Claim your Hunted profile today with your exclusive and amazing offer which is only valid until the end of June!Use the code - ROLLERCOASTER50 to get a HUGE 50% off all of Hunteds annual subscriptions.https://www.hunted.com/employersOn this episode this I’m joined by James Blackwell, CEO of Ronald James Group.After carving out a 5 year sales career, as well as launching his own coffee shop at the age of 21, his entrepreneurial mindset landed him in recruitment slightly later than planned - at 27! Spending 4 years as a biller then led him to want to create his own recruitment company; yet not in the conventional way we usually hear about on The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast. His story is unique and well worth a listen - so I won’t give too much away.For recruiters who are wanting to learn more about automation and VA’s (virtual assistants) - this ones for you.For the junior consultants out there, this is an excellent podcast to learn more about mindset, personal development and elevating yourself to the next level as a consultant.You can connect with James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskblackwell/Plus you can subscribe to his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpoGTKBv56LZO-qA1Me15gTimestamps:How did you get into recruitment? [4:15]Opening your own coffee shop [6:08]Perception of recruitment [9:50]Time at Nigel Frank [11:18]What else contributed to your success? [14:39]Starting your own business [16:50]What was your game plan? [20:18]End of year 1 [26:00]What was the pitch that made businesses give you a chance? [29:07]Things you wish you had done? [34:30]Best piece of tech you’ve invested in? [35:44]VA’s [39:35]Making a VA a part of your recruitment business [44:50]Most common misconception of a VA? [46:00]Strategy to grow [48:01]Learnings from making mis-hires [53:00]Taking a step back [56:00]What things did you change going into year 4? [59:30]Where are you now? [1:06:09]Productization of your services [1:08:45]What are the common challenges that you hear in recruiters? [1:10:46]What are you most excited to do post-Covid? [1:14:26]What would you say to the people? [1:18:38]I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - Hishem AzzouzIf you would love me to cover certain topics with future guests please drop me a message. Finally, if you have been enjoying the podcast and you have two minutes then it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a review. Simply it will enable me to reach more people with the podcast, you can easily leave a review with the following link - https://ratethispodcast.com/rollercoaster 🙌

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