Jo Collier - Recruitment Expert

23/06/2026

18/02/2025

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵.

𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑:

'𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘱. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.'

𝙀𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙖’𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮.

18/02/2025

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘀 & 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝. It’s not reserved for the naturally outgoing or the lucky few who just “have it.”

✅𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙.
And how do you earn it? 👉𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙨. 💪

🔁 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
⚡ 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚.
🚀 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮.

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙: the more you do something, the more natural it becomes. 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣—it’s the result of it.

𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙀𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. In her powerful TEDx talk, How Radical Responsibility Can Change Your Life, she breaks down how confidence is built—not by waiting for the perfect moment, but by taking ownership of your mindset, your actions, and your growth.

🎤 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 👉 𝙝𝙩𝙩𝙥𝙨://𝙡𝙣𝙠𝙙.𝙞𝙣/𝙜𝘼9𝘼𝙀𝙉𝙍𝙛
In her book Becoming Magnetic, Erika shares practical exercises that help shift your mindset, like:

✅𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙚 – Look at yourself in the mirror each morning and affirm: I am powerful. I am worthy. I am capable. Repetition rewires belief.
✅ 𝙊𝙬𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙚 – Write down the 3 biggest challenges you’ve overcome. What did they teach you? How did they make you stronger? Your past struggles are your power.

👉 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣—bouncing on the balls of your feet, just like a boxer. You keep moving, you keep showing up, and eventually, you look back and realize... you’ve mastered it.

𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚—𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩.

💬 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙨?

13/02/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬! 💼

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜-𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩. It’s that feeling when you walk into a room and own your space, the courage to take risks, and the resilience to bounce back from setbacks. 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝: confidence isn’t something you’re born with-𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝘿𝙤 𝙒𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚?

✅ 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 & 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 – The more we refine a skill, the more we believe in ourselves.
✅ 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝘼𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 – Recognition from others strengthens our belief in our impact.
✅ 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝘼𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 – Confidence grows when we act. Every small win builds our self-belief.
✅ 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 – Overcoming setbacks proves we can handle whatever comes our way.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙒𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙄𝙩?

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩. Rejection, failure, or even a tough week can bring on self-doubt. You start questioning if you’re really making a difference. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮? Recognise that confidence fluctuates, but you can reignite it when it dims.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚

𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙨: Write down three past successes and reconnect with those moments.
𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮: Exercise or a quick walk shifts your energy and sparks confidence.
𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜: Stand tall, shoulders back - your body influences your mind.
𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: Seek people who lift you up - mentors, clients, or friends.
𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮: Confidence follows action. Make that call, send that email.

𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢𝙨: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 👑
Serena Williams faced immense pressure and criticism but never let doubt shake her. She owned her success before the world recognised it, bouncing back from losses - remembering her worth. Serena didn’t just change tennis - she changed the game of confidence.

𝙈𝙮 𝙊𝙬𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮

When I’m on fire, I feel unstoppable-seeing my impact, hearing how I’ve transformed careers. But doubts creep in too. My fuel? Validation-knowing my work truly matters.

✨ 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙑𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨

When you’re confident, you inspire others. Lift people up, validate their efforts, and recognise their talents. When you help others feel confident, you strengthen your own.

So, Own It! Confidence isn’t a destination - it’s a practice.
Some days you’ll feel unstoppable, others not so much. But when you realise confidence is a skill, you’ll never truly lose it.

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!✨ Jo