It’s a tough time to be a recruitment leader. So many challenges, so much change.

In my work across the globe, meeting and advising Owners and Managers of recruitment businesses, five key themes have emerged.

Don’t make these mistakes as a recruitment leader, and if you work for a company that habitually falls into these traps, think carefully about your future. You are probably on the road to nowhere.

This short video highlights the five biggest mistakes recruitment leaders are making now. It’s a good listen!

• Not making a decision. Procrastination and inertia. Not self-disrupting.
• Not investing in crucial technology.
• Treating social media as a fad, or as trivial.
• Living with serial mediocrity from consultants and retaining ‘yesterdays heroes‘.
• Not building a second-tier of competent management to drive growth.