x Retained Clients

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan O'Connell spent nine years as a British military officer. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. He finished on the withdrawal with 16 Air Assault Brigade a...

Season 9 | Ep30 Emily Angeloni: Why She Nearly Walked Away From WOW After 9 Years of growth

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Angeloni co-founded WOW Recruitment in Sydney at 22. No salary for six months. Just her laptop, working from a building set for demolition. Nine...

Season 9 | Ep29 Charlie Saffro: What Nobody Tells You About Selling Your Recruitment Business

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Saffro started CS Recruiting by accident. Pregnant with her third child, out of a job overnight, doing free matchmaking from the school carpoo...

Season 9 | Ep28 Blaine Daws: £1.5M Year One to £15M Today. Working 7 Days a Week to Get There.

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Blaine Daws started in data centres in 2008 with a stack of papers and a wired phone. By 25, he was billing £475k a year as a solo 360 recruiter. At ...

Season 9 | Ep27 Andy Strong: Why He Waited 17 Years to Start His Own Recruitment Business

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Strong spent 10 years in retail selling mobile phones. Then 17 years building the biggest delivery team at a SaaS recruitment firm in Dorset. He ...

Season 9 | Ep26 Jon Woolley: How a Solo Recruiter Billed $1M in Two Years from Home

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Woolley spent nearly a decade at Vantage Consulting. He opened their US arm, built a team of eight, and scaled it to $1.6 million. Then, three wee...

Season 9 | Ep25 Christian Mather: The Wealth Planner Recruitment Founders Are Calling First

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This is not a typical RAG episode.Christian Mather is not a recruiter. He has never filled a role, run a desk, or managed a team. He is a wealth plann...

Season 9 | Ep24 How David Bloxham Flipped a 130-Person Agency to 95% Contract Revenue

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

David Bloxham first appeared on The RAG Podcast in March 2020. That episode was recorded the week before the world went into lockdown. He had 130 staf...

Season 9 | Ep23 Ben Richardson & Mike Bott: Why LHi Group appointed two CEOs

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Richardson & Mike Bott: Why LHi Group appointed two CEOsFor 25 years, LHi Group had one CEO.Founder Tom Glanfield built the business from scra...

Lucy Robinson: Fired from her job, now running a £650k global search firm

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy Robinson: Fired from her job, now running a £650k global search firmLucy Robinson runs LCR International, a global executive search firm special...

Season 9 | Ep21 Jory Humphreys & Sam Hope: How they built $25M in 25 months using offshore leverage

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2023, Jory Humphreys and Sam Hope launched H People with limited capital but an insane energy to work hard.Within 25 months, they'd built a $2...

Season 9 | Ep 20 Emma Storey: How 2 part-time working mums billed £500K in their first 2 years!

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emma Storey: How 2 part-time working mums billed £500K in their first 2 years!Emma Storey never thought she'd still be in recruitment after having ki...

Season 9 | Ep19 Avetis Antaplyan on how he spent millions protecting his team (they still left anyway)

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, Avetis Antaplyan was absolutely flying...HIRECLOUT, his global recruiting firm with 30 employees across the US, Colombia, Armenia, and India ...

Season 9 | Ep18 Peter Kornberg: How a Non-Recruiter Built $1M+ Revenue 15 years in a row (with Just 6 People)

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Kornberg: How a Non-Recruiter Built $1M+ Revenue 15 years in a row (with Just 6 People)Peter Kornberg never worked a day as an agency recruiter....

Season 9 | Ep17 Alex Hashash: A Decade of Building Offshore Teams Across Three Continents

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At 21 years old, Alex Hashash was managing 15 people and 18,000 hours of temporary nurses every single week.By his early thirties, he had 120 staff. M...

Season 9 | Ep 16 Logan Naidu: How he made 100 cuts after a £30M deal (and survived the downturn)

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Logan Naidu runs Kernel Global-a multi-brand recruitment group with 200 people across London, Hong Kong, Charlotte and New York.We first spoke in Apri...

Season 9 | Ep15 Ryan Gorman: How He Built £250k in Fees Without Making a Single Cold Call

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Gorman: How He Built £250k in Fees Without Making a Single Cold CallRyan Gorman launched Lofthouse Group in January 2021 with a newborn daughter...

Season 9 | Ep14 Stuart Mitchell: How he built $3M in 3 years (then realised he hated his own job)

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stuart Mitchell: How he built $3M in 3 years (then realised he hated his own job)Stuart Mitchell launched Hampton North in September 2022.$1.6 million...

Season 9 | Ep13 Pete Watson: 22 years as a solo Rec2Rec in Australia (and why he'd never do it again)

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pete Watson: 22 years as a solo Rec2Rec in Australia (and why he'd never do it again)Pete Watson is the longest-serving boots-on-the-ground Rec2Rec in...

Season 9 | Ep12 Michael Green: How he made $700K in year one (after not billing for 6 years)

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Green: How he made $700K in year one (after not billing for 6 years)Michael Green spent six years running teams of 100+ recruiters.Building of...

Season 9 | Ep 11 Jen Gaster: How she sold her business to her team (and kept the tax bill at zero)

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jen Gaster: How she sold her business to her team (and kept the tax bill at zero)Jen Gaster launched HR Heads in 2008 at the height of the financial c...

Season 9 | Ep10 Helen Buchan-Connor on why she's building offshore teams and hitting $600K revenue

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Buchan-Connor on why she's building offshore teams and hitting $600K revenue"All I wanted to do was make £100,000. That's it"Helen Buchan Conno...

Season 9 | Ep9 Emily Van Eyssen on why she's firing staff and replacing them with AI

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Van Eyssen on why she's firing staff and replacing them with AI"I automated someone's entire job out of my business.""They're gone. That role do...

Season 9 | Ep8 Mark Thomas walked away from a six-figure salary without a concrete plan.

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Thomas walked away from a six-figure salary without a concrete plan.Three co-founders. One investment. Strict 9-month covenants.Then came March: ...

Season 9 | Ep7 Chris & Gemma built a 7-figure agency by saying NO to 90% of clients

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris & Gemma built a 7-figure agency by saying NO to 90% of clientsChris walked into a client meeting. Got the job brief. Then said "No way."The ...

Season 9 | Ep6 Mick Donaghy: How he built $1.4M from $7K (after his partnership collapsed)

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mick Donaghy: How he built $1.4M from $7K (after his partnership collapsed) Mick Donaghy's mother died when he was in his twenties.Life's too short be...

Season 9 | Ep5 Jordan Shlosberg: Why agency recruiters will win (and internal TA won't)

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Shlosberg: Why agency recruiters will win (and internal TA won't)Jordan Shlosberg runs Atlas CRM—the fastest-growing, AI-native recruitment p...

Season 9 | Ep4 Ricky Burns: How to build £1.1M profit in year one (after losing it all at 32)

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ricky Burns: How to build £1.1M profit in year one (after losing it all at 32)Ricky Burns made incredible money at 28Then he drank it all away.P...

Season 9 | Ep3 Matt Fox achieved a life-changing exit and walked away in 90 days!

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Fox achieved a life-changing exit and walked away in 90 days!Matt Fox was 72 hours from a multi-seven-figure exit when COVID killed the deal.What...

Season 9 | Ep2 Nick Hoadley on scaling Insurance Search to 7-figures at 50% plus profit

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Nick Hoadley, founder of Insurance Search, a specialist executive search practice in the global insuranc...

Season 9 | Ep1 Samm Green on rebuilding Few & Far towards £1m EBITDA in 2025, despite serious burnout and two years of losses

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, on episode 1 of season 9 of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Samm Green, co-founder of Few & Far, a UK-based product management recruit...

Anthony Webster on authenticity, inclusion and leading DVF Recruitment to success

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I am revisiting my episode with Anthony Webster, Managing Director of DVF Recruitment and board member at Career Legal.A...

Laura Clark on taking over OA Group from her mum and leading it into the future

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, we are revisiting my episode with Laura Clark, CEO of OA Group.Laura’s journey is one of the most unique I’ve ever s...

How Ben Wallin and Dan Cox scaled Edison Smart to 31 staff and expanded globally

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m revisiting my episode with Ben Wallin and Dan Cox, founders of Edison Smart.When I spoke to them in August 2022, t...

Kevin Frater on leading global recruitment growth from 12 to 180 at Frank Group

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, we are revisiting Episode 1 from Season 7 with Kevin Frater, Director at Stable10 and a recruitment leader with over 18 ...

Joe Jani on growing Metric Search to 90 heads and a private equity deal in six years

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m revisiting my episode with Joe Jani, founder and CEO of Metric Search, one of the fastest growing recruitment firm...

Jordan Shlosberg on how AI can help you remove admin forever!

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m revisiting my chat with Jordan Shlosberg, founder of Atlas, the first AI-first CRM built for the recruitment marke...

Stuart Mitchell on using personal brand to build a seven-figure agency in nine months

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Stuart Mitchell, the founder of Hampton North, a specialist cybersecurity search firm based in the US.St...

Digital nomad to 60% profit: Chris Redmond on remote success and exit plans

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Redmond is back on The RAG for the third time and his story keeps getting better.When I first interviewed Chris in 2019, he’d just gone fully ...

Season 8 | Ep41 Season 8 wrap-up: What I’ve learned from 40 founder stories this year

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What I’ve learned from 40 recruitment founder interviews in a yearThis week’s episode of The RAG is a little different - it’s just meAfter 40 in...

Season 8 | Ep40 Jamie Trevett on going all in on the US and shutting down his UK contracts business

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would you walk away from recurring revenue to chase a bigger opportunity overseas?On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Jamie Tre...

Season 8 | Ep39 Matt Tyson on two life-changing exits and the personal cost of chasing growth

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the point in building a business if you lose everything at home?On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Matt Tyson, foun...

Season 8 | Ep38 Dan Grim on what top recruitment talent really wants and why most agencies miss the mark

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why most recruitment businesses fail to attract top-tier leadership talentOn this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Dan Grim, found...

Season 8 | Ep37 Why Martin Smith spends 90% of his time on what he's best at - BD and brand growth

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most recruitment founders try to do it all and burn out in the process.On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Martin Smith, founde...

Season 8 | Ep36 Philippa Smith on losing it all then scaling back to build a £1m+ EBITDA lifestyle agency

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when your 15-person agency runs out of cash and you have to start over from scratch?On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m join...

Season 8 | Ep35 How Levy Global is scaling post-MBO with a clear vision for growth and legacy

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From recruiter to CEO and majority shareholder, Matt Murphy’s journey at Levy Global is nothing short of remarkable. Now, with Rory McGowan joining ...

Season 8 | Ep34 Jay Wynter on $1m billing for 7 years straight and leading Precision Sourcing’s largest and highest-performing team

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to bill over $1 million a year for seven years straight, while leading the highest-performing team in your company?On this week’s ...

Season 8 | Ep33 Dan Moussa on growth, consulting skills and leading rec forward in the age of AI

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does growth really look like in 2025's recruitment market? For Dan Moussa, it means combining consulting skills, AI adoption and personal brandin...

Season 8 | Ep32 From cleaning to global recruiter - Leon Mitton on scaling with AI at the core

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to go from running a cleaning business to founding a global recruitment firm? Leon Mitton shares how he launched Agnes Cole Consulti...

Season 8 | Ep31 Tom Warner on why he downsized his agency and now prefers building solo at a £500K+ run rate

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when scaling your recruitment business doesn’t bring success, but stress? Tom Warner opens up about the highs and lows of building GroT...

Season 8 | Ep30 James Waissel on hitting £300K within 7 months as a rec agency founder

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Waissel set a modest goal of £125K in year 1 of launching his own agency. Instead,  he ended up billing over £300K in revenue in just sev...

Season 8 | Ep29 Graham Cosgrave on growing MatchMedics by going niche and marketing to doctors worldwide

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you go all-in on a niche? Graham Cosgrave shares how MatchMedics transformed from a traditional agency into one of Ireland’s leadi...

Season 8 | Ep28 From recruiter to founder at 25: Haseena Mooncey on building a global life sciences business

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Starting a recruitment business at 25 with just three years of experience takes serious courage. Haseena Mooncey did exactly that – and she’s...

Season 8 | Ep27 From refugee to 7-figure founder: Klajdi Bega on building Luminary Group by age 27

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From Albanian refugee to running a seven-figure recruitment firm by age 27.  On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I'm joined by Klajdi...

Season 8 | Ep26 Tom Johnson on securing investment from Lord Sugar and buying back 100% of his recruitment business

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you cold email Lord Sugar asking for investment? Tom Johnson did exactly that…and it worked!On this week's show, I am joined by To...

Season 8 | Ep25 Helen Yarrow on embracing solo entrepreneurship after 30 years in recruitment

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if recruitment agency growth didn’t mean adding headcount?Helen Yarrow has spent over 30 years in recruitment—and for most of it, she felt li...

Season 8 | Ep24 Tom Essex on losing their niche, and completely rebuilding the agency inside the first five years!

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Founders fall out. Niches get blurred. This is what no one tells you about before you launch your own recruitment agencyOn this week's show, I am join...

Season 8 | Ep23 Marc Cohen on scaling in the US and securing an 8-figure exit!

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Cohen scaled his recruitment agency in the US and secured an 8 figure exit.On this week's RAG Podcast, I am joined by Marc, founder of ConSol Par...

Season 8 | Ep22 Kyle Winterbottom on how building his brand isn’t just attracting clients—it’s making his business an acquisition target!

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here is a recruitment business that doesn’t rely on outbound salesKyle Winterbottom has done things a little differently to the restKyle and I sat d...

Season 8 | Ep21 Lloyd Gordon: Merging 2 rec firms with 100+ staff into one unified team

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, Lloyd Gordon had just acquired Cognitive Group, bringing his team to over 100 people.Over the past 3 years, he has had the challenge of succe...

Season 8 | Ep20 Alex Dick on why 400 recruiters apply to work with his business every week!

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why 400 recruiters apply to work with Alex’s business every single week.On this week's show, I am joined by Alex Dick, founder of Alexander Lyons So...

Season 8 | Ep19 FIFA to Founder: How a 20yr old Harry Portch built HM Staffing by accident

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast with Harry Portch, founder of HM Staffing.  Harry’s journey is anything but ordinary. He start...

Season 8 | Ep18 How 100K LinkedIn followers delivered customers, revenue & an exit strategy

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The fastest-growing LinkedIn account I have ever seen in the recruitment industry!This week I sat down with Andrew MacAskill.From launching Executive ...

Season 8 | Ep17 Jordan Shlosberg: Using tech, branding & social selling to drive revenue

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing the Top 100 most influential recruiters on LinkedIn...This week, I am re-joined by Jordan Shlosberg, founder of Atlas, for an unmissable e...

Season 8 | Ep16 James Sanders: 200 employees & 4 brands to selling 50% for £1 to survive!

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some recruitment founder stories end with an exit.This one starts with it falling apart.On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I am joined by Jame...

Season 8 | Ep15 From doubt to £1M in 2yrs: How Hemish Ilangaratne built RX Group

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I am joined by Hemish Ilangaratne, founder of RX Group, a specialist life sciences recruitment agency.In th...

Season 8 | Ep14 Nick Asbridge on building a £1M AI rec business in 2 years – and working less!

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is unlike anything I have heard in over 300 episodes of The RAG Podcast.On this week’s episode, I speak with Nick Asbridge, founder of As...

Season 8 | Ep13 Reflections, resilience & recruitment: my take on 2024 and goals for 2025

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is exactly what I see happening in the recruitment industry in 2025…This week is a special solo episode of The RAG Podcast, where I reflect on ...

Season 8 | Ep12 Keith Cronin on life without alcohol: Sobriety and living with purpose

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The man who’s helped me live alcohol-free for the past 12 months!On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, I am joined by Keith Cronin, the founder...

Season 8 | Ep11 The road to a successful MBO: Lessons from Chris Peace’s £Million exit

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does life look like on the first day after selling your business? In this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Chris Peace, ...

Season 8 | Ep9 Catherine Roughan on balancing a thriving solo business and parenthood

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to build a thriving solo business while still being the best possible parent: This is Catherine Roughan’s inspiring journey What if success...

Season 8 | Ep8 Joe Jani on building towards a £100M valuation (at just 31!)

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to grow a global recruitment company, secure private equity investment, and aim for a £100M valuation – all by the age of 31?On t...

Season 8 | Ep7 Don’t make this mistake on LinkedIn in 2025

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you are a recruitment founder planning on spending time and money on LinkedIn next year, then chances are, you’re likely to make this one critica...

Season 8 | Ep6 Jim Sloan on how to build a scalable and profitable agency that doesn’t depend on you!

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The RAG Podcast, I’m sitting down with Jim Sloan, CEO and founder of Navartis a specialist recruitment agency in the infrastructure sec...

Season 8 | Ep5 Craig Whiting - On 6 years billing £1.5m per year before learning to “step off the tools”

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by Craig Whiting, founder of RLS Search, who shares his incredible journey from solo billing...

Season 8 | Ep4 Kate Cross on running an agency with her husband and maintaining £500,000 in contract revenue annually for the past 17 years!

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered what it takes to build a thriving recruitment business with your partner? On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast, Kate Cross joi...

Season 8 | Ep3 Paul de Rozarieux on going from no recruitment experience to solo founder billing £1m a year!

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From no recruitment experience to solo founder billing £1m a year– @Paul de Rozarieux’s Journey in RecruitmentThis week on The RAG Podcast, I’m...

Season 8 | Ep2 Jordan Shlosberg on building The ONLY AI-first CRM for recruiters

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AI is set to transform recruitment, and this episode will blow your mind!On this week's episode, I am joined by Jordan Shlosberg, founder of Atlas, to...

Season 8 | Ep1 - Life After a Major Exit with Tom Glanfield: A Story of Success, Sacrifice, and What's Next

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Season 8 premiere! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most talked-about guests we've ever had: Tom Glanfield, the founder of LHi Gro...

Season 7 | Ep48 Introducing ELAY - The recruitment automation platform recently acquired by The Access Group!

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I'm excited to look at another of Access Group's products. This time, it's an automation platform called ELAY that was recently acquired b...

Season 7 | Ep47 Volcanic: the story since The Access Group acquisition!

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What really happened to Volcanic and why they are making huge progress under The Access Group. On this week's show, I'm joined by Nick Thomson an...

Season 7 | Ep46 Remembering Ryan McCabe

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I've decided to completely pause the schedule and remember the amazing Ryan McCabe, who sadly lost his life this week.I really do...

Season 7 | Ep45 Helen McGuire on her journey from founding the first women’s careers platform in the Middle East to exiting a global DEI tech business!

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I'm super excited to be joined by Helen McGuire. Helen is the exited founder of Diversely.io, a technology business acquired by A...

Season 7 | Ep44 Callum Beaumont on 5 key mistakes he’s made over the last 5 years of owning his recruitment agency.

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm excited to be joined by Callum Beaumont, the founder of Cordell Beaumont, a specialist recruitment firm headquartered in the UK with an internatio...

Season 7 | Ep43 How team Hoxo and I generate 1000+ inbound leads per month, consistently generating £2m in sales for the past 3 yrs!

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I want to walk you through our very own Hoxo inbound lead generation model. You probably see team Hoxo and I online each month, ...

Season 7 | Ep42 Diane Prince on receiving a $10m payout within 6 yrs of launching her recruitment agency!

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Diane started the business with her husband without ANY experience in the industry. But what she did have was the vision to build a scalable and sella...

Season 7 | Ep41 Why investing in AI to drive new business could be the biggest mistake you make right now!

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I'm releasing my talk at this year's Recruitment Agency Expo, all about why AI and automation could be the biggest mistake you ma...

Season 7 | Ep40 Leo Hewett on building a purpose-led recruitment agency, donating 3% of revenue to make a positive impact on society!

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Leo is the founder of Core3 Finance Recruitment, headquartered in Bristol, with 10 employees. Although the company is only two years old, Leo’s team...

Season 7 | Ep39 Jake Frazer on turning a team of ex-industry experts into remote headhunters!

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, Jake Frazer, CEO and Founder of Precision Talent Solutions, shares his journey of building a recruitment firm specialising in gov...

Season 7 | Ep38 - The 5 traits that all successful Recruitment Owners possess with Hishem Azzouz

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode is a collaboration between RAG Podcast and Recruitment Mentors Podcast!Hishem and I host two of the most well-known, highly-rega...

Season 7 | Ep37 Lysha Holmes on building a 100% inbound Rec2Rec business since the pandemic!

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm excited to be joined again by Lysha Holmes. Lysha is the founder of Qui Recruitment, a specialist Rec2Rec based in Manchester. Someone I've w...

Season 7 | Ep36 - Scott Brown - from unfulfilled lawyer to world-leading ‘community first’ recruitment agency for in-house lawyers

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show, I'm joined by Scott Brown, the founder of Heriot Brown, a UK-based in-house legal recruitment specialist agency.Scott started h...

Season 7 | Ep35 Paul Smith on completing the MBO to buy out his original partners and take full ownership of his recruitment agency!

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm joined by an old client of mine, Paul Smith. Paul is the Managing Director of Deploy Recruitment, a specialist infrastructure and technology recru...

Season 7 | Ep34 - Mirtes Lobaito on her journey from cleaning houses to successful recruitment agency owner!

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm super excited to be joined by Mirtes Lobaito, the CEO and founder of AGM Tech Solutions, a recruitment firm headquartered in New Jersey in the US....

Season 7 | Ep33 Chris Abbass on growing from £9m to over £30m in NFI in less than 4 years!

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I am so excited to be rejoined by Chriss Abbass, the CEO of Talentful, four years after our first episode together. For those who don’t know, T...

Season 7 | Ep32 - Oliver Legg on the move from home security sales manager to global Cybersecurity recruitment leader within 7 years!

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm super excited to be joined by Oliver Legg, the co-founder of Aspiron Search, a specialist headhunter in the cybersecurity market operating from th...