Coaching the recruitment managers of the future I’m delighted this week to be partnering with a national training provider to launch a new, higher-level management qualification for the recruitment sector. Solvo Vir, based near Manchester, has a successful track record of delivering employee training programmes within organisations, upskilling their new and existing staff. Working closely...

Future of Recruitment 2020-2030 – Your Future Starts Today Over the past six to seven years I have written many blogs, many of which have proved hugely popular like Top 5 Recruitment Sectors to be in for the next 5-10 years which has had over 30,000 readers and this years Top Recruitment Sectors for Growth...

This week Ian Knowlson spoke at the Recruitment Expo at Olympia, London on the Future of the Recruitment Industry 2020-2030. During the talk Ian discussed many topics including the future of recruitment for Managed Service Providers and Niche Agencies as well as the threats to their businesses future and the opportunities for them. Ian’s talk...

Tips on Scaling up your Recruitment Business (part two)   The second biggest challenge recruitment business owners experience is when they decide to appoint a manager and relinquish direct control of their sales team. This can be a challenging and extremely stressful time, like leaving someone else to bring up one of your children. Many...

Top Recruitment Sectors for growth in 2018   It is five years since I wrote my amazingly popular blog Top 5 Recruitment Sectors to be in for the next 5-10 years. At the time unemployment was still rising across most of Europe and the UK economy flat-lining. 25,000 views later things have transformed somewhat and...

Sage UK recently announced their Top 100 Global Influencers “that highlights those individuals whose commentary and social influence help to drive ideas and change within the small business sector.” Selling Success’s, Co-Founder Ian Knowlson, has been listed at number 50 based upon Ian’s Social Media presence. Sage UK argue “These individuals are both knowledgeable and, often, highly...

Tips on Scaling up your Recruitment business (Part One) Often the biggest challenges new recruitment entrepreneurs have are growing their business from being the top biller to billing manager and then on from billing manager to managing/directing through managers/team leaders. These are the two big hurdles at which many recruitment leaders fail. If truth be...

Future of Recruitment 2020-2030 This month Ian Knowlson will be speaking at Recruitment Expo 2018, the UK’s No 1 Recruitment Industry Event in London on 31st January 2018. In his lively and stimulating talk Ian will share his knowledge, as an employment futurist and experience as a highly successful Business Growth Coach, to help attendees...

Transforming Business – Case Study At the Selling Success we believe passionately in helping our clients grow through the development of their leadership teams and their staff. We have a wealth of experience in achieving this working with recruitment business owners the length and breadth of the UK and Europe, across a multitude of sectors from...

Recruitment Agency Owners – Do you have an end game? It might seem obvious but one of the first questions we ask our clients when we start working with them is, where do they want to end up or what is their exit? Very often the subject becomes a discussion around options open to them,...