Another Week, Another Amazing Guest!

Jo Major from 'Diversity In Recruitment' spent some time with us to chat all things.. You guessed it....

Diversity and Inclusion..

I feel like the topic of Diversity can sometimes divide opinion...

I feel like people assume that Diversity & Inclusion consultants will be a preachy, academic expert that scolds people from an ivory tower.

Jo however, breaks that mould... She comes across as someone who's truly genuine and has been in the trenches herself, made all the "toxic" mistakes first hand, and is now trying to have a positive impact on making the recruitment industry more inclusive.

She also brought us matching T-Shirts.. So what's not to love!!

Here are some of my Highlights from the conversion:

Her Regrets: Jo opens up about the mistakes she's made in the past.. Judging staff on their clothes, forcing them to wear heels, and how's she's patched her mistakes in later life.

Reclaiming "Woke": Why she's gone bold with the tagline "Woke AF" wearing it as a badge of honour, and why being "awake" to inequality will make a commercial impact, not just a moral one.

The "Pale, Male & Stale" Debate: Jo argues against using derogatory terms for white men, explaining why alienation hurts the D&I cause.

The Maternity Conundrum: Why in Recruitment women can be seen as "Top Billers" one day and "part-time problems" the next.

Illegal Hiring: How positive discrimination can have a negative impact and offering "Double Fees" for diverse candidates is actually against the Equality Act.

Embarrassing Stories: It wouldn't be a 'Giig It A Rest' episode without something a little embarrassing. Jo recalls the time her sister shared an embarrassing story at her wedding and how embarrassing stories bring us closer together.

Enjoy x

First time this year that we've had James (Samwise) on the pod and I got so excited about it that I forgot to get the camera rolling, so for the first 2 minutes of this Ep you're without the video...

As I was back in Essex looking after my parents cat, I thought why not take the chance to get James on the pod to prod him a bit and see what he thinks this year is going to look like for Giig!

Before getting to into the weeds with the work chat, we spend some time talking about his Girls, illness, his ambitions for 2026, including his goals with the Olympics...

James has voiced his opinion that the 'Lee's Lunchbox' questions have lacked a bit of decorum... So this week I chucked one in there that really got him opening up about the biggest regret he's made in business..

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If one of your clients has slipped a candidate into their business through the backdoor, without you knowing..

There's only one person you need to call...

Backdoor Barry..

Or I should probably say 'Barry Cullen' from RecLAW...

To give you the spiel RecLAW are Lawyers to the recruitment industry, a full-service law firm made up of lawyers who are recruitment experts and passionate about the industry,.

My guess would be that if you've been around recruitment for a while you will probably be aware of RecLAW and Barry...

This weeks episode has everything!

From Barry's journey, to some of the craziest situations he's come across and even a little bit of free legal advice.. but even if you're not involved in the recruitment industries you should stick around for the stories because there's some belters in there....

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Are you looking to build your swimming confidence?

If so, you've come to the right place.. Sort of... This week on 'Giig It A Rest' we kick of with a bit of an update on Andy's Ironman training and how he's building confidence in the pool....

This leads us down a road to contemplating how we used to be young, hip and trendy and now find ourselves as the old boys on the block..

Apart from our struggles in the gym we cover off:

- Our confusion between manually and annually

- Our Full Moon Party Mishap

- The reality of what it's like being a business owner

- Operation repaint the house

- How I got caught in a compromised position by my neighbour

- How we're tweaking things to get the most out of a 3 man start-up

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Welcome back to the 'Recruitment Industries Most Informative' Podcast...

This weeks episode is a bit of a two parter!! It was recorded on the same day as our 2026 kick off meeting.. The first half before and the second half on our lunch...

In the first half we chat about:

- Andy' risky roast

- Our mishaps in Dunelm and IKEA

- Why Winnie The Pooh is back in the mixer

- How it feels being back to work...

When we get stuck into the second half we cover all the important topics like:

- Our thoughts on the traitors

- How the podcast might evolve

- Should you be yourself online

- What topics we would pick if we had to blag a Ted Talk

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It's our first guest episode of 2026 and the closest thing we've had to Stephen Bartlett so far.. (Inside joke, you will pick up on that when you listen)....

Guest number 1 of the year is Jonny Woodhead - Customer Success Manager at XCD...

To give you the spiel on XCD they are an all-in-one single-solution HR and Payroll software which helps put you back in control and achieve more.Built for businesses of over 250 employees who are experiencing business growth or transformation.

In this episode we had a Giig It A Rest first where we played a game of...

'Is the guest related to Andy's Ex Girlfriend'

As well as:

- Drumming

- Leeds

- Politics

- All things customer success

- A bit of recruitment

&

Who he would take with him to live for 5 years on a desert island..

Enjoy x

It's back to reality now, the Christmas Sillies have ended, the mince pies have been put away and we're back to the grind...

Now for those of you who listen regularly, you will know that I'm always honest with you and I want to be honest in saying that this weeks episode of the pod feels a little flat...

It could be the fact we were dusting off the brambles from Christmas, it could also be the fact that I had some bad news after the surgery that I had just before Christmas...

Hopefully you will still enjoy it though.. There are a couple of highlights including:

- The Sturgess Family's Secret Santa

- Andy's New Frog Mate

- Our Ambitions for 2026

- A Couple of Morbid Lee's Lunchbox Questions

After a solid Christmas special (if I do say so myself) with the chaps from KOSI we thought we'd get the Giig collective together for one final round up before the year draws to a close...

This final episode of 2025 is mainly the three of us exchanging gifts and having a look back at what 2025 has been like for the 3 of us.. Obviously there's still a Lee's Lunchbox in there as well...

We're going to be taking a bit of a break over Christmas but will be back up and running again on the 7th of Jan 2026...

Merry Giigmas everyone!!!

Love Tiny Tim

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