Business Leader Stories: Ian Simkins, Silven Recruitment and Wayne Brophy, Cast UK

Welcome to the 6th Season of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast!   It's no secret that the majority of the economy has been hard hit by the pandemic - and the knock-on effect on the recruitment sector has been felt widely. In light of the continued aftershocks, we're providing a platform for Recruitment Business Leaders to listen and learn from their peers on the what why and how they are adapting and responding to the new volatile environment they find themselves in.   In this episode, your host Alison Humphries speaks to two exceptional recruitment leaders, both based in Manchester - Ian Simkins, MD and founder of Silven Recruitment with over 24 years experience in the sector, and Wayne Brophy, CEO of Cast UK & Founding Partner at Outplacement Services.   Topics covered include: crisis planning and management; innovating offerings, products, and pricing; getting under the bonnet of your business; video interviewing; the value of marketing; learning from when things didn't quite go right; and how they managed the transition to moving whole teams to a working from home model.   Time-stamped agenda:  01:12 - Context; size of the businesses and also the impact the pandemic has had on your sector has 06:52 - Crisis planning 11:18 - Crisis management and response to the pandemic 18:36 - Changes to customer proposition, products and pricing. 25:08 - Getting under the bonnet of your business. 28:30 - Video interviewing 30:48 - Marketing 34:23 - Things that haven't worked quite so well     If you have any questions, queries or comments, please contact Alison Humphries: [email protected] Find out more about Recruitment Leadership at recruitmentleadership.co.uk   Connect with Ian Simkins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iansimkins/ Contact Ian - [email protected] Connect with Wayne Brophy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brophysupplychainrecruitment/ Contact Wayne - [email protected] This podcast is produced by Loaded Hype - loadedhype.com