Episode 13: Masterclass - Recruit - The Savage Way

Talking Recruitment

Episode 13: Masterclass - Recruit - The Savage Way In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, talks to legendary recruitment expert Greg Savage. They discuss the upcoming masterclass UK tour, and the insights recruiters can expect to digest in the sessions. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The insights recruiters can expect to find out about at the upcoming masterclass. The specific skills recruiters should focus on developing in a rapidly changing world. What attendees can learn and take away from the sessions. The importance of recruiters investing in their own professional development through training and learning opportunities. Key Quotes “It's the soft skills that are actually hard in our business and they haven't been taught....The relationship building, the managing of situations, the creating of outcomes, the sophisticated influencing skills, which frankly was what recruitment was before technology came along and will continue to be. “Greg “The book, I mean the book is 128 chapters, they're short, they're punchy, some as little as a page, but some maybe 5 or 6 pages that they each tackle a skill or an attitude or a competency.” Greg “The book is a handbook. My hope is that this book is scribbled on, and notes are taken and pages bent back, I hope that people might even say, hey, if you're handling accounts, if you're going to deal with this counteroffer or you're putting an offer to a candidate, just read this chapter first and let's remind ourselves of what we need to think about. I hope it's used that way because it is very tactical. It's not, it's not theoretical, it's based entirely on things that have worked.” Greg “What appears to be happening with technology is the industry skill set is being forced back to where it was maybe in the in the 80s and 90s. Where I remember someone saying in the art of recruitment is selling imperfect candidates to imperfect jobs and imperfect jobs to imperfect candidates, and that is not something that AI is going to be able to do.” Neil