EP159: Alex Elliot & John Hitchen of Strive Sales - How To Become No.1 In Your Market

On this week's episode, we welcome two guests onto the podcast - Alex Elliot and John Hitchen of Strive Sales. Strive Sales is a specialised recruitment business based in Manchester, they’re a talent partner for some of the most disruptive, Venture Capital-Backed tech companies, all over the world.Alex Elliot is a prolific Recruitment Entrepreneur, Investor and Strategic Director at Strive Sales. He's built, scaled and sold a recruitment business previously, and now he's on a mission to help Strive Sales become the no.1 within their space.John Hitchen - has been within the recruitment industry for over 10 years, and he is the Sales Manager at Strive Sales, and a Recruitment Mentor.In this episode the key points covered are: How do you become no.1 in your market? - 06:50What can we learn from the SAAS industry? - 11:02How do leaders sell their companies? - 23:23Advice to those who are starting out in their recruitment career - 33.24Connect with our guests here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexelliott-strive/https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhitchensaasrecruiter/-------------The Recruiter's Recruitment Podcast is proudly sponsored by Vincere, and a proud partner to Needi and Inclusion Crowd Our sponsor:Vincere has always spoken openly about their ambition to become the Recruitment Operating System. By partnering with a heavyweight who shares their vision of providing a single operating system for the front, middle and back office of recruitment firms, there are now no limits to how far Vincere can take the platform and the experience they provide to their customers. Vincere will become the flagship CRM within Access Recruitment's portfolio of products.Same people, same platform but with way more firepower.Our Partners: Needi is a concierge gift-matching service using psychology and AI, to pinpoint the perfect gifts and experiences for your recipient, from the best, local independent businesses. Their team of expert gift finders, save companies time and money, with their complimentary corporate gifting service . Find out more here -https://needi.co.uk/Inclusion Crowd works with organisations to create a credible and authentic DEI programme, they help clients attract & retain talent - as well as improve culture & engagement. Their vision is to make organisations reflective of the societies in which they operate. Find out more here https://inclusioncrowd.biz/Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/IqVatUY05fA