Today I was joined by Gary, a Senior Recruiter who was enrolled onto the Job Retention Scheme in early April 2020. A little frustrated at the time, he felt it was important that he make use of this time he was given.

In this episode Gary told us that when a family member was struck by COVID-19, he decided to ‘Run for Reg’ and run 100miles from a treadmill at home. After raising 6k for charity and getting featured on Lorraine Kelly’s ITV breakfast show, he realised that people everywhere were reaching out to him to ask for advice and support on making the most of the time on furlough.

Since then, he’s launched an initiative called ‘FurLearn’ which is designed to bring inspirational stories, training and support to a fast growing community of people currently furloughed and unemployed across the UK.

What he has done is truly remarkable - and I am delighted to share the details with you today!

A great guy with an enormous heart, please reach out to Gary and get involved here (even if you are employed or an employer) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywills/

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On this week's show, I was delighted to spend time with Elliot Dell, the CEO of Salt - a well known brand in the Digital Recruitment market, globally. Headquartered in London with 220 staff across offices in Asia, Australia, USA and the Middle East, Elliot joined as a recruiter and worked his way up to CEO after 10 years.

Salt didn’t actually exist when he joined, it was a small, family owned exec search business that soon changed with Elliot’s influence. As Salt gathered momentum, they soon acquired another business named 'Salt’ in New Zealand and that’s where things really took off.

Elliot has an incredible energy and passion for growing a fantastic business that can truly change the Digital Recruitment world. Whilst growing international teams at work, he is also the father of 3 children and has a super active lifestyle - an inspirational guy for sure!

Today I was joined by Doeke, the co-founder of WeAreKeen and agency providing in-house recruitment teams to start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises across the Netherlands.

In this episode, he talked about how his country has reacted and dealt with lockdown and how his business has had to adapt to the change. Being an in-house agency with a relationship focused approach, he revealed how this has enabled them to stay close and support both clients and suppliers through a time that effects us all!

A refreshing chat from a very innovative recruitment owner, you can connect with Doeke and ask any questions here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doeke/