Recruit Recruit Ltd

Recruit Recruit Ltd Helping Founders & CEOs of fast growth start-ups or with a big scale-up project to achieve their vision through talent & people.

We're really good at finding the talent & teams that will help achieve your vision & dreams. We're not everyone's cup of tea. We're fussy about who we work with. If you take what you do seriously, but not yourself too much, and can vibe with our no corporate BS approach, we could be the recruitment partner for you.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.They create it.Not the values on your website.Not the words painted on the o...
22/06/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

They create it.

Not the values on your website.

Not the words painted on the office wall.

The actual culture.

The one built from what gets praised, ignored, challenged, rewarded, and quietly tolerated.

Early hiring decisions carry a ridiculous amount of weight.

Hire brilliant people who take ownership, communicate properly, and muck in when needed?

That becomes normal.

Hire talented arseholes because โ€œwe really need the revenueโ€?

That becomes normal too.

And once a behaviour becomes normal, good luck trying to remove it later with a workshop and some branded Post-it notes.

The biggest early-stage hiring mistakes are usually predictable:

Hiring in panic because everyone is overloaded.

Choosing people who look and think exactly like the founder.

Writing vague โ€œwear lots of hatsโ€ roles that actually mean โ€œplease absorb our chaosโ€.

Lowering the bar because a bum on a seat feels better than an empty chair.

Skipping proper onboarding because apparently osmosis is now a management strategy.

The problem isnโ€™t usually that founders donโ€™t care.

Itโ€™s that theyโ€™re recruiting while selling, delivering, fundraising, firefighting, and trying to remember whether theyโ€™ve eaten anything since Tuesday.

Thatโ€™s why consistency matters.

A recruitment partner who knows your business doesnโ€™t start from scratch every time someone hands in their notice or growth suddenly kicks off.

They understand what good looks like.

They know your strengths, gaps, working style, ambitions, and the bits of your culture you probably donโ€™t put in the brochure.

They can challenge rushed decisions before they become expensive ones.

They can spot when youโ€™re hiring another version of yourself.

They can build a pipeline before the pain starts.

And they can create a structured process that doesnโ€™t collapse the moment everyone gets busy.

Because your first 10 hires become the stories people tell new starters.

They become the unofficial rulebook.

They teach everyone who comes next what gets rewarded and what gets ignored.

So donโ€™t just ask:

โ€œ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ?โ€

Ask:

โ€œW๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ?โ€

Thatโ€™s the real interview question.

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๐—œ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€œu๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฅโ€™๐˜€?Hiring manager needs...
17/06/2026

๐—œ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€œu๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฅโ€™๐˜€?

Hiring manager needs someone yesterday.

The brief is vague.

The salary is โ€œflexibleโ€, which usually means โ€œnot competitiveโ€.

The role is described as โ€œa bit of everythingโ€, which is hiring manager code for โ€œwe havenโ€™t thought this through properlyโ€.

And then comes the classic:

โ€œWe need someone who can hit the ground running.โ€

Of course you do, Kevin.

A commercially minded, technically brilliant, emotionally intelligent, hands-on, strategic, detail-obsessed, culture-fitting, immediately available unicorn.

For ยฃ38k and hybrid working โ€œonce theyโ€™ve earned trustโ€.

Lovely.

If youโ€™re in HR, you know this dance.

The hiring manager has the urgent gap.

But somehow you inherit the impossible brief, the unrealistic expectations, the slow feedback, the candidate chasing, the diary wrangling, and the quiet blame when the market refuses to produce a mythical creature in smart casual.

So how do you push back without sounding obstructive?

Try this:

โ€œI ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜.โ€

Then ask:

What must they be able to do on day one?

What can they learn in the first 3 to 6 months?

What does success look like after probation?

What are we willing to compromise on?

What will make someone say yes to us?

That last one is usually where the room goes a bit quiet.

Because hiring managers often think recruitment is about choosing.

It isnโ€™t.

Itโ€™s also about being chosen.

Especially when the brief is wonky, the salary is tight, the process is slow, and the job description reads like it was assembled during a fire drill.

The polite pushback is this:

โ€œW๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€.โ€

Thatโ€™s not being difficult.

Thatโ€™s being commercially useful.

And this is exactly why our subscription recruitment model works so well for HR teams.

It takes the strain off you and the hiring manager.

You get a proactive, structured recruitment process that behaves like an internal TA team, without adding headcount.

We audit whatโ€™s actually happening.

We tighten the briefs.

We build better processes.

We challenge unicorn thinking.

We manage the candidate flow.

And yes, we do the hiring manager wrangling.

Which, frankly, should come with danger money and a whistle.

Starts from just ยฃ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ + ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต, dependent on hiring volumes.

Because HR shouldnโ€™t have to absorb every urgent vacancy like a human crash mat.

Hiring managers donโ€™t need more magic.

They need structure, challenge, and someone willing to say:

โ€œLovely idea. Letโ€™s talk about reality."

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.You spend time updating your CV, tailoring your ap...
16/06/2026

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

You spend time updating your CV, tailoring your application and sending it off. Then... nothing.

It's frustrating, especially when you know you could do the job.

One thing I've learned over the years is that many of the best opportunities don't start with a job advert. They start with a conversation.

A business owner realises they need a stronger Head of Sales. A growing company starts looking for a Commercial Manager. An Operations Director is needed to support the next stage of growth.

๐—ข๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

That's why I always encourage people not to rely solely on job boards. Building relationships and staying connected to people in your market can make a huge difference.

In my latest article, I explore why conversations still open doors that applications sometimes can't - read or download a copy here: https://www.recruitrecruit.co.uk/why-conversations-still-matter-more-than-job-boards

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€.Everyone turns up.They nod.They do the awkward roleplay. (Not i...
16/06/2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€.

Everyone turns up.

They nod.

They do the awkward roleplay. (Not in my sessions, they don't!)

They say, โ€œThat was really useful.โ€

Then by Thursday, theyโ€™re back doing exactly what they did before.

Which is lovely.

And mostly pointless.

Sales training shouldnโ€™t be corporate entertainment with a flipchart.

It should change what people actually do when theyโ€™re back at their desks, on the phone, in meetings, following up, handling objections, and quietly avoiding the stuff that makes them uncomfortable.

Thatโ€™s why I donโ€™t do cookie-cutter s**t.

Iโ€™m not interested in giving everyone a script and expecting them to trot it out like some deranged automaton.

People sell differently.

Some need confidence.

Some need structure.

Some need to stop over-explaining.

Some need to stop hiding behind โ€œjust checking inโ€ emails with all the urgency of a damp teabag.

And some donโ€™t even realise theyโ€™re already good at sales.

One apprentice I worked with seemed pretty shy and genuinely doubted he was any good at selling.

Heโ€™s now the number three sales person in the business.

And heโ€™s not even on the sales team.

Thatโ€™s not because he became loud, shiny, or weirdly aggressive with a pipeline report.

Itโ€™s because he learned how to have better commercial conversations in a way that sounded like him.

Thatโ€™s the point.

Or, as one client beautifully put it:

โ€œB๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ?โ€

Honestly, career highlight.

But the Jedi s**t has structure.

Before I train a team, I want the real picture.

Not the shiny version.

The actual one.

Where are deals stalling?
Who avoids follow-up?
What objections keep appearing?
Where does confidence drop?
What conversations are people dodging?

Then the session is built around the team, the customers, the language, and the actual moments where money is leaking.

And afterwards?

Actions.

Accountability.

Follow-up.

Because without that, training is just a nice day out.

Possibly useful.

Probably pleasant.

Still not enough.

The magic isnโ€™t in the day.

The magic is in what changes afterwards.

Fewer biscuits. (But not too few!)

More behaviour change.

โ€œW๐—ฒโ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.โ€Lovely.Thatโ€™s not a hiring strategy.Thatโ€™s business Jenga with payroll.And the bit nobody tal...
15/06/2026

โ€œW๐—ฒโ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.โ€

Lovely.

Thatโ€™s not a hiring strategy.
Thatโ€™s business Jenga with payroll.

And the bit nobody talks about?

By the time it hurts, itโ€™s already been costing you money for months.

Letโ€™s do the maths.

Say you need a salesperson.

You delay hiring for 3 months because youโ€™re โ€œnot quite ready yetโ€, which usually means:

โ€œWeโ€™re busy pretending this problem wonโ€™t grow teeth.โ€

That salesperson could have generated ยฃ15k a month in gross profit once up to speed.

So your โ€œsavingโ€ looks like this:

3 months delay = ยฃ45k missed gross profit.

Then you start hiring reactively.

You write a job spec in a panic.

You interview between client calls.

You take too long giving feedback.

Good candidates disappear because, shockingly, they donโ€™t fancy joining your circus.

Another 8 weeks gone.

Thatโ€™s another ยฃ30k missed.

Now youโ€™re ยฃ75k down before anyone has even found the bloody coffee machine.

And thatโ€™s before we count:

The founder doing work they shouldnโ€™t be doing.
The team getting stretched and resentful.
The opportunities not followed up.
The clients getting a bit less loved.
The rushed hire who looks great on paper but turns out to have the commercial urgency of a damp sock.

This is the hidden cost of โ€œhire when it hurtsโ€.

It feels sensible because youโ€™re avoiding a monthly cost.

But what youโ€™re often doing is swapping a predictable recruitment investment for an expensive, chaotic, revenue-leaking mess.

Thatโ€™s where subscription recruitment makes sense.

Not because itโ€™s sexy.

It isnโ€™t. Recruitment admin has all the glamour of a printer jam.

But because it gives growing businesses a proper hiring rhythm.

A recruiter who knows the business.
A pipeline before the panic.
A plan before the pain.
A cost you can budget for instead of a surprise invoice when everything is already on fire.

If youโ€™re scaling, the question isnโ€™t:

โ€œCan we afford to recruit before it hurts?โ€

Itโ€™s:

โ€œWhat is delaying this hire actually costing us?โ€

Because sometimes the most expensive person in your business is the one you havenโ€™t hired yet.

Stop waiting for the smoke alarm.

Build the team before the kitchenโ€™s on fire.

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜†.The real test comes when a major client needs something y...
11/06/2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜†.

The real test comes when a major client needs something yesterday, a key project hits a bump in the road, or the workload suddenly doubles.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
N๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Over the years, I've seen businesses thrive during challenging periods, and I've seen others struggle. The difference is rarely down to luck.

It's usually about having the right people in the right roles, clear leadership, and everyone understanding what matters most when the pressure is on.

In my latest article, I look at what helps businesses stay effective during busy periods, the leadership qualities that make the biggest difference, and five practical things you can do in the next 30 days to strengthen your business.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? The right hire can make all the difference when things get busy.

If you'd like to discuss your next key hire, I'd love to hear from you at [email protected].

Read the full guide here: https://www.recruitrecruit.co.uk/building-a-team-that-performs-under-pressure

Most recruitment conversations with Finance Directors go wrong because HR talks about peopleโ€ฆ while Finance is sat there...
10/06/2026

Most recruitment conversations with Finance Directors go wrong because HR talks about peopleโ€ฆ while Finance is sat there thinking about risk, forecasting, and whether this hire is going to quietly torch the budget by Q3.

Different language. Different priorities.

A Finance Director does not care that recruitment โ€œfelt busyโ€.
They care whether it was commercially sensible.

What they actually want to see is pretty straightforward:

โœ…Predictable hiring costs
โœ…Reduced time-to-hire
โœ…Better retention
โœ…Lower operational disruption
โœ…Stronger quality of hire
โœ…Fewer expensive mistakes
โœ…Hiring tied to business objectives, not panic

Because from a finance perspective, bad hiring isnโ€™t just annoying.

Itโ€™s expensive as hell.

The wrong hire can cost:

โš ๏ธSalary
โš ๏ธEmployer costs
โš ๏ธLost productivity
โš ๏ธManager time
โš ๏ธTeam disruption
โš ๏ธRecruitment spend
โš ๏ธRe-hiring costs
โš ๏ธDelayed projects
โš ๏ธLost clients
โš ๏ธRevenue leakage

And thatโ€™s before we discuss the emotional support meeting everyone ends up having because Darren from Sales has detonated morale within six weeks.

The best HR leaders I work with understand this.

They donโ€™t present recruitment as โ€œwe need more peopleโ€.

They present it as:

โœ…workforce planning
โœ…operational capacity
โœ…commercial enablement
โœ…retention strategy
โœ…risk reduction

That changes the conversation entirely.

Because a good recruitment process should create:

โœ…Better forecasting
โœ…Faster productivity
โœ…More stable teams
โœ…Lower attrition
โœ…Less reactive spending
โœ…Improved revenue capability

And honestly? Finance Directors usually love data-led recruitment conversations once HR stops framing everything like a wellbeing poster and starts talking commercially.

Things like:

โœ…Time to hire
โœ…Cost per hire
โœ…Hiring manager responsiveness
โœ…Retention rates
โœ…Quality of hire
โœ…Vacancy impact on revenue or delivery
โœ…Agency spend trends
โœ…Internal vs external hiring ROI

Thatโ€™s the language they trust.

The irony is good recruitment saves money far more often than it costs money.

But only when hiring is treated strategically instead of as a last-minute fire drill because somebody finally admitted the teamโ€™s been drowning for six months.

If HR wants more influence at board level, this is part of the shift.

Stop talking only about hiring activity.
Start talking about business impact.

And if youโ€™ve got a nagging feeling your recruitment process is more reactive chaos than commercial strategy, Iโ€™m offering a free recruitment audit and report.

No fluffy PDF full of buzzwords.
A proper look at whatโ€™s working, whatโ€™s costing you money, where the bottlenecks are, and what needs fixing.

Drop me a message if you want me to take a look before your next hiring headache lands on Financeโ€™s desk.

๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด  ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:๐Ÿš€connection and trust๐Ÿš€clarity of goals and roles๐Ÿš€a curious problem-solving ...
09/06/2026

๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:
๐Ÿš€connection and trust
๐Ÿš€clarity of goals and roles
๐Ÿš€a curious problem-solving mindset
๐Ÿš€commitment to each other

Strip any one out, and the team struggles the moment the workload climbs. Also, factor in how leaders respond when the going gets tough.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Read our guide on building a team that works well under pressure here:
https://www.recruitrecruit.co.uk/building-a-team-that-performs-under-pressure

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