The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast

Jan 22 2025 200 ep. 64 mins 29
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We’re having real and raw conversations with successful recruitment entrepreneurs about what is happening in their businesses right now and their plans to navigate market changes.

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

Jan 22 2025 58 mins  
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 this candid episode, Hemish sheds light on his inspiring journey: From 11 years at S3 Group (where he didn’t close a single deal in the last seven years) to launching RX Group in 2023.Exceeding his modest first-year goal of £150

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

Jan 15 2025 70 mins  
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 Asobbi, a UK-based AI-focused recruitment company. Nick shares his incredible journey:From 15 years in recruitment to launching Asobbi in January 2023, achieving £1M+ in annual revenue in just two years.Why he worked less and felt

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

Jan 08 2025 38 mins  
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 the challenges and lessons from 2024 and share my predictions for 2025.In this episode, I’ll dive into:📊 Why profit and quality are now prioritised over growth in recruitment.🤖 How AI and LinkedIn are reshaping the way we recr

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

Jan 01 2025 71 mins  
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 of Alcohol Free Living.Keith has been my personal coach for the past year and supported me in quitting the booze for a better life.In this honest conversation, he shares his powerful journey from struggling with alcohol to living a p

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

Dec 18 2024 68 mins  
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, founder of Peace Recruitment, a specialist construction and engineering recruitment agency based in Scotland.Chris recently exited his business through a vendor-initiated management buyout (VIMBO) – a unique process that allows foun

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

Dec 04 2024 67 mins  
How to build a thriving solo business while still being the best possible parent: This is Catherine Roughan’s inspiring journey What if success in recruitment wasn’t about scale or exit – but about happiness, balance, and doing it your way?This week on The RAG Podcast, I sit down with Catherine Roughan, founder of Kidmore Recruitment, a specialist Rec to Rec in the legal

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

Nov 27 2024 65 mins  
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 this week’s The RAG Podcast, I’m sitting down with Joe Jani, founder and CEO of Metric Search, one of the world’s fastest-growing recruitment firms.Here’s what we uncover:🔥 How Joe scaled Metric Search from zero to 90 staff

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

Nov 20 2024 25 mins  
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 critical mistake – and it will cost you big time.  On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m sharing insights from my live talk at the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham.I’m revealing how recruiters can use traditio

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

Nov 13 2024 69 mins  
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 sector. Jim’s journey is an incredible story of growth to a team of 110+ across multiple countries and significant profits of £2M EBITDAHere’s what we discuss:🔑 How Jim started the business as a new brand within a larger gro

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

Nov 06 2024 84 mins  
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 to building a 15-member team specialising in tech talent for investment management.In this episode, Craig opens up about his transition from running a small operation with his partner—billing £1.5 million annually over 6 years—t