After a firecracker of a week with Sean, we've back to the duo on the sofa.. By the way if you have not listened to the last episode, go back and give it a go!

It's worth your time!

Now that we're in the swing of the winter months there's been some cold and flu in the camp, so this week kicks off with Andy's tale of struggle and strife with Man flu!

Around that we also talk about:

- My Pre-Operation assessment meeting

- Andy's Ninja Warrior day out

- How a couple of teenagers made a 30 year old man uncomfortable

- Granny Seaside's new AI headphones

- Who's winning at the bed test

- A Lee's Lunchbox question that involves a straw

This episode is a firecracker.... Not sure what that word means but I am running with it!!

Sean the TA guy, he's an Agency Recruiter, Turned Internal Recruiter, Turned TikTok phenomenon... He came in very strong, so word of warning this episode starts quick...

He hit us with a gift of matching T's as soon as we sat down, so the first 5 minutes of this pod is a lot of faffing and laughing and there's not a lot of speaking....

Anyway, this episode was a belter, quick word of warning, there's a few edgy stories in here so we have had to take out a few names but on the whole this episode was a good laugh from start to finish...It was a pleasure to interview the 'Recruitment Industries Joe Wilkinson'

It's been a whole year of Giig It A Rest!!!

In classic us fashion, we didn't even realise it and didn't even bring it up... The pair of us were back together as the first time as a pair for a while and discussed:

- That awkward wine tasting moment

- The weirdest Christmas present

- Frozen Nappies

- Our latest feature updates

- Me being on a panel

- Our first Lee's Lunchbox question from a listener

Enjoy x

I have so much respect for anyone who can build a successful recruitment business and Ruth is an incredible example of someone who's not only started a recruitment business but made it stick for 15 years...

Launching Wagstaff from a home office as a Solo through to building her business into a small team focused on recruiting into engineering & manufacturing it's a genuine story of how hard it can be to be a small business owner..

Around her story there's also so obvious highlights/take aways to listen out for..

Otto the dog plays a big part and kind of steals the show, along with Percy Pig... I won't reveal all but there is a Percy Pig theme in this episode...

Ruth's connection with Percy Pig runs way deeper than I first expected!!

Enjoy x

This is the first time we've had someone on the pod I've worked with before...

When I landed in Oz as a fresh face recruiter thinking that I would change the world, Joel took me under his wing and by putting me up at his flat.. Joel is one of the directors at The Precision Group a top little family of recruitment agencies based of out of Sydney....

Usually we plan to talk about the guests journey into their career in recruitment but where I know Joel this conversation felt like 3 mates down the boozer catching up.. Obviously we covered all the important topics like:

- How he nearly sacked me

- Sweaty hugs over playstation games

- His trip back to the UK

- The WORST gift we've had on the pod to date

- David Goggin's chat

AND

I've never seen someone get so into the Lee's Luncbox question....

Enjoy xx

WE'RE BACK AS A THREE.... For the first time this year!!

Can you believe that this is the first time that James and Andy have been together in 2025... Criminal really... As they have not seen each other they spoke for all of 5 minutes... It's excellent chat...

Around that riveting conversation we also spoke about:

- Why the podcast is the best pace to hide your deepest darkest secrets.

- Who is the most dull out of the 3 of us

- Who's been performing the best in the support chats and has the fastest finger in the west.

- Why I was fuming when recording my latest video

- How Andy got caught in the crossfire of a family debate about Hercules

Enjoy

This week on the pod... Gordon Webb from Shazamme.. An absolute top bloke and horse Dad! (you will get that if you listen)...

This weeks episode was recorded on the road at the RecExpo.. We managed to convince Gordon to sneak off the Shazamme stand to have a chat for an hour..

We did have some technical challenges with this episode.. The audio died on us twice and the video once but that doesn't stop it being a cracker of an Ep.. Gordan was a top guest from start to finish and there's actually a bit of value in here for those recruiters that listen.

Shazamme are all about 'Recruitment Websites' they brand themselves as the Canva of recruitment, so if you're in the early stages of setting up give them a look. Alongside some insightful chat about building recruitment websites we also Gordon's life as a 'Horse Dad' and how he had a disaster making a special gift for us...

I hear we will still get our hands on it though and as my mum always says.. 'It's the though that counts'

Thanks for coming on Gordon!!!

The two words I had for this weeks guest were 'Pocket Rocket' We nabbed Michelle for a chat after her on stage breath work session at the agency expo and this chat was a delight from start to finish.. Michelle, is a Health and Performance coach! She's racked up over 5,000 of coaching taking recruitment teams from average to great making sure they don't burnout along the way. That's where the breath work and meditation stuff comes into play (I'm a fan). This chat with Michelle felt like a laugh from the off, the conversation seemed to twist and turn, starting with her time in Bristol studying maths, through to 'falling into recruitment', dealing with illness through to landing where she is today as a performance and breath work coach. I had a right laugh filming it... Somehow we ended up debating the question 'You've got 5 balls to bowl a strike... If you hit you land €5 million, if you miss, you turn into a dog'.... This then resulted in me taking Andy down to the bowling alley to see if he could land a strike in 5 balls, so hang around to the end of the podcast if you want to see how he got on. Enjoy x