Recruitment Journeys: The Podcast Series from Mint R2R Pete Watson from Mint R2R

What’s is it like to join a company as one of their very first employees, then go on a 17 year journey with them through GFCs, recessions, pandemics, sale of the business, highs, lows and everything in between?

And how does it shape you as a professional?

Well, we ask these questions (and more) of the wonderful Sandra Rowlingson from Bluefin Resources, in this week’s episode of “Recruitment Journeys”.

For most Recruiters, it’s a giant leap of faith to start one recruitment firm… Let alone three or four!

But this is exactly what serial recruitment entrepreneur David “DJ” Jackson has done over his his 20+ year recruitment career. (And that’s not including the ones that maybe haven’t been so successful!)

Dave doesn’t like the word “entrepreneur”. He says that title is a little bit cringe.

But, like it or not, that’s exactly what he is. He’s undoubtedly a man who takes risks, and turns opportunities and dreams into business realities.

And that has been proven again most recently when DJ completely reinvented himself as a Brewer-extraordinaire of non-alcoholic, award-winning beer, Beneficial Beer.

This podcast is a roller coaster ride.

Hope you can keep up!

How many of us can truly say they’ve made Recruitment work for them?

Well, this man certainly can!

Swapping the illuminations of Blackpool for the palm trees of Miami, James Ward has had a glittering career in the industry that we call “Recruitment”.

From top billing contract Recruiter at the SThree Group, to international Rec2Rec, Wardy has seen it all.

And it was lovely reconnecting with James after all these years, and talking through all things SThree, Rec2Rec, and just recruitment life in general.

Those of you who know Wardy will know he’s one of the industry’s good guys, and so I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

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Jay O’Brien worked for Hays, a global recruitment company for over 13 years.

Then, he decided to spin his career completely on it’s head and go and work for privately owned specialist, Redpath Partners.

Every element of his day-to-day worklife would now be completely different! Or would it?

We chat with Jay around his reasoning to immerse himself into a completely different working culture and environment, the pro’s and the con’s, the key differences, and ultimately, if the move has paid off.

This career pathway (from “global” to privately owned specialist) is not unique to Jay. Many have done it before, and many will do it in the future.

So we were grateful to Jay for talking us through his own personal experience, in the hope that it can help others considering such a move.

Hope you enjoy this weeks episode of Recruitment Journeys.

Paul Hallam is an absolute stalwart of the Australian Recruitment Industry, enjoying a career spanning well over a quarter of a century.

As one of the three founding Directors of Six Degrees Executive, this is a career spurred on by one key ingredient: Passion.

Paul has many passions and drivers in his life, all of which are talked about in this episode of “Recruitment Journeys”, recorded live at the RCSA Shape Conference on Hamilton Island.

I learned a few things about Paul that I didn’t know, having known him for at least 15 years, such was the openness of the conversation.

To me, this felt less like a podcast interview in tropical paradise, and more like a couple of recruitment lifers sitting by a roaring fire and chatting the hour away!

Hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did.

It took me about two years to get these particular recruitment leaders behind microphones, and I reckon they only agreed because the tropical holiday vibes were in full effect.

Recorded live on sunny Hamilton Island at the RCSA Shape conference, Kat and Jo from MAYDAY Recruitment gave me a full, authentic and often amusing insight into how MAYDAY came about, and how they’re growing their company.

The conversation was of course super sensible and business-like, but there was also quite a lot of chat about things like raving and pole-dancing.

The MAYDAY Founders are a breath of fresh air, and I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did.