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The Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Hishem Azzouz

My name is Hishem Azzouz and welcome to the Recruitment Mentors Podcast. You can join me every Monday and Thursday, where I will be joined by either a successful biller or a recruitment entr...

Episodes

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95% of Founders Don’t Know What They Want: Which of the 3 Recruitment Businesses Are You Building? with Hugo Sugden, Talent Journey Founder

In this episode, I sit down with Hugo Sugden, who co-founded GQR and scaled it to 300 people, and now advises over 100 recruitment businesse...

01:14:00Nov 2, 2026

Golden Nugget #130 | The Golden Circle: A Relationship-Led BD Framework for Recruiters with Elliot Fielding

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12:27Oct 29, 2026

13 Months Without a Placement to £438K: Why Candidates, Not BD, Make the Money with Harry Crick

In this episode, I sit down with Harry Crick from DeepRec, who places AI researchers into Bay Area startups. He went 13 months without a pla...

55:03Oct 26, 2026

Golden Nugget #129 | How to Build a £30K Weekly Contract Book: KPIs, Relationships & Process with Liam Moir Holland

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16:41Oct 22, 2026

From 8 to 34 People in 18 Months: Hubscale’s Road to £7M with Elliot White

In this episode, I sit down with Elliott White, founder of Hubscale, for his second appearance on the pod. When we last spoke in February 20...

01:00:50Oct 19, 2026

Golden Nugget #128 | Recruitment KPIs That Work: From 50 Calls to 1 Placement with Terry Payne

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14:27Oct 15, 2026

£1.5M in Year One, Self-Funded: Inside Blue Fox with Jonathan & Victoria

In this episode, I sit down with Jon and Vic, co-founders of Blue Fox, a self-funded recruitment business in mission critical construction t...

01:03:19Oct 12, 2026

Golden Nugget #127 | How to Get Through a Tough Quarter as a New Recruitment Founder with Genie Burgess

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13:54Oct 7, 2026

9 Recruitment Agency Scaling Mistakes & the Rebuild to £279K Per Head with Tom Kelly

In this episode, I sit down with Tom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Evona, the specialist space industry recruitment firm. Tom shares the nine...

01:05:43Oct 5, 2026

Walked Away From a £350K Deposit to Win This Plot: Tom Glanfield on Life After the Exit | Walk & Talk #3

Walk & Talk episode with Tom Glanfield, founder of LHI Group. We walk around his Sandbanks plot and chat about the £13.5M bidding war to win...

26:08Oct 1, 2026

Building a US Desk From Zero to $2M: Lessons From the Trenches with Fred Forrest

In this episode, I sit down with Fred Forrest , co-founder of Sourcechange. He left a comfortable seat at Pangea, got investment from day on...

01:01:40Sep 28, 2026

From an Attic to £80M: Tom Glanfield Gave Away Half His Business and Made Several Staff Millionaires

In this episode, I sit down with Tom Glanfield, the founder who built LHi Group from a graduate loan into an £80M recruitment group, to unpa...

58:23Sep 21, 2026

Walk & Talk #2 | A Surprise Trip to Greece's Best Hotel, a £31K Month & Kayleigh's Rules for Work-Life Integration

Walk & Talk episode with Kayleigh Prowen from Circle Partners. We chat about young people getting into the industry, buying two houses by 24...

29:38Sep 17, 2026

150 Companies, 190 Placements: The Only Outsourcing Episode You'll Ever Need with Kyle Grainger

In this episode, I sit down with Kyle Grainger, founder of Untapped, who has placed close to 190 people into more than 150 recruitment compa...

01:11:18Sep 14, 2026

Golden Nugget #126 | How to Scale a Recruitment Contract Book: Client Engagement Strategy & SOW Explained with Jack Procter

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17:36Sep 10, 2026

Brand New Division, £1.5M Written: How Kayleigh Prowen Turned One-Deal Clients Into Repeat Business

In this episode, I sit down with Kayleigh Prowen, Group Commercial Director at Circle, to unpack how she built a brand-new commercial divisi...

59:02Sep 7, 2026

Golden Nugget #125 | The Philosophy That Built an 8.6X Exit (And Why They Never Once Argued) with Marc Cohen & Graeme Hubert

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15:58Sep 4, 2026

From 20 Heads to 14 to a £6M Year: The Verto People Rebuild with Robbie Sturgess & Martin Doig

In this episode, I sit down with Robbie Sturgess and Martin Doig, co-founders of Verto People, to unpack how they shrank the business from 2...

01:12:20Aug 31, 2026

Golden Nugget #124 | Building A Contract Book Through Community: Roundtables, WhatsApp Groups & Daily BD Structure with Nick Chambers

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14:55Aug 27, 2026

The Financial Education That Turns Recruiters Into Asset Millionaires with Kevin Fasting

In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Fasting, founder of Kevin Edward and Kerv Capital, who's built a group of 13+ recruitment JVs alongsi...

01:06:40Aug 24, 2026