Recruiters are all talk - or should be!

Recruiters should talk more! Especially to their peers and particularly between companies. And until they do the recruitment industry will always be the underdog and not a very pedigree breed at that.

I have worked and owned businesses in dozens of different industries and professional sectors and never before have I seen such a resistance to share knowledge. You don’t have to form a Cartel to collectively understand your clients; you can just share experiences and learn from each others mistakes.

In the Elite Programme, create by Mike Walmsley’s Recruitment Training Productions, small, local groups of entrepreneurial and dynamic recruiters meet on a monthly basis to share experiences and thrash out solutions to each others problems – under the protection of a Non-Disclosure Agreement. This “really opens up the sluices at both ends” and debate freely flows. It is fabulous to observe (which I do as Chairman for the Birmingham and Manchester Groups) and is highly beneficial to all involved.

Recruiters should really, really talk more!

Gareth