The Recruitment Startup Subject 🟨

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A podcast for Recruitment Business Owners, both current & future 🚀 Brought to you by Max Jones, an avid champion of all things recruitment startup. Talking with exceptional recruiters who have, at some stage or another, taken the leap to launch their own recruitment agencies across a variety of sectors 🔥

11/28/2025

Episode 27 - Richard Hehir 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 27 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Richard Hehir onto the podcast. Richard launched his own agency back in 2019 after 5+ years across the construction market. This episode dives into his journey from startup to the business you see today - an honest & very self-aware recruiter who gives a great account of what it means to run your own agency across the construction space. Enjoy!

51 min
11/10/2025

Episode 26 - Lee Morris 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 26 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Lee Morris onto the podcast. Lee is founder of Goldstar Recruitment - an exceptional hospitality agency based on Oxfordshire, with regional offices in London & Cheltenham. Lee opened his own agency way back in 2009 & has had a very successful journey to date. This conversation charted that success, explored how it happened, why it happened & the learns he's got from that 16 year journey. Enjoy!

44 min
10/27/2025

Episode 25 - Zoe Caplan-Williams 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 25 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Zoe Caplan-Williams onto the podcast. Zoe launched her own agency after years in the IT market, years of working her way up & managing teams to success for her employers. It was after that success that she started to feel the itch to explore the idea of starting her own agency - a move she finally made in 2023. This is her story.

47 min
10/02/2025

Episode 24 - Chris Chambury 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 24 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Chris Chambury onto the podcast. Chris launched his own agency - The Recruitment Fix - in 2011. Originally starting life as a business owner with a business partner, after nearly 15 years or working together, he bought his business partner out of the business & now owns 100% of this fantastic agency. This is an honest, raw & undiluted conversation about what it takes to not just start an agency but sustain the success required to run an agency for 15+ years. Enjoy!

41 min
09/19/2025

Episode 23 - Charlie Robinson 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 23 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Charlie Robinson onto the podcast. Charlie launched his own construction agency back in 2021 after years of working within a well-known agency in Hertfordshire. A focused, diligent & risk-adverse recruiter, the journey to starting his own agency was a long one. We spent our time together looking back on how the journey to date has gone, his learns & his lows, his challenges & his successes & his advice to anyone contemplating making the leap now & into the future. Enjoy!

32 min
09/10/2025

Episode 22 - Matthew Lowdon & Andrew Welsh 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 22 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Matthew Lowdon & Andrew Welsh onto the show. They are the founders of Newton Colmore which, since 2015 has been operating across the Medical Devices market both nationally & internationally. In this conversation, we delve into the journey that they've both been on over the last 10 years - the highs, the challanges, the pitfalls & the successes they've had during the last 10 years. We spend a lot of time breaking down what you really need to consider prior to making that leap, the things you need to put in place & how important these elements to ensure success within your startup. Enjoy!

51 min
09/03/2025

Episode 21 - Alix Trought 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 21 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed Alix Trought onto the podcast. Alix is the founder & MD of a technology recruitment agency operating internationally - Bloc Recruitment. Opening their doors in 2021, Alix has had a fantastic journey over the last 4+ years & within this episode, we delve into that. He speaks openly about the drivers that pulled him to explore the idea, the way in which he has built his business over the years & some of the biggest learns to date. With decades of recruitment experience, the transition to starting his own agency was a logical one. But within this episode, we delve deeper into what the reality of that transition looked like & how the journey has been. We hope you love it!

37 min
08/27/2025

Episode 20 - William Perrott 🚀

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 20 of The Recruitment Startup Subject Podcast with your host, Max Jones. & in this episode, we welcomed William Perrott onto the podcast. William is the founder of All Together Education - a specialist recruitment agency operating across the permanent education market in the UK. He speaks honestly & openly about the journey he has been on since opening his doors in 2024; he's had some great successes & with such success, there are always challenges that follow. We explore it all! Enjoy!

44 min

A podcast for Recruitment Business Owners, both current & future 🚀 Brought to you by Max Jones, an avid champion of all things recruitment startup. Talking with exceptional recruiters who have, at some stage or another, taken the leap to launch their own recruitment agencies across a variety of sectors 🔥

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Max Jones
Years Active

2019 - 2025
Episodes

27
Rating

Clean
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The Recruitment Startup Subject 🟨