What does it take to go from being “too junior” for a job… to becoming CEO of the same company two decades later?

For Greg, the answer was equal parts resilience, creativity, and relentless consistency. In this conversation, Greg shares how he built his career at Bilingual Source, Canada’s largest bilingual-specific recruitment company, starting as a 25-year-old recruiter and ultimately becoming its President & CEO.

Greg’s story is filled with powerful lessons:

• The Rejection: Why being turned down for his first recruiter role became the spark that drove his career.

• The Customer Service Years: How defusing high-stakes calls taught him the art of turning angry customers into brand advocates.

• The DJ Life: What years of spinning house and trance music in Toronto nightclubs taught him about creativity, flow states, and problem-solving.

• The Rise Through Recession: From surviving the 2008 downturn to leading his team through the 2020 pandemic, Greg reveals how focusing on what you can control builds resilient organizations.

• Recruitment Principles: Why attitude outweighs skills, why cultural adds matter more than cultural fits, and how standardized hiring frameworks improve decision-making.

• Leadership Values: Why relationships matter more than money, why loyalty is non-negotiable, and why consistency is the greatest predictor of success.

Greg also shares candid thoughts on the future of work, the power of bilingualism in Canada, and the hidden costs of hiring the wrong person.

This isn’t just a story about recruitment. It’s a story about persistence, clarity, and the power of saying: I’ll be back.