9 episodes
The Recruiter Room with Ash Bennett SSG
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I'm Ash Bennett and welcome to The Recruiter Room. I am so fortunate to be joined by recruitment business leaders, founders, directors and industry champions, diving deep into their intriguing worlds & learning to understand what business ownership means to them. Personally, I'm fascinated by the many different faces, incredible personalities & often controversial opinions our industry has to offer and I'm delighted to present this series of discussions which I hope will enlighten some established business owners and at the same time provide useful insight for many aspiring entrepreneurs.
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How important is it to secure support from family & friends before you start your own business?
In this episode, Abigail Britnell & I discuss the importance of having support from family & friends before you start your own recruitment business, being strategic with your finances, understanding family sacrifices, being open with family members and teaching young children about the principals of entrepreneurship.
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Networking. Whats that all about?
In this episode, I'm joined by Abbie Britnell from the Investment team at SSG. We spoke about the importance of networking and how connecting with your peers can help your career.
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Introducing Abbie Britnell
Abbie has recently joined the Investment team at SSG. With over 15 years in recruitment, Abbie's role in the team is to help recruiters realise their dreams when it comes to running their own recruitment business. With a passion for the recruitment industry Abbie understands the drive and motivation it takes to achieve personal goals and ambitions. We spoke about how she ended up working for SSG with a little surprise for her towards the end!
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Episode 6 - Robert Kenward, You Search & Select
Robert Kenward is the Director, Founder & Chief Talent Officer at YOU Search & Select. Based in Brighton, this independent recruitment business works exclusively within the Live Event, Experiential & Integrated Communications sector. Its their 3 year anniversary so we spoke the build up to launching, how the business has developed, some real challenges he has faced and some parting advice to any budding recruitment entrepreneurs who are thinking about setting up on their own.
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Episode 5 - Emma Archer, Scout & Maven
Emma Archer runs a successful lifestyle recruitment business from home in Bristol. We talked about the journey leading up to her launching a niche focused business within the FMCG sector, some real-life challenges and curve balls life throws at us, the importance of having the right support around you when the going gets tough but also how much of a positive impact it has had on her life since making the decision to work for herself.
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Episode 3 - Chris Parkes, Site Retail Group
In this episode, I'm joined by Chris Parkes, Managing Director of Site Retail Group. Site Retail Group recruits within the Retail, Business Support and Construction & Maintenance Sectors. With locations in Kent and Essex, they have the knowledge and capability to deliver an excellent recruitment service. Chris tells us what working for himself really means to him and how his business exceeded £1m turnover in the first 8 months of trading and all about his ambitions to grow and exceed £10m.