Unquestionably, it has been a challenging couple of years for the healthcare industry as the country faced the largest public health crisis in living memory.

In response, the industry has swelled. During the last 12 months for instance, new analysis shows that recruitment appears high on the agenda with a 37% increase in the number of people hired by the sector in 2022.

Recruitment software company Occupop…

Recruitment back office support is a broad term

By the nature of what Davidson Gray does (setting up and supporting new recruitment businesses), we get loads of enquiries from people wanting to set up their own recruitment business. We often get asked the…

How Much Does It Cost to Set up a Recruitment Business?

As my business specialises in setting up new recruitment businesses, you won’t be surprised to read the most common subjects I am questioned on are, “how do you set up a recruitment agency?” and “how much does it cost to set up a recruitment business?” 

The first question, ‘how…

What recruitment CRM should you spend your start up capital on?

If you’re looking to set up a recruitment business, you will need a recruitment CRM, database, or ATS, whichever term you know it as. You’ll probably have used more than one in the past; I find a lot of…

In my blog How to Scale Your Recruitment Business, I discuss how it’s actually very difficult to scale a recruitment business.  You can grow one, but not scale it. The reason is because scaling a business means increasing revenue, whilst not increasing…

Visibility on Google is crucial for any recruitment business

If you’ve read my blog on the top 5 cash-making marketing tips for your recruitment business or listened to my …

Why is factoring for recruitment companies so important?

Factoring is a crucial service a new contract recruitment agency needs to get on top of. But, that can be easier said than done as factoring services through the traditional third-party route can involve complex processes, multiple levels of decision-making…

Leadership is the ‘in thing’

How many times have you seen images on LinkedIn portraying leaders as the good guys and managers as the villains? Here’s one by Steve Jobs, clearly a supreme business builder and entrepreneur, but this soundbite when taken on its own doesn’t really work.…

Treating Your Staff Well – A Cautionary Tale

As my business is to back, set up, and support recruiters who want to build their own companies, it’s natural I speak with a lot of recruiters who want to set up on their own, with many motivated to take this step because they don’t like…

Becoming AI-smart is the need of the hour! That is what drives every industrial procedure with an amplified trust levied on the smart structures thus curated by this insanely rich technology. No doubt, AI has seeped into every sector of the working economics of the corporates. Corporate Hiring is one of the departments that rely heavily on Artificial intelligence for efficient results.

72% of respondents believe that using AI in the HR process boosts productivity and saves…