This is the LAST episode of the season!

2020/21 has been epic for The RAG Podcast, interviewing over 120 amazing recruitment business owners throughout one of the craziest times we have ever seen!

Before I begin my short break from recording, I am excited to be interviewing Jamie Woods, CEO & Founder of JCW Group - a 14 year old international recruitment agency in London, Frankfurt, New York, Austin and LA.

Starting the business from his living room at the age of 24 with 2 yrs recruitment experience, it is safe to say that Jamie has made lots of mistakes and learnt a hell of a lot on the way!

In this episode we discussed:

🎙The story of launching JCW after only 2 yrs in recruitment

🎙How the business was flying going into the Global Financial Crisis

🎙The challenge of managing managers at 30 staff and how he overcame this

🎙How he doubled the business since 2018 when he went back into a hands on CEO role

🎙The vision he has for the future and why he has no intention of selling

🎙His 3 major learnings for any other owners with aspirations of scale

Genuinely down to earth guy with an insane work ethic, if you would like to ask Jamie any questions directly then please DM him on LinkedIn

Thanks so much for listening to the RAG this season, I value every single one of you!

Back in Aug 21 for Season 5 -stay tuned!!

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On this week's show, I was delighted to spend time with Elliot Dell, the CEO of Salt - a well known brand in the Digital Recruitment market, globally. Headquartered in London with 220 staff across offices in Asia, Australia, USA and the Middle East, Elliot joined as a recruiter and worked his way up to CEO after 10 years.

Salt didn’t actually exist when he joined, it was a small, family owned exec search business that soon changed with Elliot’s influence. As Salt gathered momentum, they soon acquired another business named 'Salt’ in New Zealand and that’s where things really took off.

Elliot has an incredible energy and passion for growing a fantastic business that can truly change the Digital Recruitment world. Whilst growing international teams at work, he is also the father of 3 children and has a super active lifestyle - an inspirational guy for sure!

Today I was joined by Doeke, the co-founder of WeAreKeen and agency providing in-house recruitment teams to start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises across the Netherlands.

In this episode, he talked about how his country has reacted and dealt with lockdown and how his business has had to adapt to the change. Being an in-house agency with a relationship focused approach, he revealed how this has enabled them to stay close and support both clients and suppliers through a time that effects us all!

A refreshing chat from a very innovative recruitment owner, you can connect with Doeke and ask any questions here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doeke/